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Fresh off graduating from UChicago’s college and career readiness programs, CPS students feel ready for what’s next

79 Chicago Public Schools students from 33 different schools recently graduated from UChicago’s multi-year college and career readiness programs. Collectively, this year’s program graduates received 367 acceptances from more than 174 colleges and universities, including 34 highly selective colleges and universities.

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10/15/2025
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Space Explorers preparing Chicago youth for the future since 1991

The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics program connects students from Chicago Public Schools with UChicago astronomers and physicists
08/13/2025
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South Side high school students discover ‘behind the scenes’ career possibilities through UChicago Youth Internship Program

Beyond opening students’ eyes to what an industry professional might look like, participants in the UChicago Youth Internship Program say the program showed them whole career sectors they didn’t know existed.
06/10/2025
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Office of Civic Engagement programs help Chicago high schoolers access college opportunities, earn scholarships, and explore careers

"I remember my mom telling me a couple years ago, 'You need to start picking colleges.' I would get sick from the thought of it," recalled Devin Funches, a student at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep ...
02/05/2025
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Fox 32: Space Explorers program helps Hegewisch student earn full ride to Northwestern

Teniola Ajagbe, a South Side high school student and aspiring astronaut, is heading to Northwestern University on a full ride scholarship and she credits UChicago's unique Space Explorers program as part of her success.
11/26/2024
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Collegiate Scholars and Space Explorers college and career readiness programs now accepting applications from CPS high school students

High school students can apply to either or both free, multi-year programs through February 7.
08/15/2024
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Chicago public high school students engage with University faculty and University-level studies during Collegiate Scholars Program summer session

Participants in the University of Chicago's Collegiate Scholars Program for local high school students take summer courses on campus with the same UChicago faculty and instructors that teach UChicago undergraduate and graduate students.
07/19/2024
Argonne National Lab and the Office of Civic Engagement's All About Energy program
Inclusive Innovation Fund awards support to new projects and collaborations aimed at preparing South Siders for growing STEM opportunities

Awardees include teacher training programs, early childhood initiatives, community college curriculum development, faculty efforts, and more
06/11/2024
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Chicago public high school students find confidence and connection through UChicago college and career readiness programs

Of this year’s 56 graduating program participants, collectively, they represent 29 Chicago public high schools; received 292 acceptances from more than 90 colleges and universities, including 11 highly-selective colleges; and will be awarded more than $5M in financial aid over four years.
12/08/2023
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Twenty years after UChicago Collegiate Scholars Program’s founding, early participants reflect on its ongoing impact

Since CSP’s founding in 2023, more than 900 CPS students from across the city have participated.

11/07/2023
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Machine learning: High school students in the Collegiate Scholars Program get to know robots

The Collegiate Scholars Program admits 50 rising sophomores each May. Over the next three years, they take summer courses like this one, many taught by UChicago faculty, and have access to dozens of workshops and activities during the school year—on academic subjects, college exploration and readiness, leadership, community service, and more.
06/05/2023
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UChicago college readiness and access programs offer practical guidance, boost of campus confidence for Chicago public high school students

More than 200 CPS high school students participate in the UChicago Office of Civic Engagement’s free, year-round college readiness and access programs, including CSP, each year.

05/16/2023
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Chicago Public Schools student Chris Deng pursues internet equity with University of Chicago faculty

Neubauer Professor Nick Feamster mentored high school student Chris Deng through a year-long research study on Internet equity across Chicago Public Schools.
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