College Acceptance
Our Unique and Successful Approach to College Admissions
Youth Initiative High School does not use a system of grade point averages or class ranks. All classes are evaluated on a pass or fail basis and include an extensive, in-depth narrative evaluation of the class and the student’s performance. Throughout the high school career of every student these narrative evaluations are compiled and become, upon graduation, the student’s transcript.Instead of a piece of paper with a GPA and class rank, colleges receive a three-ring binder full of every narrative evaluation the student has ever received, reading like a memoir of the student’s growth and achievements. In a college admissions climate where students want to separate themselves from the crowd, YIHS students are immediately recognized as individuals. This way of doing things not only respects the individuality of every student but it has proven to be successful. Youth Initiative students are accepted to a broad range of colleges.
Our Students at College
The following is a list of some of the colleges that have accepted YIHS graduates.
Highly Selective Schools
Yale University
Deep Springs College
University of Chicago
University of California, Los Angeles
Brown University
Tulane University
Independent and Niche
Naropa University
Cornell College
Earlham College
Shimer College
American College of Eurythmy
Prescott College
Antioch College
Audubon Expedition Institute
Pitzer College
College of the Atlantic
Fairhaven College
Berea College
Watson College
Marlboro College
Art and Design Schools
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
American Academy of Art
Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago
AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Clown Conservatory
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
American Eurythmy School
Eurythmy Spring Valley School of Eurythmy
Large Universities
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Stout, Milwaukee
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, Duluth, Eau Claire, Oshkosh
University of Iowa
Florida State University
Marquette University
University of Colorado – Boulder
Boston University
Clark University
Hawai’i Pacific University
Iowa State
Lesley University
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Saint Louis University
University of Denver
Small Public Schools
University of Minnesota – Morris
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Richland Center, Superior, Stevens Point
Winona State University
Colorado Mountain College
Evergreen State College
Peninsula College
Point Park University
Southern Oregon University
Small Private Schools
Augsburg University
Viterbo University
Hamline University
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict
Kalamazoo College
St. Olaf College
Bard College
Carthage College
Edgewood College
College of the Atlantic
Columbia College
Elon University
Green Mountain College
Grinell College
Luther College
Hampshire College
Hendrix College
Baldwin Wallace University
Hillsdale College
Knox College
Rhodes College
Molloy College
Millikin University
Northland College
Prescott College
Ripon College
Roanoke College
University of Puget Sound
Warren Wilson College
Wartburg College
Webster University
Whitman College
Technical Colleges
Florida Institute of Technology
Madison Area Technical College
Western Technical College
Fox Valley Technical College
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Schools Abroad
American University in Cairo
American University in Bulgaria
European College of Liberal Arts, Germany
St. Louis University, Madrid
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Trinity College, University of Dublin
St. Andrew’s University, Scotland
Eurythmeum, Germany
Bard College, Berlin
Anglo American University, Czech Republic
St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia
Quest University, Canada
Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau, Germany
Tel Aviv Univeristy, Israel
University of Essex, England
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
West Midlands Eurythmy School, England
