Summer Program Benefits

All benefits are available for activation for up to six years.

College Admissions Officer Meeting

Interns will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a college admissions officer about their college applications.

Calculate your acceptance probabilities to your top colleges

College Acceptance Probability Modeling

SAT/ACT Training

PrepScholar is the premier online SAT/ACT training resource for high school students across the United States.

Summer program students will have the opportunity to meet virtually, one-on-one with a college admissions expert from our partners at CollegeAdvisor. They will help walk students through the ins-and-outs of college applications, essay writing, and scholarships.

Students can speak directly with dedicated admissions counselors and former admissions officers to provide them with an in-depth understanding of the college application process. These counselors have personal and extensive experience in the college application field that cannot be replicated anywhere else.

Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.

Past students have used this time to hone in on their essay topics, decide on how many colleges to apply to, and create application time lines

College Admissions Officer Meeting

Leadership Initiatives and our partners at Parchment and PrepScholar have designed a system that will calculate the probability of acceptance into the student’s top university choices based on the students GPA, test scores, extracurricular activities, career goals, financial need and more.

The Leadership Initiatives college admissions team will then help all participants narrow their college interest list and create a college application plan.

Financial Assistance Needs

Extra-Curricular Activities

Community Service

College Probability Calculator

Grade Point Average

SAT/ACT Training Scores

College Acceptance Probability Modeling

Because our college admissions team work with a broad range of higher education institutions, their advice, and beneficial knowledge will allow students to further understand the college admissions process.

Featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The Huffington Post, PrepScholar is the premier online SAT/ACT training resource for high school students across the United States. All summer program participants will receive one year of free online SAT/ACT training from PrepScholar valued at over $1200.

PrepScholar utilizes personalized learning that incorporates technology & quality content to enable students to drastically increase their ability to take college standardized tests. PrepScholar combines highly-effective private tutors with the best technology on the market to increase student scores.

Students have increased their SAT & ACT scores by an average of 280 points and 4 points, respectively.

PrepScholar comes with customized lessons, full-length tests, and 24/7 customer service.

Parent's receive bi-weekly emails updating them on their student's progress in the program.

SAT/ACT Training

College Application
Essay Review

Interns may submit up to five college application essays for professional review.

Interns may request two letters of recommendation, written by the Executive Director or the LI staff member of their choice.

Letters of Recommendation

Interns can attend virtual college admissions panels with representatives from some of the top universities in the nation.

College Admissions
Q&A Panels

All Summer Internship Program participants receive one-on-one essay editing assistance from Leadership Initiatives.

Each student essay will be edited to ensure it makes an excellent impression at every stage of the competitive application process. The editors will improve the style, clarity, sentence structure and coherence of your application so that your achievements are noticed.

Editors bring decades of experience in many different backgrounds, including Science and Technology, Commerce, Management, and the Humanities.

College Application Essay Review

All Summer Internship Program participants will have the opportunity to have two written for them from any Leadership Initiatives staff member, including the Executive Director Marshall Bailly.

Students interns will also have the opportunity to have letters written by Leadership Initiatives partners from the International Business & Development Internship, International Public Health Internship, and International Law & Advocacy Internship.

These unique and complimentary letters are one of the most highly regarded benefits that Leadership Initiatives has. Below are letters of recommendation from past students showcasing how the program transformed their lives:

Letters of Recommendation

Summer program students will have the opportunity to join webinars with top admissions officers from around the country. Students and parents will have the opportunity to ask questions to these officers to gain insights into the application process.

Students can speak directly with current admissions officers from Brown, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Emory, the California Insititute of Technology, and more! These individuals have a minimum of 15 years of experience in the field of college admissions.

Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.

Past students have used this time to discuss wholistic applications, how to utilize test scores, identifying safety vs reach schools, the importance of demonstrated interest at various universities, and more!

College Admissions Q&A Panels

Scholarship Application Essay Review

Leadership Initiatives will review, edit, and suggest improvements to your scholarship application essays.

Interns engage with professors and experienced professionals to better understand their field.

Participants will be able to request verified community service hours for their time in our internships.

Expert Career Insight

Community Service
Hours Earned

Hundreds of thousands of scholarships exist for upcoming college students, and financial aid and scholarships can be a deciding factor in a student’s ability to attend college.

Each student scholarship application will be edited to ensure it makes an excellent impression at every stage of the competitive application process. The editors will improve the style, clarity, sentence structure and coherence of your application so that your achievements are noticed.

LI provides unmatched one-on-one scholarship assistance to each student through our personalized scholarship editing services.

The graduating seniors of the Summer Internship Program have received over $5.4 million in financial aid and scholarships to attend college.

Scholarship Application Essay Review

One of the most important aspects of gaining entrance to the professional world is experience. As the first impression made on an employer, university, or other institution highlighting experience beyond your peers and is often the key to unlocking these doors.

All participants of the Summer Internship Program receive professional development from experts in multiple fields so they can highlight to colleges, universities, and employers what skills they have.

Students use these experiences to highlight on college applications and resumes what they have accomplished. Leadership Initiatives will serve as a reference for all scholarship, school, and job applications for up to six years after the internship is completed.

Expert Career Insight

Community Service Hours Earned

By volunteering their time to support communities worldwide, interns earn 35 community service hours that count toward requirements for their school or organizations such as the National Honor Society. Leadership Initiatives will provide a certificate of completion, and verify service hours electronically upon request, to ensure each intern’s service is officially recognized.

Leadership Initiatives will work with your school and their community service program to ensure that your work to transform lives is recognized.

Interns who successfully complete a Summer Internship are given first consideration for acceptance into the school year program.

International Internship Program

LI will create personalized websites to showcase participant achievements.

Personalized Website

Participants will obtain real-word experience in law, medicine, neuroscience, business, cybersecurity, national security, or technology.

Real-World Experience

The single greatest thing any student can have when applying for college is an experience that sets them apart from their peers. Students who participate in the International Internship Program help develop solutions for real-world problems facing communities in developing nations.

Not only does this demonstrate each student’s immense dedication to the welfare of communities worldwide, but it also highlights crucial skills including organization, team collaboration, creativity, effective communication, and many more essential qualities of leadership.

Leadership Initiatives Summer Internship Program participants have been accepted into Harvard, Stanford, Georgetown, George Washington, University of Chicago, Northwestern, MIT, and other top colleges in the globe, due in part to the unmatched experience gained through the program

Real-World Experience

Through the International Internship Program (IIP), students research and develop solutions to real-world problems in rural Nigeria, addressing challenges in business, health, or advocacy. Interns are paired with development partners and work in teams during weekly virtual meetings throughout the school year, conducting practical research and assisting with improvement implementation. This experience builds leadership skills and critical thinking, setting interns apart from peers while making a tangible impact on underserved communities.

The International Business & Development Program allows students to work directly with businesses in the developing world. LI identifies small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs who live on less than $1.90 a day, have limited business experience, and struggle to provide for their family’s basic needs.

The International Public Health Program assists vulnerable populations living in sub-Sarahan Africa. Students work with project managers and health care professionals in Bauchi, Nigeria to develop and implement public health campaigns addressing major health concerns such as immunization, reproductive health, early childhood development, food safety and nutrition, illicit substances, and the control of Malaria and HIV/ AIDS.

The International Law & Advocacy Program focuses on human rights activism through education, advocacy, and public interest litigation. Students collaborate with project coordinators in northern Nigeria to tackle pressing advocacy challenges such as child rights, gender equality, access to education, and combating systemic injustices.

International Internship Progam

Upon completion of the internship, Leadership Initiatives creates a personalized website highlighting your experience and accomplishments.

Intern websites display your headshot and bio, your team's project or grant proposal, and photos of you and yourr partners in action, illustrating the skills you've learned and impact you've made on an underserved community. The website link is included in your letters of recommendation, acting as a visual resume and allowing colleges to explore your outstanding achievements.

Click below to view past intern's websites below.

Personalized Website

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Our office in Washington, DC is open seven days a week - give us a call! A phone conversation allows us to answer your specific questions and provide you with contact information for previous internship participants and their families so that you can get a first-hand perspective.

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4410 Massachusetts Ave., NW #236

Washington, DC  20016

info@lichange.org

202-738-1115

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