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Prep for Prep admissions officer urges Community Board 11 to share application details with families

5783620 · September 5, 2025
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Sinai Cruz, Bronx admissions officer for Prep for Prep, described the program 14-month preparatory track for high-achieving, low-income students, noted applications open Sept. 15, and said the program typically accepts about 125 fifth/sixth-graders and 75 seventh-graders each year.

Sinai Cruz, Bronx admissions officer for Prep for Prep, described the program to Community Board 11 Education Committee members and asked the board to share application materials with district families and civic organizations.

"Prep for Prep is a free academic and leadership development program, whose mission is basically to prepare and place high achieving, low income students, who are currently attending public, parochial, or charter schools into independent schools," Cruz said.

Cruz described a two-track intake: one for fifth- and…

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