The UChicago Empower Initiative changes the admissions conversation, adds more financial aid.

Launched in 2007 with an anonymous $100 million gift, the Odyssey Scholarship Challenge has transformed financial aid in the College. Meet six of the young people whose lives were also changed.

The word that comes to one Odyssey scholar’s mind: freedom.

A new College initiative reduces debt, simplifies the application process, and supports careers.

A program to reduce the financial and psychological obstacles to the college application process makes an impact in its first year.