“From the Hood to the U”
To high school students who are statistical long-shots, the East Bay College Fund offers more than just a check.
East Bay Express
By Emily Wilson
Published: May 16, 2007
In a warm spring day, a bunch of fresh-faced, smartly dressed young men and women wait nervously at the Alameda County Conference Center for college scholarship interviews. Appearances are important. These kids are among 48 Oakland and Emeryville high school seniors who already have made the first cut, down from 150. But only seventeen will walk away with assistance that could make many of them the first in their families to move beyond a high-school diploma.
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