charlie wojciechowski from the nbc station in chicago has the story of how the young man of urban prepre setting high standards and defying the odds. >> reporter: they are focused on the future. the young man in this campus for the third straight year 100% of this graduate school have been accepted at a college or university. among the class president james mckinley jackson. >> i am a first generation to graduate and i want to continue my family's chapter in history on completing and earning a degree in college. >> reporter: the ceremony today is deeply symbolic with the governor looking on seniors exchanging their red uniform ties for the collegiate stripes in urban preps red and gold colors. he is going to indiana state university. >> urban prep changed me as a student and as a young man as a whole, just mainly from me becoming an average student and speaking of becoming an above-average student. >> reporter: some have criticized urban prep over its numbers and students who drop out rapidly. a charge to the school's founder and ceo. >> it is just not true. we are incredibly committed