VALUES

TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE, HAVE HIGH SOCIETAL SOCIAL IMPACT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND MEET OUR GOAL OF DIVERSIFYING THE REPRESENTATION OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COLLEGE ACCESS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY, TDIG SEEKS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE TALENT THAT OTHERWISE MAY BE OVERLOOKED BUT WHO ARE NEVERTHELESS HARD TO MATCH, AND EXEMPLIFY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES

  • Self-identify with a racial, ethnic, or class identity traditionally underrepresented in higher education

  • Eager to have and work at obtaining multiple scholarship and college options

  • Interested in defying odds, breaking down barriers, and stretching limits to see how far their potential can get them

  • Applying to Top 100 colleges/universities as defined by U.S. News & World Report

  • Demonstrate grit by overcoming obstacles and/or striving for excellence

  • Continuous history of reliable commitment that includes working towards achieving a goal (e.g. saving money to meet a financial goal, working towards academic achievement, leading a project)

  • Strong leadership (e.g. consistently creates and follows through on action items)

  • Potential for hard work and hard work ethics

  • Personal integrity

  • Sets high personal expectations

  • Expresses fortitude

  • Industrious

  • Learning agility

  • Coachable

  • Professional (e.g. displays timeliness on projects and assignments, communicates prior to deadlines when extensions and absences are needed)

  • Thoughtful and actively displays integrity (e.g. honest and reliable)

  • Personally motivated to attend and apply to multiple competitive colleges/universities

  • Motivated to apply for multiple competitive scholarship opportunities

  • Displays and manages autonomy responsibly (e.g. able to work independently and provide reports on work in progress when needed)

  • Interested and invested in cultivating a support network (e.g. follows up with people who provide guidance and/or interested in creating and nurturing supportive relationships)

  • Scrappy and High potential (e.g. sets goals and actively works towards meeting them)