High school students from disadvantaged communities experience the University of Sydney

By Amy McNeilage
Updated October 8 2014 - 10:13am, first published October 2 2014 - 2:36pm
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood
Opening their eye to opportunity: Angel Armstrong (centre rear) and Sophie Mason with students from Dubbo, Adlai Shipp (left), Brandon Dodd and Zaiden Britt at Sydney University. Photo: James Brickwood

Sophie Mason had looked forward to university since childhood but always assumed money would pose an impenetrable barrier.