USC College Advising Corps
USC College Advising Corps improves college outcomes for low-income, first-generation, underrepresented students. The goal of the program is to raise the number of CA students who attend and complete college by encouraging and assisting HS students with their college searches, applications, financial aid, and making the transition to college.
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CREATE ·2024 Grants ChallengeCollege Access for All of Los Angeles
The USC College Advising Corps directly assists first-gen, low-income, underrepresented students go to college by providing them full-time, expert, caring college advisers who support their entire college access process from search through enrollment. Each adviser is placed full-time at one high school, where they directly assist all students to search for colleges, apply, receive financial aid, enroll, secure housing and attend a college in order to achieve economic advancement, end the cycle of poverty and achieve their life goals.