In a phenomena known as “summer melt,” many high school graduates plan to pursue higher education, but something derails them over the summer.
“They get confused, they don’t know how to fill something out, and then they don’t show up to their first day, and don’t show up for the rest of the year,” Natalia Esquivel - Silva (BA '18) explained.
It’s a chain of events that throws off the plans of many young people, with lifelong consequences.