The Seed School

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The College Café fosters a college-bound culture at SEED and directly supports students and their parents through the college admissions process.

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SEED students are college-bound! By providing resources, instruction, and guidance to the greater SEED community, the College Café fosters this college-bound culture at SEED and directly supports students and their parents through the college admissions process.

The College Café conducts intensive seminar courses for juniors and seniors, helping them navigate college application requirements and submit all documentation. Students receive assistance with application essays, compiling their personal portfolios, and SAT preparation.

The Café also prepares families for the challenges of financing colleges, holding workshops on financial literacy and saving, financial aid and the FAFSA, and scholarship opportunities.

Exposure to colleges and universities is critical for students’ understanding of schools’ expectations of them, as well as what they should look for in their own post-secondary choice. A hallmark of The SEED School’s program is a college tour for juniors, when students travel to visit eight to ten different types of schools, including large state universities, small liberal arts colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, schools in city-centers and schools in rural communities. From the time students enter SEED, they will take many day trips to colleges in D.C. and the surrounding area, but the junior tour is essential in helping students make their final college decision.