Fellows Application

Eligible students must complete an online application form which will take a couple of hours to complete. It requires communication with your family and a guidance counselor. The application asks for the following information:
- Your interest in the Opportunity Network Fellows Program
- Your involvement at school (classes, extracurriculars)
- Your involvement in various communities (home, work, volunteer)
- One short written personal statement
- Parent/Family information (including levels of education, household income, and contact information)
- Most recent 10th-grade report card
- Transcript for 9th grade
- Parent/Family Consent
In addition to applicants filling out an online application, you need to have (2) recommendation forms submitted on your behalf. These forms will take your recommender about 10-15 minutes to complete.
- 1 form from a current or recent classroom teacher (for a major subject, e.g. English, math, history)
- 1 form from a guidance counselor, advisor, or social worker

All students that are currently enrolled in the tenth grade at a New York City high school.
Students who have demonstrated academic commitment. Our current Fellows reflect their academic commitment by taking challenging course loads. Most of our Fellows apply to our program with a GPA of 87 and above.
Students who identify as a member of an under-resourced community and have a household AGI under $125,000. The average AGI for our accepted Fellows is $40,000.
Students who are pursuing their hobbies and interests with passion and energy.
Applicants should not already have access to the kinds of resources, services, and opportunities the program offers such as intensive college counseling and application assistance, mandatory summer programming that conflicts with OppNet’s Summer Institute, or already participate in college and career programs such as SEO, Minds Matter, or Breakthrough.
Applicants must be self-motivated to join a challenging peer network and commit to OppNet as their primary extracurricular.