Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times A Better Chance held a fair Sunday at Occidental College to help students navigate the prep school process. Above, Ashley Alvarez, 13, right, participates in a mock interview with alumna Leslie Poston. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times) Tony BarbozaContact Reporter Ashley Alvarez is being modest when she says, "I get mostly straight A's." The eighth-grader at KIPP Scholar Academy in South Los Angeles has been the top student in her class every year since fifth grade. The only blemish on her transcript is a B+. "It was 89.8," she says. Next year, Ashley, 13, hopes to start high school at one of the most selective...
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