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New page: {{Infobox club |Name=Let's Get Ready |Image=LetsGetReady.gif |Founded=? |Recognition=Community Impact |Membership=~40 |Executive board=? |Allocation=? |Category=[[:Category:Community s...

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{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready
|Image=LetsGetReady.gif
|Founded=?
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Executive board=?
|Allocation=?
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]}}

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] help to high school students in low income districts. It is part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]].

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing

== Coaching ==
Each coach picks a subject to tutor (either Math or Verbal) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions.

=== Training ===
New coaches are trained at the start of the semester about teaching techniques and giving refreshers on the college admissions process. The training consists of 1-2 daytime sessions on weekends.

=== Time commitment ===
Each session takes 3 hours, including transit time to and from the tutoring location. Though it's possible to "wing it", it's generally recommended that coaches spend an hour or two prior to their session preparing for the class.

=== Teaching material ===
Coaches are provided with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, though they are permitted to use any material they like to teach their students the material.

=== Students ===
The classes are small, each consisting of 2-6 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

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 |Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/

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 |Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
 |Membership=~40
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 |Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/
 |Contact=lgr.columbia@gmail.com
 '''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

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 {{Infobox club
 |Name=Let's Get Ready!
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 |Founded=1998
 |Recognition=[[Community Impact]]

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 {{Infobox club
-|Name=Let's Get Ready
+|Name=Let's Get Ready!
 |Image=LetsGetReady.gif
 |Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
 |Membership=~40
 |Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]}}
-'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] help to high school students in low income districts. It is part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]].
+'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.
 == Services ==
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 * Scholarship application tips
 * College essay editing
 == Coaching ==
-Each coach picks a subject to tutor (either Math or Verbal) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions.
+Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.
-=== Training ===
+New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.
 === Students ===
-The classes are small, each consisting of 2-6 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.
+Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.
 == External Links ==
 * [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
 * [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
 [[Category:Community service clubs]]