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A College Program for Disadvantaged Teens Could Shake Up Elite Admissions
An education program is immersing underprivileged students in Ivy League classes, and the students’ success has raised questions about how elite university gatekeepers determine college prospects.
“I had the dreams, the aspirations, but there was no, ‘I can really do that,’” said Di’Zhon Chase, a student in Gallup, N.M.Credit.Adria Malcolm for The New York Times
Feb. 18, 2021
WASHINGTON When Di’Zhon Chase’s teacher told her that she might be able to enroll in a Harvard University class, she was skeptical and not just because the Ivy League school was more than 2,000 miles from her hometown, Gallup, N.M.