PrepMe SAT prep for every public school junior in Maine!
Today is a big day for both PrepMe and the State of Maine. We just announced that in conjunction with a philanthropist, we will be making $4.5 million per year in PrepMe test preparation available to Maine's public high school juniors for the next three years. Maine took the bold step of replacing its state assessment test with the SAT because it believed that every student deserves to have access to a college education and with the partnership announced today, PrepMe hopes to play a substantial role in making college accessible to Maine's students.
We made the announcement today at Portland High School in Portland, Maine with Maine's Governor, John Baldacci, and Maine's Deputy Commissioner of Education, Angela Faherty. One of our advisors, Rick Bolton, spent much of Wednesday afternoon walking students through PrepMe's SAT program and helping them understand how our adaptive learning technology works. The students and the principal of the school all have had extremely positive things to say (hear what they have to say on a video from NBC News - Portland, ME) and we look forward to working with Maine's public schools to make test prep available for their students. There is also a Boston Globe story on our substantial donation.
We will keep you posted on all of the press and the success of these wonderful students.
We are thrilled about this opportunity and hope to announce many more equally exciting initiatives here in the coming months. A big thanks to our advisor Rick Bolton without whom none of this would be possible. Thanks Rick!
Best,
Karan
PrepMe CEO
Governor Baldacci, Karan Goel, and Principal Michael Johnson announce PrepMe's $13.5 million donation of free SAT prep over 3 years
February 1st, 2007 - 21:49
This is great. I’m glad to see PrepMe taking a stake in the future of Maine’s high school students. Hopefully parents across the country will see the tremendous value of investing in their children’s futures.
February 2nd, 2007 - 09:40
In 5 years, if this is instituted in enough places, I can see a national aggregate increase in scores that can be traced to the number of people using PrepMe. I’ll publish that paper in 2012. You just keep growing and gathering data.
February 2nd, 2007 - 09:42
I think that is is really great too. It’s amazing and also refreshing to see how one great idea, a lot of hard work and true dedication to the well-being of others can lead to something to great! PrepMe is changing the lives of so many high school students by giving them access to the tools they need to seek better SAT prep and ultimately, a better college education and better future. Another great thing about this plan is that it could potentially help to eliminate disparities in test scores based on socioeconomic status and financial background. Realistically, not everyone can afford to pay for a Princeton Review test prep course to help them weasel their way into Harvard! I just hope that more big businesses follow PrepMe’s lead and use their money, power and creativity towards the betterment of others.
February 2nd, 2007 - 12:11
Wow! I simply wanted to take a moment to thank PrepMe for the amazing gesture of providing free SAT preparation to students in the state of Maine for the coming three years. I am hopeful that this will be as beneficial to PrepMe as it is to the students of the state of Maine. The leadership of PrepMe has demonstrated wisdom beyond its years. Your generosity is truly an example for all of us. I hope the world is watching. Thank you so much!
June 17th, 2007 - 06:34
Congrats.