Helping undergrads across the finish line
“…A high school senior — whom I will call Juanita Gomez — recently graduated from Mission High, in San Francisco, with a 3.5 GPA and 550s on her verbal and math SATs. She’s the first in her family to go to college and she’s eligible for a federal Pell Grant, awarded to students from low-income families.
Juanita is choosing among three schools — San Francisco City College, San Francisco State and UC Riverside. Having done her homework, she knows what courses she can take and what each will cost. However, like almost all college applicants, she doesn’t realize that her choice may determine whether she earns a B.A.
At UC Riverside, where the typical undergraduate has an academic record like Juanita’s, 73% of the students graduate in six years, but if she picks San Francisco State, only about half…”
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