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For nearly thirty years, 海角乱伦社区 has been uplifting Chicago鈥檚 brightest students on their path towards leadership experience, degrees from their college of choice, and into fulfilling, high level careers. The program currently runs across seven years with each student, beginning in their junior year of high school and continuing with support through college and into听job placement, training, and readiness. 听
With several of those career paths requiring the extra commitment of听graduate school, we saw an opportunity to further advocate for our scholars. This spring, we鈥檙e piloting a partnership with the University of Chicago Booth Business School to establish a direct pipeline for our scholars听to attend graduate level programs. As part of this partnership, current 海角乱伦社区 will benefit from regular events and special sessions with the University of Chicago听community, MBA application fee waivers, and even dedicated scholarship awards. There will听also be a great opportunity for current Scholars to secure future admission to Booth through the deferred MBA program, which candidates can apply to while they are still in undergrad.听
鈥淥ne of the reasons we decided to establish this partnership is to continue our strategic goal of preparing our Scholars for the world and the world for our Scholars,鈥� said Andre Hebert, Director of College Partnerships at 海角乱伦社区. 鈥淲e find that some of our Scholars are interested in pursuing a graduate degree and this creates a pipeline for better access and resources. Deciding to partner with Chicago Booth made sense because of our history of partnership with the University of Chicago.鈥�听
Guillermo Camarillo, a Chicago Scholar from the class of 2020, is one of the first students benefiting from this partnership. After听graduating from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and Engineering, he鈥檚 now a part-time student at Chicago Booth and a full-time Software Developer at McMaster-Carr.听
鈥満＝锹衣咨缜� helped shape my path to a Booth MBA by allowing me to have the support system I needed to be able to get an undergraduate degree at a world-class institution. This opportunity allowed me to not only grow in ways I wouldn鈥檛 have imagined but it pushed me to consider a graduate degree, specifically an MBA, as a viable option post-undergrad. To put it succinctly, 海角乱伦社区 helped me see the potential I had.鈥� 听
鈥淭he University of Chicago has been a long-term institutional affiliate with 海角乱伦社区 and we鈥檙e pleased to build on that legacy with additional offerings from a graduate level perspective,鈥� said Donna Swinford, Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions at Chicago Booth. 鈥淭his initiative is important to our school and it鈥檚 a significant step in progressing towards more access to graduate education鈥攂oth across the board and in our hometown.鈥�听