Our Scholars

A Better Chance is a national program that refers academically talented inner-city students to some of the nation’s finest independent and public schools. Since 1963, A Better Chance has been the preeminent resource for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders from within the nation’s most economically-disadvantaged neighborhoods. A Better Chance serves as a national clearinghouse for deserving students, and places them in boarding and day schools across the country, or in one of over 20 public school programs including Wilton, Connecticut.

Founded in 1996, A Better Chance of Wilton has been transforming lives through educational opportunity. ABC Wilton provides deserving students with ‘a better chance’ by placing them in an environment that encourages academic excellence, improves their college acceptance chances, and lays the foundation for an improved future – for our scholars, our community and our country.