Morgan Park Academy seniors caught the eye of top colleges and universities at a citywide college admissions forum at Navy Pier, earning early offers of admission as part of the Chicago Scholars program.
Students pre-selected up to five schools with whom they would interview at the Oct. 21, 2025 event. They had submitted application materials to these schools by mid-September, allowing admission officers time to review their applications prior to the interviews, which were held in person and virtually.
During the event, MPA seniors engaged in college interviews with admission officers from:
- Vanderbilt University
- Cornell University
- University of Southern California
- Colgate University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Loyola University Chicago
- DePaul University
- American University
- Brandeis University
- Drake University
- Northern Illinois University
- Calvin University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- St, Mary’s College
- Oberlin College
While several of the colleges and universities have not begun extending admission offers at this point in the annual cycle, MPA seniors did receive admission at the forum from Loyola, Drake, Calvin, and Northern Illinois.
In the past 15 years, MPA students have been accepted by 49 of the nation’s top 50 colleges and universities, as ranked by US News & World Report, including nearly all of what Forbes has dubbed “The New Ivies,” a group of 20 highly selective institutions “that are attracting the best and the brightest, and graduating students that are outpacing most Ivy Leaguers in the eyes of employers.”
Graduating seniors earn millions in scholarship offers each year — including an average of more than $330,000 per student for the Class of 2025.
