Our Scholars

SMART Scholars are curious, 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 $42,000 on average.

• More than 99% 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

Middle Schools

A.P. Giannini Middle School
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School
Alta Vista School
Aptos Middle School
Bessie Carmichael School
Buena Vista Horace Mann
Cathedral School for Boys
Children's Day School
Creative Arts Charter School
Crystal Springs Uplands School
Everett Middle School
Francisco Middle School
Gateway Middle School
Herbert Hoover Middle School
James Denman Middle School
James Lick Middle School
Katherine Delmar Burke School
KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy
La Scuola International School
Live Oak School
Marin Country Day School
Marina Middle School
Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School
Millennium School
Mission Dolores Academy
New School of San Francisco
Paul Revere School
Presidio Hill School
Presidio Knolls School
Presidio Middle School
Rooftop School (Mayeda)
Roosevelt Middle School
San Francisco Friends School
St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School
St. Peter's Catholic School
Stella Maris Academy
Sterne School
Synergy School
• The Fr. Sauer Academy
• The Hamlin School
• The Mission Preparatory School
• The Nueva School
• The San Francisco School
• Thomas Edison Charter Academy
• Town School for Boys
• Visitacion Valley Middle School
• Westborough Middle School
• Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School

High Schools

Abraham Lincoln High School
Archbishop Riordan High School
Balboa High School
Capuchino High School (San Mateo)
Castro Valley High School
City Arts and Tech High School
Convent and Stuart Hall High School
Crystal Springs Uplands School
Drew School
Eastside College Preparatory School
El Camino High School
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
Gateway High School
George Washington High School
Immaculate Conception Academy
Independence High School
International High School
Lick-Wilmerding High School
Lowell High School
Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School
Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School
RISE University Preparatory
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
• San Francisco University High School
• San Francisco Waldorf High School
• St. Ignatius College Preparatory
• The Academy at McAteer
• The Athenian School
• The Bay School of San Francisco
• The Nueva School (San Mateo)
• The Urban School

Colleges (past and present)

Albion College
Allegheny College
American River College
Amherst College
Andrews University
Arizona State University
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Azusa Pacific University
Barnard College
Belmont University
Beloit College
Berkeley City College
Berklee College of Music
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Cabrillo College
California Institute of Integral Studies
Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
California Lutheran University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Carrington College - San Leandro
Chabot College
Chapman University
Chico State University
City College Of San Francisco
Claflin University
Claremont McKenna College
Clark Atlanta University
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
College of San Mateo
College of Southern Nevada
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia University
Contra Costa College
Creighton University
CSU Bakersfield
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU East Bay
CSU Fullerton
CSULong Beach
CSU Los Angeles
CSU Northridge
CSU Monterey Bay
CSU Sacramento
CSU San Marcos
Davidson College
Denison University
DePaul University
Devry University
Dillard University
Dominican University
Dominican University of California
Duke University
Duquesne University
Emerson College
Emory University
Emory University - Oxford
Everest College - Hayward
Everest College - San Francisco
Fisk University
Foothill College
Fresno State University
George Fox University
George Washington University
Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Hampton University
Harvard University
Harvard University - Continuing Education
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hawai'i Pacific University
Heald College - San Francisco
Hofstra University
Holy Names University
Hope College
Howard College
Howard University
Ithaca College
Juniata College
Kentucky State University
Knox College
La Salle University
Laney College
Las Positas College
Lawrence College
Lehigh University
Livingstone College
Los Angeles Pacific University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College
Manhattanville College
Marquette University
Menlo College
Mercer University
Metropolitan State University
Mills College at Northeastern
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount St. Mary's University
New York University
New York University Shanghai
Norfolk State University
North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Notre Dame de Namur University
Occidental College
Oregon State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Paine College
Penn State University
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Regis University
Rice 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
Scripps College
Seattle University
Simmons University
Skyline College
Soka University of America
Solano Community College
Sonoma State University
South Carolina State University
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Southern University at New Orleans
St. Joseph’s University
St. Lawrence University
St. Mary’s College of California
St. Olaf University
• Stanford University
• Stetson University
• Temple University
• Tennessee State University
• Touro University California
• Trinity College
• Tufts University
• Tulane University
• UC Berkeley
• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• UC Los Angeles
• UC Merced
• UC Riverside
• UC San Diego
• UC Santa Barbara
• UC Santa Cruz
• University of Arizona
• University of Chicago
• University of Denver
• University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
• University of Miami
• University of Michigan
• University of Oregon
• University of Portland
• University of Puget Sound
• University of Rochester
• University of San Diego
• University of San Francisco
• University of Southern California
• University of St. Thomas
• University of the Pacific
• University of Texas - Austin
• University of Virginia
• Utah State University
• Valparaiso University
• Virginia State University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wesleyan University
• West Virginia State University
• Westmont College
• Whitman College
• Whittier College
• Williams College
• Woodbury University
• Xavier University of Louisiana
• Yale University