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[quote=Anonymous]The Posse Foundation provides full scholarships (including R&B) to a group (posse) of students at select schools. The posse comes into the school together and is intended to provide support to one another. In the summers, the Posse Foundation provides support in the form of job seminars, opportunities to meet with local government and business officials, help with internships, etc.

The posse generally consists of a several bright, accomplished kids who are first generation college students from disadvantaged homes, rounded out with a few (also bright and accomplished) kids who come from homes with more advantages including college-educated parent(s). The idea is that the kids from more advantaged homes will contribute to the posse by sharing their social capital; that is, their knowledge of how to work the system (even if that knowledge is "I don't know what you should do, but I will ask my mom." The application and interview process is very rigorous.

Posse only works with schools they have agreements with, so you would only apply if you are willing to go to one of those schools. The DC-based Posse Foundation currently partners with Bucknell, Lafayette, Lewis & Clark, Sewanee, Rochester, and Wisconsin. (Until recently, they also partnered with Grinnell.) (Posse Foundations in other cities partner with different schools, but I believe you have to apply to the Posse in your area.)

Does that help?[/quote]

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