Ivy League Project USA

Day 7: University of Pennsylvania

2010-04-02T21:26:00.001-07:00

Day 6 started with us traveling to Philadelphia and passing by some well known monuments before heading to University of Pennsylvania.

The University of Pennsylvania

Our U Penn student tour guides Jose and Melinda

Day 6: Columbia-NYC-Princeton

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Day 6 started off early with us traveling to Manhatten and visting Columbia University.

Columbia student Ana gave us a tour of the campus.

Front of St. John the Divine Cathedral

Princeton student gave us a tour of the gorgeous Princeton campus.

Monkey see...

Monkey do.

Princeton students posing for camera.

Tour of The Lawrenceville School, a prepatory school outside of Princeton.

Day 5: Brown-Wesleyan-Yale

2010-04-01T18:34:00.000-07:00

Day 5 started with us picking up students that spent the night at Brown. An early wake up call is tough enough, let alone 5:30! Still the students and entire group was in good spirits.

Martin Mares and Brown PMLE student Ignacio Santana

We were first hand witnesses of the flooding in Rhode Island.

Even the National Guard was out.

Counselors Cleo Carasco and Sandra "Janet Jackson" Santos

Admission session at Wesleyan University

After a long drive we arrived at Yale University

Adam Torres lead an admission session and the students loved the "That Why I Choose Yale" video

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn3-RW8Ajk)

Egineering student Steven lead our tour of Yale.

Victor J. "The Champ" Contreras at Yale

Yale's Old Dewey Decimal Classification System

Inside Yale's Sterling Library

A very nice and kind Yale student

Yale Student Q&A @ La Casa

A gift from Yale students.

Catching Up on Day 4: Wellesley College-Brown University

2010-03-31T16:14:00.001-07:00

Well friends, we apparently experienced a storm of a century in New England, specifically in Rhode Island. From our experience it was a lot of rain and made some of the campus tours miserable but we made it through safely. Here are the pics from Day 4:

Wellesley College

Wellesley Residence Hall

Wellesley Student Center

Wellesley Library Wellesley Science Building

Students on their way to Brown University Student Panel

Brown Student Panel

Brown University building at night

Day 3: Colby College-Harvard-MIT Night Tour

2010-03-29T20:09:00.000-07:00

The weather in the New England area has been brutally wet and windy. The rain and wind has made it difficult to take photos and most activities have had to take place indoors and campus tours have had to be cut short.

Colby College: students had a chance to sit in on one of six classes.

Admissions officers from Colby College provided valuable information.

Dory Street, Admissions Officer for Colby College

Harvard's Q&A session was also very informative.

Harvard Students Gretchen and Diana

Arriving at MIT in the rain

Inside MIT

View of Boston skyline from MIT

MIT's main building

Day 2: Historic Boston-Fenway Park-Colby College

2010-03-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

Outside Fenway Park

Fenway's oldest and most "distinguished" tour guide.

The Green Monsta!

Colby College's Dorthy Street

Colby College student panel.

Colby College's Coach Eric Garcia

2009-2010 East Coast Ivy League Project Tour

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Harvard Business School

Michael and Juanita talk to our students.

Michael Trejo was recently accepted the Harvard Business School and will begin in the fall. He gave us a tour of his new school.

Juanita and Emma

We were joined by Michael Trejo and Juanita Olguin.

Harvard University

James A. Montoya

Arizona Ivy League Project and the Boston skyline.

Adriana and Erika enjoying the sea breeze.

A little fun outside

Daniel in place of JFK.

Victor J. Contreras

Adriana in front of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

Rosa, Adriana, and Daniel at Hong Kong Restaurant in Harvard Square.

California and Texas Ivy League Project arrived late Saturday night in Boston. Arizona Ivy League Project had an extra day to spend in Boston to sight see.

Gary Trujillo, Victor J. Contreras, and James A. Montoya

The Arizona Ivy League Project left Friday, March 26, 2010 to Boston. We were met at the airport by Gary Trujillo, Chairman and Founder of Be A Leader Foundation.

The Ivy League Project began the journey of traveling to the East Coast for the 18th Annual Ivy League Tour.

Georgetown and DC

2009-04-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from Georgetown University and Washington DC. We had a technology malfunction while at Georgetown so we do not have as many pictures as we would like. If you have any pictures you would like to share, please contact us.

A very suave James Montoya

"On track, on time, and on a mission!"

A very photogenic Daniela Lopez

and not so much...

Arizona Ivy League Project Directors:
James Montoya, Melanie Yazza Taylor, & Victor Jett Contreras

The student panel at Georgetown was great

Last goodbyes before heading home.

A quick Metro ride.

Do you have pictures?

2009-04-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

Hey Ivy Leaguers!

If you have any pictures from your travels with the Ivy League Project we'd love to post them.

Email victorjett@gmail.com

Princeton

2009-04-16T10:58:00.000-07:00

Princeton was amazing. Not only was it picturesque but the two students who gave us a tour were awesome!

The champ taking a brief power nap.

Princeton student panel.

Page doing some intensive networking.

NYC part 1

2009-04-15T07:57:00.001-07:00

Luckily we had a chance to spend a few hours in New York City.

Yale

2009-04-15T07:13:00.000-07:00

We actually visited Yale before Lawrenceville and New York City. It's a beautiful campus and parts of it looked like something out of a Harry Potter movie (specifically the Commons Dining. Unfortunately, we don't have a picture of it but if you do please contact us).

Admission officials first talked to us about Yale and what they looked for in applications.

Our very cool tour guide, we'll call him Todd.

The residence colleges, where students live.

The block building is actually a library which houses rare books.

These next two photos are actually a library

In the afternoon a student panel answered questions.

Lawrenceville School

2009-04-13T16:25:00.000-07:00

Lawrenceville School is a preparatory boarding school near Princeton. We visit the school each year and one of the admission officials is an ILP alumni.

Classroom at Lawrenceville, notice the seating arrangements.

Common Room in the Lawrenceville dinning hall.

The fieldhouse used when it's snowing or raining outside.

Melanie Yazza Taylor

A random but very cute dog walking around, it belongs to one of the faculty members.

Brown University

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Students rapping/reading children's books at the Brown University Bookstore. To funny!

Picture time. Though rumor has it that this isn't exactly were you want to take pictures.

Mrs. Mercedes Domenech aka "the godmother of Ivy League Admissions"

Mrs. Melissa Trujillo, Karla Robles, and Anahi Godinez teaching Page how to dance the Macarena.

Brown University Student Panel

They were really down-to-earth and funny.

And finally. While killing some free time, we were witness to an epic dance-off!

Erica Rivera and Samantha Enriquez

Mr. Martin Mares

And of course....Blake, Albert Blake

long awaited updates

2009-04-12T21:18:00.001-07:00

Sorry for no updates recently. Things were a little hectic and internet access has been sporadic. But we'll have the rest of the pictures up within the next day.

Thanks!

Playing Catch-up part 1

2009-04-08T21:51:00.000-07:00

Hey! We have the internet available once again, but we're still trying to get all the pictures online for everyone to enjoy.

These pictures are part 1 of 2, which took us from pickinng up students who spent the night at MIT to visiting Wellesley College.

Enjoy!

MIT

2009-04-06T22:15:00.000-07:00

Following the dinner session at HBS, we ended our day by traveling to MIT and hearing from a panel of students discuss their experiences in applying and attending MIT.

Samantha "La Tremenda" Enriquez unwinds after a 13 hour day by striking an Athenian pose.

Harvard University & Harvard Business of School

2009-04-06T21:19:00.000-07:00

After visiting Colby College and driving back down from Maine we had the opportunity to visit Harvard University. Unfortunately the weather was awfully rainy and we were not able to take a tour of the campus. We did, however, have the opportunity to hear from Diana Robles and David Hernandez Garcia who are both RAZA student admission officers. Students had ample time to hear about the admission process at Harvard as well as ask questions.

Immediately following session on admission to Harvard, students were then taken over to the Harvard School of Business (HBS). While students ate their dinner (which was delicious), a panel lead by Martin Curiel (president of the nantional non-profit Rising Farmer Worker Program and a HBS alumni) talked about their experience as undergraduates, employees, and HBS students. The panel of was compirsed of Scott Torres, Fransisco Robles, Andres Ergel, Rocio Parra, and Yvette Romero. Many students were particularly excited to hear from to Yvette and Rocio, two powerful examples of women succedding and achieveing great things.

Colby College

2009-04-06T20:32:00.000-07:00

Early this morning we were all treated like royalty by Dory Street and the Colby College admission team. Colby is one of the premier liberal arts colleges in the United States and is located in Waterville, Maine. After a huge all you can eat breakfast, students had the choice of attending a class lecture, receiving a hands-on tour of the Colby Art Center, or hearing a panel of administrators and teachers discuss Colby's leading career curriculum.

We're on Twitter!

2009-04-05T20:39:00.000-07:00

Visit to MIT

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After lunch we had an oppurtunity to visit MIT

View of Boston from MIT

Trolley Tour of Boston

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Our group was able to take trolley tour of Boston passing some of the most well known sites.

Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge

TD Banknorth Garden

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

Beacon Hill

New England Holocaust Memorial

Boston, MA and Faneuil Hall Marketplace

2009-04-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

Today we started the morning by going to Faneuil Hall Marketplace (which includes Quincy Market) as well as taking a trolley tour of historic Boston.

Luis Enriquez: Hot Dog Killer

2009-01-21T21:08:00.000-08:00

Mr. Gary Trujillo, President and CEO of Southwest Harvard Group, spoke to the participants of the Arizona Ivy League Project on December 27th, 2008. Mr. Trujillo is a graduate of Harvard Business School and a product of South Phoenix.

Mr. Trujillo also shared his passion for helping and inspiring students through his Be A Leader Foundation. He also expressed the importance of mentorship and how it dramatic affected his life. We are very proud and honored to have him as a speaker.

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On November 15th, 2008, AZ ILP was honored to have former majority and minority leader of the Arizona State House of Representatives Alfredo Gutierrez speak to our participants.

Mr. Gutierrez spoke for well over one hour and shared his political life through the years. We were honored by his presence and inspired by his commitment to his community. We can only hope to represent our state as well as he has.

He currently is president of Tequida & Gutierrez, a Spanish-language image, issues, and advocacy firm in Phoenix.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

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Members of the Arizona Ivy League Project meet on Saturday at Hope VI. The students selected all attended and participated in the planned activities. Attached is the Keynote presentation that was used.

Reflections of Ivy League Project

2008-10-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

This year the Ivy League Project sent us a number of applicants for admission. The students whom the project sponsored were Mexican-American from communities that rarely have sent applications to Yale. It is not only an established mission of our admissions process to attempt to attract applicants who are traditionally under-represented in the Yale community, but it is also a joy to find such motivated and qualified applicants inspired by a program such as the one created by Martin Mares. This year three Ivy League Students were accepted to Yale. The program serves a tremendously valuable function for us: preparing students for the rigors of both our application process and our academic community. Without a program such as this one, I imagine fewer such students would have the opportunity to study at Yale. I hope the Ivy League Project continues to receive support from the communities it serves and from all who take an active interest in seeing students from disadvantaged backgrounds given the opportunities they deserve.

Peter J. Smith

Former Assistant Director of Admission

Yale University

Presentation

2008-10-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

Hope VI presentation by Mr. Martin Mares was a success! Mr. Mares provided students and parents information about our program and also gave applications to interested students. We are so excited we had the opportunity for him to come and speak to the community.

Mr. Mares also mentioned that he will also be in Phoenix on December 27th, 2008 to present the 10 steps to an effective Ivy League application.

Hope 6 in Phoenix, Arizona

2008-09-02T16:32:00.001-07:00

Hope 6 will be hosting our 1st meeting on September 13th, 2008 at 9am. In attendance will be Martin Mares, President of ILP, who will officially open our Arizona chapter.

Expanding our Reach

2008-08-27T20:15:00.000-07:00

ILP is proud to announce the expansion of the project to the Arizona and Texas region.