The I’m Going To College (IGTC) program is designed to make elementary school children excited about going to college. IGTC introduces students to the idea that going to college is a real possibility. IGTC targets elementary school children who attend schools in low-income and/or underserved areas. Each student participates in a three-month curriculum that includes a number of in-class exercises, and activities that culminates to a visit to the University of California at San Francisco. During the day-long visit, they are given mock financial aid checks to pay tuition and purchase college materials, attend college classes with actual professors, and experience workshops/ demonstrations designed to give them a taste college life.
On March 2, 2011, professionals in the engineering, nursing, and music production fields came to Paul Revere Elementary to speak with students about their careers and how a college education helped them to get where they are today.
