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Many of them from low-income or working-class families, excelling in school and outside of it in spite of dealing with or overcoming a host of physical, mental, deeply personal, economic and other hardships.
Participating colleges proactively notify high school seniors that they have been guaranteed admission based on their academic records and waive the application fee.