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CSUN University News Clippings

In summer programs, selective colleges heighten high-school students’ aspirations

(July 31, 2009)

By Ashley C. Killough

The metal detectors at Mark Wilson’s high school reminded him daily of the danger that surrounded him in South Philadelphia, where several of his schoolmates had been killed.

So when he stepped onto the campus of Dartmouth College seven years ago, as a 14-year-old, it was a culture shock: “We didn’t have to enter a set of gates. There were nice, gigantic buildings everywhere. People seemed to be actually enjoying themselves.”………………….

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