College Ready NYC founder Peter Wilson has advised NYC high school students for over 30 years in all aspects of the college admissions and post-graduation process. For 22 years, Peter directed the College and Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) programs at the prestigious Baccalaureate School for Global Education (BSGE), the first public all-International Baccalaureate School in New York City. As a founding member of the highly-ranked public school, Peter created and developed the college and IB CAS curriculums from the ground up, successfully guiding and assisting nearly 2,000 young people in their college journey to top colleges, universities, and post-secondary programs.  In his final two years at BSGE alone, he helped nearly 200 graduating seniors earn nearly $70 million dollars in offered merit-based scholarships as well as assisted dozens of graduating seniors gain admissions to honors programs at esteemed institutions.

Spurred by a desire to offer youth from low income and working class households free, top quality college preparation services, Peter also founded and directed the highly successful, award winning College Readiness Program at Sunnyside Community Services (SCS).  For over 17 years at SCS, he assisted over 7,000 young people from Queens public high schools gain entry into competitive colleges and universities as well as earn millions of dollars in scholarships. Because of his distinguished work with the College Readiness Program at SCS, he was named NY1’s New Yorker of the Week in November 2018.  Moreover, Peter’s college initiatives and efforts have been recognized by Harvard University’s Family Research Project and New England Counselors of Color Bridging Access to College (NECBAC).

Dedicated to ensuring that young people from vulnerable, under-represented communities in NYC are offered the opportunity to earn a college degree and realize their full potential, Peter is using his expertise and comprehensive knowledge of the college admissions process to implement College Ready NYC.