DC History
The year DC become a black-majority city
What is 1957?
Singer of “Never Too Much"
Who is Luther Vandross
The year College Bound was founded in
What is 1991?
The name of the main essay where you share your story, character, and perspective beyond academics
What is Personal Statement?
I am light to catch, hard to throw. What am I?
What is a feather?
The oldest neighborhood in DC
What is Georgetown?
It was founded in 1751, 40 years before DC. It existed as a colony in Maryland, and ⅓ of the population was Black up until 1930.
The founder and creator if Go-Go music?
Who is Chuck Brown?
True or False: All College Bound's current staff attended undergrad at predominantly white institutions?
What is True?
What is FAFSA
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
I can be touched but can't be seen?
What is someone’s heart?
The year Parliament created the album “A Chocolate City”
What is 1975?
The first black woman to be number one on Billboard?
Who was Whitney Houston in 1985?
The percentage of College Bound students that graduate fromm college within 6 years
What is OVER 70%
The difference between early action vs early decision during the college application process
Early Action: Apply early and get notified early of decision, gets to choose to accept or decline admission
Early Decision: Apply early and get notified early of decision, student must attend that university upon acceptance.
The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
What is a Hole?
The first elected mayor of DC?
Who is Walter Washington?
The first Black artist to win a Grammy.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald (1958)?
College Bound's mission
What is "to prepare public and public charter school students in the metropolitan D.C. area to enter college, earn a degree, and achieve their personal and professional goals"?
What is DC TAG and Why does it matter?
DCTAG (DC Tuition Assistance Grant)
Alleviates tuition costs for DC students
I am an odd number; take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
What is seven?
What were runaway slaves called during the American Civil War? Why is it significant to DC?
What were called contraband?
Runaway slaves flocked to DC in the tens of thousands during the Civil War. DC was emancipated in 1862, 3 years before the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The artist who had a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied at Constitution Hall
Who was Marian Anderson? (1939)
The significance of the M Street Building/College Bound's office is ...
It was the first DC public school for black students in the country. Founded in 1870 and was last moved to Dunbar High School in 1916.
The first college to adopt a policy of admitting black students that would allow them to graduate and earn a degree?
What is Oberlin College 1833?
Forward, I am heavy, backward, I am not. What am I?
What is a TON?