With nearly seven years of experience reviewing applications at the University of Chicago, Amy Kennelly Viellieu helped select students based on qualifications outside their formal test scores. To assist students in her community and beyond, Amy Kennelly Viellieu volunteered for Posse. Posse helps place low-income students in select colleges and pays for scholarships for their attendance. In operation since 1989, the Posse Foundation helps students attend college who are overlooked by more traditional qualifications, like test scores or academic performance. After the student’s high school, or a local community organization, nominates a student to meet with Posse Foundation staff, they undergo a three-step interviewing process, called the Dynamic Assessment Process (DAP). If chosen to receive the scholarship, the student attends college preparatory programs and attends an affiliated school alongside nine other students from their geographic location. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, the Posse Foundation began hosting virtual interviews and college prep activities. As of January of 2021, the organization announced that they would retain these measures even after pandemic-related restrictions on meeting in person ended. In the process the introduction of virtual interviews and workshops opens up more cities to receive Posse Foundation support and more colleges to become partners.

1. Amy Kennelly Viellieu

2. With nearly seven years of experience reviewing applications at
the University of Chicago, Amy Kennelly Viellieu helped select
students based on qualifications outside their formal test scores.
To assist students in her community and beyond, Amy Kennelly
Viellieu volunteered for Posse. Posse helps place low-income
students in select colleges and pays for scholarships for their
attendance.

3. In operation since 1989, the Posse Foundation helps students
attend college who are overlooked by more traditional
qualifications, like test scores or academic performance. After the
student’s high school, or a local community organization,
nominates a student to meet with Posse Foundation staff, they
undergo a three-step interviewing process, called the Dynamic
Assessment Process (DAP). If chosen to receive the scholarship,
the student attends college preparatory programs and attends an
affiliated school alongside nine other students from their
geographic location.

4. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, the Posse
Foundation began hosting virtual interviews and college prep
activities. As of January of 2021, the organization announced that
they would retain these measures even after pandemic-related
restrictions on meeting in person ended. In the process the
introduction of virtual interviews and workshops opens up more
cities to receive Posse Foundation support and more colleges to
become partners.