Learn more about the Advantage Testing Foundation, our unique educational partnerships, and our public service initiatives.
The Advantage Testing Foundation identifies and cultivates future leaders of every background. By forging strategic partnerships with leading universities such as Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale and NYU, and other distinguished institutions, we expand the opportunities of our nation’s extraordinary young people.
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Initiatives & Partnerships In partnering with preeminent universities and like-minded public service organizations, the Advantage Testing Foundation seeks to pool the outstanding academic resources already available in this nation and help direct them to where they are needed most.
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TRIALS Program
The Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools
In 2009, the Advantage Testing Foundation launched Trials in partnership with Harvard Law School and NYU School of Law. Trials is the nation’s most selective full-scholarship pre-law program, preparing students of underrepresented socioeconomic backgrounds for admission to leading law schools. Trials students are selected on the basis of their compelling personal narratives, ability to overcome adversity, commitment to public service, and academic achievements. Trials scholars spend five weeks at Harvard Law School or the NYU School of Law to study logical reasoning, argumentation, critical reading, and essay writing with Advantage Testing instructors. Trials scholars are also awarded a $4,000 stipend on completion of the residency.
TRIALS SCHOLARS VITAL STATISTICS
• 50%+ first-generation college students • 80%+ underrepresented minorities • Median starting diagnostic LSAT score at the 40th percentile • Median official LSAT score at the 90th percentile • 150+ admissions to T14 law schools • 75+ admissions to Harvard Law School • Numerous NYU Root-Tilden Scholars and An-Bryce Scholars • Alumni include 1 Rhodes Scholar, 2 Rhodes Finalists, 4 Fulbright Scholars, 2 Soros Fellows, and 2 Marshall Scholars
PAST GUEST SPEAKERS INCLUDE
• John Manning, Dean of Harvard Law School • Trevor Morrison, Dean of NYU School of Law • Martha Minow, former Dean of Harvard Law School • Richard Revesz, former Dean of NYU School of Law
• John Sexton, former President of NYU and Dean of NYU School of Law • Robert Bordone, Founding Director of the Harvard Negotiation Clinic • Randall Kennedy, HLS Michael R. Klein Professor of Law • Hon. Jesse M. Furman, US District Court, Southern District of New York • Kristen Clarke, Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the US DOJ
FOR MORE INFORMATION trials.atfoundation.org
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Future Leaders in Law
A partnership with Harvard Law School and Paul, Weiss
Launched in 2023, the Future Leaders in Law Program prepares individuals primarily from first-generation and less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for admission to law schools around the nation. During a week-long residency at Harvard Law School, Future Leaders in Law Fellows engage with HLS faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Following the residency, Advantage Testing provides several months of rigorous LSAT instruction as well as academic and professional counseling. This full scholarship program covers all costs to participate, including transportation, lodging, instructional fees, and preparation materials. FLL also provides a $3,000 stipend for participating students, as well as need- based assistance for law school application fees, LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service reports, and LSAT administration fees.
FLL VITAL STATISTICS
• Students who completed six timed practice tests and review with Advantage Testing have increased their scores by an average of 41 percentile points.
FOR MORE INFORMATION hls.harvard.edu/professional-and-lifelong-learning/pre-law-programs/fu- ture-leaders-in-law-program/
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LEDA
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
Each summer, the Advantage Testing Foundation and Princeton University pool their resources to provide institutional, academic, and financial support to LEDA, a college access program widely recognized as the most successful in the nation. LEDA’s goal is to help underrepresented public high school students of modest means earn acceptance to and succeed at the nation’s leading colleges and universities.
LEDA SCHOLARS VITAL STATISTICS
• LEDA enrolls 100-150 high school juniors annually • Median household income of ~$30,000 • 51% of the most recent LEDA cohort will attend Harvard, Princeton, Yale, or Stanford • 69% of the most recent LEDA cohort was admitted to an Ivy League college, MIT, or Stanford • ~95% of all LEDA graduates have enrolled or currently enrolled in “Ivy League/Most Competitive,” “Highly Competitive,” or “Very Competitive” institutions (ranked by Barron’s ) • In 2014, LEDA participated in President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s first White House Summit on College Opportunities for Low Income Students.
FOR MORE INFORMATION www.ledascholars.org
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LEDA LEGAL
A partnership of LEDA, the AT Foundation, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and NYU School of Law
Launched in 2023, LEDA Legal is a scholarship program designed to expand the opportunities of underrepresented, low-income students who aspire to attend top-tier law schools. The program helps these high-achieving scholars explore legal careers, navigate the application process, and ultimately gain admission to the best law schools in the nation. Participants receive intensive preparation for law school, including rigorous LSAT preparation provided by the Advantage Testing Foundation and, along with additional support from LEDA, development of their law school applications. NYU School of Law, Harvard Law School, and Yale Law School lead workshops and academic- and career-focused panels for the cohort throughout the eight-month program.
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AT Foundation/Jane Street Math Prize for Girls
“The country’s preeminent math competition for young women” —MIT Office of Admissions
In 2009, the Advantage Testing Foundation launched MP4G, the largest math prize for girls in the world. In 2022, Jane Street Capital partnered with the AT Foundation by endowing the Math Prize for Girls in perpetuity. Since then, approximately 2000 young mathematicians have taken our exceptionally challenging exams of mathematical analysis and creative problem solving and compete for more than $100,000 in prizes, including a first prize of $50,000.
ENDOWING PARTNER
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• Jane Street Capital
• MIT
PAST CEREMONY SPEAKERS INCLUDE
• Susan Hockfield, former President of MIT • Dina Katabi, MIT Professor and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Stephen Wolfram, Founder of Wolfram Research and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Esther Duflo, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Winner and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Priya Natarajan, Yale Professor of Astronomy • Shafi Goldwasser, MIT Professor and Turing Award Winner • Corina Tarnita, Princeton Professor • Tomasz Mrowka, Former MIT Math Department Chairman • Radhika Nagpal, Harvard Professor
BOARD OF ADVISORS INCLUDES
• Michael Sipser, the Dean of the School of Science at MIT • Maria Klawe, the President of Harvey Mudd College & the former Dean of the School of Engineering at Princeton • Leading mathematicians on the faculties of MIT, Harvard University, University of Washington, and University of Wisconsin
CONTEST CONTRIBUTORS
• The Akamai Foundation • Wolfram Research • Canada/USA Mathcamp
FOR MORE INFORMATION mathprize.atfoundation.org
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Prep for Prep
SAT and ACT instruction
The Advantage Testing Foundation provides pro bono intensive SAT and ACT instruction to high school juniors in Prep for Prep, a highly regarded and extremely successful leadership development program for minority students founded in 1978. Students enter Prep for Prep in the fifth, sixth or seventh grade and complete a rigorous 14-month course of study to prepare for the transition from New York City public schools to leading independent schools. Prep for Prep supports student success in high school and college by provid- ing participants with leadership opportunities, college and career counseling, and access to a deep alumni network. • More than 280 Prep for Prep students prepared for college admission tests • 40.5% of Prep for Prep students tutored by Advantage Testing attend or have graduated from an Ivy League institution
FOR MORE INFORMATION www.prepforprep.org
AT Foundation Honors & Recognitions
• Profiled in the Wall Street Journal’s “Donor of the Day” column for “helping to find the next generation of leaders who will bring diversity, new ideas, compassion and a different kind of leadership to institutions.” • Honorary Pi Eta Kappa Fellowship awarded by Medgar Evers College for “advancing the lives of young men of color.” • AT Foundation President Arun Alagappan was the 25th Reunion Class Speaker for Harvard Law School’s Class of 1985. Delivered presentation on “Promoting Access: How Private Enterprise Can Partner with Universities to Diversify the Nation’s Leadership Pool.” • Featured in New York Magazine’s “The Influentials,” a compilation of 200 professionals “whose ideas, power, and sheer will are changing New York.” • South Asian Council for Social Services Award for extraordinary service to the community. • Mr. Alagappan was recognized as Guest of Honor at LEDA’s 15th Annual Gala and awarded the first-ever LEDA Hero Award for his “relentless support of LEDA and our Scholars.” • Recognized by Mayor Bloomberg for fostering “an extraordinary commitment to the public good…Advantage Testing’s commitment to excellence and social responsibility truly represents the very best our great City has to offer.”
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AT Foundation Board of Trustees
Arun Alagappan , President and Founder of Advantage Testing, Inc. and the Advantage Testing Foundation
Shirley M. Tilghman , President Emerita of Princeton University
Martha Minow , former Dean of Harvard Law School
John Manning , Interim Provost of Harvard University
John Edward Sexton , President Emeritus of New York University and Dean Emeritus of NYU School of Law
Troy McKenzie , Dean of New York University School of Law
J. Tomilson Hill , Chairman of Private Investments at Two Sigma and former President and CEO of Blackstone’s Hedge Fund Solutions Group
Sandor Lehoczky , Senior Leader at Jane Street Capital and lifelong promoter of math education
Jackie Stone , Partner at McGuireWoods specializing in government relations and regulatory and immigration matters
BK Fulton , award-winning Filmmaker and Author, Founder of Soulidifly Productions
Lauren Frank , Leader in education philanthropy and Partner at Reiss Capital Management
Beth Nash , Leader in education philanthropy and former Investment Manager with Goldman Sachs and CREF
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan served as Vice President of the Advantage Testing Foundation’s original Board of Trustees from 2007–2009.
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