PUPP helps low-income students with college admissions

"The Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP), founded in 2001, has helped approximately 400 low-income students in New Jersey gain admission to universities like Princeton, Columbia University, or Stanford.

A tuition-free program sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College, PUPP provides academic guidance and advising in the college application process for low-income students throughout their high school careers.

The program currently supports six disadvantaged public high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey: Ewing High School, Trenton Central High School, Princeton High School, Trenton High School West, Lawrence High School, and Nottingham High School.

According to a 2017 NPR report, low-income students make up only 3 percent of the enrollment in elite colleges across the country. For reference, a family of four in New Jersey that earns below $68,000 annually qualifies as ‘low-income.’ According to the same report, 25 percent of these same students complete college applications alone with no assistance." …

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/12/pupp-low-income-students