Gary Linnen
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323 appearances
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard Sep 2025
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And the states alone, New York, Philly, the DMV area, Florida, California, Texas, Detroit, Colorado, Hawaii, all the different areas where we know that every single child that we have been able to support, they want to help their friends.
They want to be able to succeed.
And the way in which that we do that is by tapping into the power of peer pressure, positive peer pressure to be able to support folks.
Yeah, so they get a list of 10, but they're required to apply to at least three.
And the reason why is because research shows that if you have more options, as we know, you're more inclined to go.
We are also they're required to fill out their financial aid forms early.
You'd be surprised, particularly for students in low income communities.
They are typically the last one to fill out their financial aid forms when they're the individuals that should be first in line, not last in line.
And so we were very intentional about getting them to do this stuff early so they can maximize the benefits of going to college.
The third piece that they're required to do is about connecting academics to college and career.
Right.
And so we also acknowledge that as a ninth grader, you may not know what you want to do.
But having a 12th grader, you know, say, hey, you know, if you were, you know, 10 years from now, if I saw you, what would you be doing?
If they said, I want to, you know, be a detective.
We're like, great, no problem.
Or I want to be a doctor.
Fine.
But the 12th grader is telling them, if you want to be a doctor, you may want to come to class.
Like, how about you get out the hallway in order to be beat?
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