Who We Serve

Approximately 150 eighth-grade students and 472 high school students (grades 9-12) are enrolled in the Early Identification Program.

The Early Identificaton Progra graduated its first high school class in 1991. As of 2007 (EIP's 20th Anniversary), over 700 high school seniors have graduated from the Early Identification Program. Most of these students (95%) enrolled at colleges and universities throughout the United States:

• Algonquin College
• American University
• Avery College
• Bennett College
• Boston College
• Catawba College
• Chatham College
• Chowan College
• Clinch Valley College
• College of William and Mary
• Culinary institute of America
• Delaware State University
• East Carolina State University
• Fisk University
• George Mason University
• George Washington University
• Gettysburg College
• Grambling State University
• Hampton University
• Hood College
• Howard University
• Iowa State University
• James Madison University
• Mary Washington College
• Marymount University
• Mississippi University
• Montgomery College
• Morehouse College
• Norfolk State University
• North Carolina State University
• Northern Virginia Community College
• The Ohio State University
• Old Dominion University
• Parsons School of Design
• Penn State University
• Radford University
• Randolph Macon College
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Salisbury State University
• Savannah College of Arts
• Shenandoah University
• Shepherd College
• Spelman College
• Sweet Briar College
• Temple University
• University of Bolivia
• University of Delaware
• University of El Salvador
• University of Florida
• University of Maryland
• University of Puerto Rico
• University of Richmond
• University of Rhode Island
• University of Virginia
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Virginia State University
• Virginia Tech University
• Virginia Union College
• Wesley College
• West Virginia University
• Winston-Salem State University
• Xavier Universit

EIP guarantees admission to Mason for those students who follow a pre-college curriculum, successfully complete the program in good academic standing, and meet Mason's admission requirements. More than 100 EIP students have graduated from George Mason University with baccalaureate degrees.