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Like many students in the Eastern Coachella Valley, Natalie Araujo didn’t have family members who could advise her on college. She joined a federal college preparatory program and eventually applied to eight universities — all of which she got into. When it came down to UCLA and Berkeley, the opportunity arose to visit campus for four days alongside more than 400 admitted high school seniors.
During that weekend, Araujo visited a recruitment center, attended ethnic studies lectures, and went to Cal Day, Berkeley’s annual open house. The environment ultimately drove her choice. “It felt like a big, big family. Each day, I fell more and more in love,” she says...