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"Our original intention was that we wanted kids who had the ability to go to college but were not working to their potential," Richman says. "We think we are getting overqualified kids."
"I think it's extraordinary," White says. "Harvard and MIT undergraduates are ideal. They are at just the right age to work with high school students. The kind of student at Harvard and MIT has a good understanding of the learning process. There is no question in our minds that...
Because of the tremendous diversity of languages spoken at Rindge and Latin, "two-thirds of the high school students we see are here because English is their second language. That need is increasing," White says.
Yao Feng also says that through the regular tutoring sessions, he became friends with Marks and "learned a lot about the social life in the United States. We talked a lot about college and about which college I should go to."
Robert Traver, program administrator for UTEP, says that 69 students are enrolled in this year's program. Between five and six observers and four student teachers are at Rindge and Latin this semester, he says.