Chicago students are doing the pitch of their lives at Navy Pier on Tuesday, interviewing with top universities and colleges from around the country. The students are so impressive that scholarships are often offered on the spot.
Chicago students are doing the pitch of their lives at Navy Pier on Tuesday, interviewing with top universities and colleges from around the country.Six hundred students are part of Chicago Scholars, a program that takes students through the college admissions process.
Similoluwa Afolabi, is Nigerian and a senior at Curie High School, has high hopes for the on-site college and leadership forum.Navy Pier hosts Chicago Scholars event for prospective college students Tuesday"These will be some of the earliest college admissions in the nation. So these are our young people who are changing the narrative of what it means to be from Chicago," Jeffery Beckham Jr., CEO of Chicago Scholars, said.
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