Stories from Ventura College students who have benefited from the successful VC Promise Program, which pays for all first-year enrollment fees for seniors graduating from a Ventura County high school. The Ventura College Promise is a program sponsored by the Ventura College Foundation that is designed to remove the economic barriers to education for graduating Ventura County high school seniors, improve the college-going rate in Ventura County, enhance the quality of the workforce in Ventura County. The \"Promise\" is that all 2011 Ventura County high school graduates will have their enrollment fees covered during their first year of attendance at Ventura College. This same promise is extended to students who have successfully completed their GED requirements or who have completed the coursework for high school in 2011, but have not yet passed their exit exam. Expenses covered by the Ventura College Promise include the per-unit cost of classes, the Student Rep fee, the Health fee, and the Student Center fee.