Partner Schools
Based at USC’s Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP), USC College Advising Corps (USC CAC) places recent college graduates in high schools to serve as full-time college advisers. USC CAC partners with local districts to serve in their high schools. This working partnership is vital to the long-term effectiveness of our college advisers who are dedicated to increasing the number of California youth who attend and complete higher education.
Current School Partners
Four USC CAC college advisers serve in Compton Unified School District in four high schools:
- Centennial High School
- Compton Early College High School
- Compton High School
- Dominguez High School
One USC CAC college adviser serves in Duarte Unified School District in one high school:
Duarte High School
USC College Advising Corps: Glendale Unified School District
Two USC CAC adviser serves in Glendale Unified School District in two high schools:
- Glendale High School
- Hoover High School
17 USC CAC college advisers serve in Long Beach Unified School District in 12 high schools:
- Avalon High School
- Browning High School
- Cabrillo High School
- California Academy of Mathematics & Science (CAMS)
- Jordan High School
- Lakewood High School
- McBride High School
- Millikan High School
- Polytechnic High School
- Renaissance High School for the Arts
- Sato Academy of Mathematics & Science
- Wilson High School
Thirteen USC CAC advisers serve in Los Angeles Unified School District in 15 high schools:
- Bell High School
- Diego Rivera Learning Complex - Communication and Technology School
- Diego Rivera Learning Complex - Green Design Community School
- Diego Rivera Learning Complex - Public Service Community School
- Early College Academy at LATTC
- Esteban E. Torres High School - Humanitas Academy of Art & Technology
- Esteban E. Torres High School - East LA Performing Arts Magnet
- Hawkins Senior High - R.I.S.E.
- Jefferson High School
- John Marshall High School
- David Starr Jordan High School
- Mendez High School
- Roosevelt High School
- San Pedro High School
- Santee Education Complex
USC College Advising Corps: Lynwood Unified School District
Two USC CAC advisers serve in Lynwood Unified School District in two high schools:
1. Firebaugh High School2. Lynwood High School
USC College Advising Corps: Paramount Unified School District
Three USC CAC advisers serve in Paramount Unified School District in two high schools:
- Buena Vista High School
- Odyssey STEM High School
- Paramount High School
Three USC CAC advisers serve in West Covina Unified School District in two high schools:
1. Edgewood High School
2. West Covina High School
New School Partners
The USC College Advising Corps is always exploring potential expansion to new districts.
In 2020-21, despite the significant barrier of remote school presented by the pandemic and a smaller senior class, our USC CAC advisers accomplished the following:
- Met 29,100 times with 7,800 students one-on-one
- Helped over 8,236 students to submit 25,768 college applications
- Helped 8,400 students to submit financial aid applications (FAFSA and Dream Act)
- Helped gain 13,300 college acceptances for 7,412 students!
See our Corps Impact page for more details, including the latest impact report.
New School/School District Partners
Partner Schools receive a fully trained, full time college adviser.
- The adviser serves a two-year term, after which a new adviser will take his/her place.
- Advisers directly assist students with all things college—research, selection, application, SAT/ACT, FAFSA, Dream Act, scholarships, SIR, enrollment, and beyond.
- Advisers are also tasked with helping build the college-going culture on campus.
We are not currently accepting new partner applications for SY 2022-2023. However, if you are interested in understanding the application process, please see the application here, and reach out to us to discuss possibilities for SY 2023-2024.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Ara Arzumanian at aarzuman@usc.edu or Benjamin Robles at roblesb@rossier.usc.edu.