Walter Cohen Charter High School students prepare for college at fair

How do you get to college? For students at Walter Cohen Charter High School, the path leads through Cohen's annual college fair held on campus.

At this year's fair, held Jan. 19 in the school cafeteria, students in their black-and-white Cohen Class of 2011 hoodies collected pamphlets and asked questions as they clustered around representatives from Tulane and Dillard Universities and Nunez and Delgado Community Colleges.

At the Tulane table, senior Dominique Holmes and junior Nicolette Carr talked about their plans for the future. Dominique is looking at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, while Nicolette hopes to join the Air Force to get help paying for college.

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