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Project Goal

To increase the awareness of college admission requirements and available academic programs as well as provide students with an immersive experience of college life, including classroom visits, dorm tours, and interactions with current college students and faculty with the hopes of eliminating barriers our students have to obtaining college exposure by covering transportation and related costs. 

 

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How Project Benefits Students

This project will benefit the students by providing them with a firsthand experience of a college campus, and opportunity many may not have due to socioeconomic barriers. It will help them see that college is an attainable goal, even for first-generation college students, and broaden their perspective beyond their own neighborhoods. Through exposure to college life, they will gain a better understanding of what higher education offers. Also, interacting with current college students will be inspire and may provide some with role models and motivate many to aspire their own college aspirations. 

 

Expected Outcome(s)

Students will gain knowledge of college requirements including acceptance requirements, scholarship requirements, and the number of years required to get desired degrees.
Students will become gain awareness of college life. They will learn about dorm life, extracurricular activities offered, clubs and organizations and classroom structure.
Students will also shape or re-shape their perceptions about college which will now be based on firsthand experiences. 

 

Detailed Cost Summary

Our students will be attending Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University on March 7, 2025. We will be using the grant money to fund the transportation.  

 

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