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Targeting high-potential youth from groups underrepresented at selective colleges, the Next Generation Venture Fund works with students from around the country during their formative secondary school years, strengthening their ability to compete and excel in rigorous academic settings and beyond. 

The nation’s three major university-based Talent Searches* aggressively recruit students from schools across the United States. Tapping their expertise in identifying and developing the academic abilities of our nation’s brightest students, they select eighth graders on the basis of their high scores on the SAT or ACT college admission tests, financial need, and motivation to succeed.

Over the next five years, the students take intensive summer and distance education courses and receive educational advising and support in areas such as study skills and SAT preparation—all designed to propel them to enroll and succeed at the nation’s most selective colleges and universities.