Innovating for

College Success

iMentor NYC partners with

15 public high schools throughout
Manhattan, Brooklyn and the
Bronx, in communities in which
a majority of students served
will be first-generation college
graduates. We build mentoring
relationships that empower
students to navigate high school,
succeed in college, and achieve
their ambitions. Since 1999,
iMentor has matched more than Our Model
33,000 students with mentors.
Whole-School Model
We match every student in a school with a college-educated
mentor who is deeply integrated into each school’s culture.

Long-Term Mentoring Relationships

With each passing year, I am
Mentors commit to working with a single student for a minimum
continually amazed at how much this of three years, building their relationships through weekly online
organization is able to accomplish and communication and monthly in-person meetings.

how much of a difference they make

not only in the lives of our students,
but for their families.
- Karen Chopra, Mentor
Curriculum and Staff Support
We provide the expertise and support mentors need to be
effective, including a college success curriculum that guides each
weekly interaction and a full-time staff member responsible for
the success of the relationship.

Personalized Guidance
Mentors gain a holistic understanding of their mentees’ individual
talents, aspirations, and challenges, which allows them to provide
a level of personalized support that could not be achieved through
traditional school counseling alone.
 2018 - 2019 PROGRAM YEAR

iMentor NYC is demonstrating how the strength of relationships can translate into
meaningful results on a city-wide level.
iMentor NYC
By The Numbers
3,842 64% 98% 90%
students served of students will be of students of students
first-generation are people of were accepted
college students color into at least one
college

WHERE WE WORK

iMentor NYC is proud to partner with 15 public high schools, including members
92%
of the International School Network and schools that focus on STEM education.

BRONX • 6 SCHOOLS
Bronx Academy for Software Engineering
of pairs are satisfied
Bronx High School for Law & Community Service
with program
Bronx Leadership Academy II
support
Comp Sci High
Marble Hill School for International Studies
MS/HS 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology

MANHATTAN • 5 SCHOOLS
Academy for Software Engineering
Business of Sports School
Fredrick Douglass Academy II
The Urban Assembly School of
90%
Business for Young Women
Union Square Academy
for Heath Sciences

BROOKLYN • 4 SCHOOLS
of mentees say the
Erasmus Hall High School for
relationship with their
Service and Learning
mentor is very important
International High School at
Lafayette
Lyons Community School
The Young Women’s Leadership
School of Brooklyn

The individual support and

OUR IMPACT
advocacy the mentors provide
iMentor NYC students are enrolling and graduating college at higher rates than our students boosts our students’
their peers. confidence and willingness to
try new things, meet new people,
COLLEGE COLLEGE COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT PERSISTENCE COMPLETION and challenge themselves as they
prepare for their future.
75% 70% 45%
- Kirsten Larson
Principal, Marble Hill School
Peer NYC 56% 47% 25%*
School Average for International Studies

*National Average