Attendance Expectations
Scholar Engagement
CS College Counseling
Leadership Development
CS Mentorship
100

Max amount of time you can be late to a workshop

What is 20 minutes?

100

The number of CS Socials throughout Year One and their month

What are the two socials: the December Holiday Social & the May End of Year Social?

100

The number of College Counseling Sessions in Year One

What are 9 College Counseling Sessions?

100

What does YMoC stand for?

What is Young Men of Color?

100

CS Mentors support scholars in what two years of their Chicago Scholars journey

What is senior year (Y1) & the first year of college (Y2)?

200

Max amount of unexcused absences for College Counseling

What is 1 unexcused College Counseling session?

200

Your Engagement Contacts for Year One

Who is Karla Bonilla-Herrera, Irvin Ibarra, & MJ Jones?

200

The first month you will have a college counseling session

What is June?

200

Name the TWO CS leadership development groups.

What is the Leadership Council & the Scholar Ambassadors?

200

The frequency you are expected to attend Cohort gatherings with your mentors in Year 1

What is monthly (June 2025-April 2026)?

300

Max amount of unexcused workshops absences allowed

What is 2 unexcused absences?

300

What the cohort with the most REACH Gems gets at the end of the year

What is a $1,000 scholarship for the cohort?

300

The number of college counseling sessions considered Family Sessions

What are 3 Family College Counseling sessions?

300

What is the next option after missing your assigned, in-person workshop?

What is a Circle Talk on the 3rd Saturday of each month?

300

The frequency you are expected to meet virtual w/your Year 2 mentor

What is monthly throughout your collegiate Freshman year (May 2026 - May 2027)?

400

The virtual platform you have requirements for monthly

What is REACH Pathways?

400

The number of times an Engagement Contact will reach out before CS considers disenrollment

What is 3 times?

400

What is the big, mandatory event that CS will host in October?

What is the Onsite College and Leadership Forum?

400

The 3 optional CS Growth Labs that assist in leadership development.

What are Writing Labs, Interview Labs, & Scholarship Labs?

400

The resource that guides mentor/scholar discussions & activities for Year 1 & Year 2

What is the Mentorship Curriculum?

500

How you alert CS & your mentor regarding an absence

What is the Absence Request form & informing mentors directly? 

500

The programs are you expected to attend if you DO NOT have a monthly workshop

What is a Growth Lab?

500

What are your first five college applications, due September 28th, called?

What is the CS5?

500

How many leadership competencies does Chicago Scholars have?

What are 10 leadership competencies?

500

Name THREE topics covered in the Year 1 Mentorship Curriculum

What is leadership, academics, career, REACH modules, self-care, and financial literacy