EOP/HEOP, and other Opportunity Programs

wow2012
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:16:42 +0000

My older brother and sister both got went to colleges in the HEOP/EOP program.
My brother went to NYU and my sister Cornell. I can attest to the fact that HEOP/EOP standards are different depending on the school. Schools such as NYU and Cornell have more stringent standards than other schools. HEOP/EOP is not a program that only accepts below par students. My brother graduated in the top 10% of his class. He got a full scholarship package to URochester but he still decided to go NYU. My sister was also a great student and got great aid packages and was accepted to great schools. However, they both looked at the benefits HEOP gives its students. They knew they wanted to go to grad school and HEOP/EOP graduates are eligible to receive on free Master/or professional degree as long as they go to school in the SUNY system. My brother went to SUNY Stonybrook Medical School in the MD/MPH program and now he works at Yale New Haven Hospital. My sister enrolled SUNY Downstate Medical in the MD/PhD program 3 yrs ago.
This program in for those who want to succeed but don’t have the financial means to go to school. Believe me a lot of kids don’t know how lucky there are that they don’t have to worry about $$ for school. I know a lot of people (friends, cousins, etc) who are in this program and they are happy. HEOP/EOP helps the financially strapped but does not give free tickets to the academically unprepared.