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PPS students build confidence, master coursework during High School to College program
Back in early July, Aya Attal felt like she was failing.
The recent Brashear High School graduate wasn't happy with her grades, and she struggled to master medical vocabulary words like "hypertension" and "cardiovascular disease."
Fast forward a few weeks and Attal is now a proud graduate of the High School to College program held at Carlow University in partnership with the Neighborhood Learning Alliance and Bloomfield Garfield Corporation this summer.
"You will get a lot of support," Attal said of the program. "It's college level, but you can do it."
Attal, a native Arabic speaker who has been in the United States for about a year, said that the eight-week nursing course helped her prepare for freshman year of college: Not only was she able to familiarize herself with Carlow's campus resources and meet some of her future professors, she also got a head start on college coursework. She finished near the top of her nursing class this summer and will be in the pre-med program at Carlow University this fall.
Read more at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PPS students build confidence, master coursework during High School to College program