Living the college dream: high-performing, low-income students reach for the nation’s top colleges
“During the second half of her summer, Castillo, 16, and nearly 100 other academically exceptional high-school students just finished attending the University of Southern California’s Bovard Scholars program: a three-week, all-expenses-paid, intensive residency for low-income students that shows these learners that they too can gain entry to the nation’s elite private and public colleges and universities.”