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Meet the Chicago senior with $1.6 million in college scholarships

By Desmond Cain, educationpost.org

I have been thinking about college since my elementary school days at Frazier Prep, a charter school on Chicago’s West Side, where every classroom is named after a college.

Even before my senior year of high school, I was exposed to a lot of college resources, like AIM High and the University of Chicago’s Collegiate Scholars Program. Through these programs I met great mentors and had the chance to learn from University of Chicago faculty in both humanities and STEM disciplines.

Last summer, I participated in Northwestern University’s InFocus College Program, a two-week seminar on legal interpretation and communication. I studied the basics of legal practice and law interpretation. I was the only kid from Chicago. In class, it was amazing to see their perspectives and how they were totally different from mine,whether we were discussing politics, race or sports.

Read more at http://educationpost.org/meet-the-chicago-senior-with-1-6-million-in-college-scholarships/

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