Our Scholars

SMART Scholars are curious and resilient, able to thrive in new environments and take on new challenges.

 

They are caring, respectful, and responsible, attentive to the needs of those around them.

 

They are courageous and motivated, determined to step outside of their comfort zones to become leaders within their communities.

 

More about SMART families

  • SMART families are in the lowest income quartile in San Francisco, earning less than $40,000 on average.

  • More than 97% of SMART Scholars will be the first in their families to graduate from college.

  • 4 of every 5 SMART Scholars primarily speak a language other than English at home.

Schools our Scholars attend

  • A.P. Giannini Middle School
  • Alta Vista School
  • Aptos Middle School
  • Bessie Carmichael School
  • Buena Vista Horace Mann
  • Cathedral School for Boys
  • Children's Day School
  • Convent and Stuart Hall
  • Crystal Springs Uplands School
  • Everett Middle School
  • Francisco Middle School
  • Gateway Middle School
  • Herbert Hoover Middle School
  • James Denman Middle School
  • Katherine Delmar Burke School
  • KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy
  • Kittredge School
  • La Scuola International School
  • Live Oak School
  • Marin Country Day School
  • Marina Middle School
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School
  • Millennium School
  • Paul Revere School
  • Presidio Hill School
  • Presidio Knolls School
  • Presidio Middle School
  • RISE University Preparatory
  • San Francisco Friends School
  • Synergy School
  • The Fr. Sauer Academy
  • The Mission Preparatory School
  • The Nueva School
  • The San Francisco School
  • Town School for Boys
  • Visitacion Valley Middle School
  • Westborough Middle School
  • Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School

  • Abraham Lincoln High School
  • Archbishop Riordan High School
  • Balboa High School
  • City Arts and Tech High School
  • Convent and Stuart Hall High School
  • Crystal Springs Uplands School
  • Drew School
  • Dunn School
  • El Camino High School
  • Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
  • Gateway High School
  • George Washington High School
  • Immaculate Conception Academy
  • International High School
  • KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory
  • Leadership High School
  • Lick-Wilmerding High School
  • Lowell High School
  • Mercy High School
  • Mission High School
  • Mount Eden High School
  • Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School
  • Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School
  • Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
  • San Francisco Christian School
  • San Francisco Girls’ School
  • San Francisco University High School
  • St. Ignatius College Preparatory
  • The Bay School of San Francisco
  • The Nueva School
  • The Urban School

  • Allegheny College
  • American River College
  • Andrews University
  • Arizona State University - Tempe
  • Atlanta Metropolitan State College
  • Azusa Pacific University
  • Berkeley City College
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Boston University
  • Cabrillo College
  • California Institute of Integral Studies
  • California Polytechnic State University - Pomona
  • California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
  • California State University - Dominguez Hills
  • California State University - East Bay
  • California State University - Fullerton
  • California State University - Long Beach
  • California State University - Los Angeles
  • California State University - Monterey Bay
  • California State University - Sacramento
  • Carleton College
  • Carrington College - San Leandro
  • Chabot College
  • City College Of San Francisco
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • College of San Mateo
  • College of Southern Nevada
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Columbia University
  • Contra Costa College
  • Davidson College
  • Denison University
  • DePaul University
  • Devry University
  • Dillard University
  • Dominican University of California
  • Duke University
  • Emory University
  • Emory University - Oxford
  • Everest College - Hayward
  • Everest College - San Francisco
  • Foothill College
  • George Washington University
  • Hampton University
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard University - Continuing Education
  • Haverford College
  • Heald College - San Francisco
  • Howard College
  • Howard University
  • Laney College
  • Las Positas College
  • Lehigh University
  • Los Angeles Pacific University
  • Loyola University New Orleans
  • Macalester College
  • Manhattanville College
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • New York University
  • Notre Dame de Namur University
  • Occidental College
  • Pepperdine University
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College
  • Princeton University
  • Sacramento City College
  • Samuel Merritt University
  • San Diego State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • San Jose City College
  • San Jose State University
  • Santa Barbara City College
  • Santa Clara University
  • Simmons University
  • Skyline College
  • Solano Community College
  • Sonoma State University
  • South Carolina State University
  • Southern California Institute of Architecture
  • St. Joseph’s University
  • St. Lawrence University
  • St. Mary’s College of California
  • Stanford University
  • Touro University California
  • Tufts University
  • Tulane University
  • University of California - Berkeley
  • University of California - Davis
  • University of California - Irvine
  • University of California - Los Angeles
  • University of California - Merced
  • University of California - Riverside
  • University of California - San Diego
  • University of California - Santa Barbara
  • University of California - Santa Cruz
  • University of Miami
  • University of Puget Sound
  • University of San Diego
  • University of San Francisco
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Texas - Austin
  • Utah State University
  • Virginia State University
  • Wesleyan University
  • Westmont College
  • Whitman College
  • Whittier College
  • Xavier University of Louisiana
  • Yale University