In 2021, UCLA received around 168,000 applications, 24% more than the year before according to their school newspaper, the Daily Bruin. They are not alone in this sudden increase of applicants, as schools...
"You know it’s already hard for us. You know as Black women you’ve got to work a little harder in academic spaces, so you might as well put that foot forward and do what you can right now." ~Jade Merriwhether
Eleven years ago, one theme held true for many black students at City High: they felt isolated. FasTrac became their home away from home.
“[In FasTrac] we could come and talk about those frustrations...
