This Op Ed was posted in the New York Times January 14, 2015The Opinion Pages | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
I Owe It All to Community College
Tom Hanks on His Two Years at Chabot College
By TOM HANKS JAN. 14, 2015
IN 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, Calif., an underachieving student with lousy SAT scores. Allowed to send my results to three colleges, I chose M.I.T. and Villanova, knowing such fine schools would never accept a student like me but hoping they'd toss some car stickers my way for taking a shot. I couldn't afford tuition for college anyway. I sent my final set of stats to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, Calif., which, because it accepted everyone and was free, would be my alma mater.
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