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Pomona College Academy For Youth Success Empowers Underprivileged Students
The program usually receives around 300 applications on a yearly basis, but with just 30 spots available.
August 3, 2023
A unique program, hosted by Pomona College, is providing underprivileged students the unique opportunity to get an early taste of college life, offering classes and even lodging for a month over summer.
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The Pomona College Academy for Youth Success, or PAYS, is described by former students as a life-changing program. The selective program reaches out to low-income areas throughout Southern California to provide them the chance at experiencing higher education, while still in high school.
"I didn't realize what a turning point that would be for me in my life," said Cesar Meza, a former Fontana High School student who now teaches classes for the program.
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