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College Programs at various universities including Brown University, Amherst College, University of Michigan, and Bryant University. Blackstone students in the past and recent years have enrolled successfully and been accepted, often at some of the nations most selective schools including Brown University, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Harvard University, Wheaton College MA, Boston University, New York University. Students also heavily matriculate at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and Community College of Rhode Island.
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