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"The idea is for tutors and students to be able to talk in an informal way. We try very hard to make it very informal," Richman says. In this way, he says, CHANCE "tries to show them that college is not a scary place."
"I never thought that I could get so involved with Harvard," Rodriguez says. "My impression used to be that [Harvard students] didn't want to help the community and didn't have the time. Students would look at me funny when I walked around, campus and they would think, "This...
Says Rodriguez, "Some of my friends who don't go to the program think that Harvard students are so up on their attitudes and don't want to deal with people who aren't close to them."
"I like to give [high school students] a feel for what college is like," says Marks, who is in his second year as a volunteer for the program. "I would tell them what life is like at college."
"It's an opportunity for them to learn about things that normally wouldn't be taught in a high school curriculum," says Daniel A. Sachs '90, who directs the program. "It doesn't present Harvard students as total geeks only interested in facts."