{"id":13372,"date":"2020-03-01T23:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T07:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/13372\/uncategorized\/program-for-first-year-college-students\/"},"modified":"2020-05-14T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T04:53:49","slug":"program-for-first-year-college-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/13372\/campus-life\/program-for-first-year-college-students\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Promise Program helps defray expenses for first-year college students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Promise program launched in 2017 at Evergreen Valley College and San Jose City College with approximately 500 students, and within the years the program has expanded to about 1,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are in the program, you make a promise to yourself and to the program to meet the requirements such as meeting the grade point average and meeting with your counselor at least a few times a semester, complete FAFSA or California Dream Act application, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 each semester that you are enrolled in and attend to required orientations meetings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of having to worry about my costs for school and books, I was able to get them for free\u00a0by keeping my word that I would get good grades, always attend school and counseling appointments,\u201d said Arrianna Garcia, 20, criminal justice major.<\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b sno-animate'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>Instead of having to worry about my costs for school and books, I was able to get them for free<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; Arrianna Garcia<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #212121;\n    border-top-width: 0px;\n    border-right-width: 0px;\n    border-bottom-width: 0px;\n    border-left-width: 0px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b p.quotespeaker {\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b .quotebar {\n    background: #cccccc;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b .largequote {\n\tcolor: #ffffff;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a342f162e77b .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p>San Jose Promise has helped students financially and academically. 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