Homeless and broke isn't the head start most people would want to help them get into college.
One student overcame those and other challenges to win his choice of where to go to school.
WCBS-TV reports, he's got 17 acceptance letters to choose from, and that's just so far.
After moving from Trinidad at just 7 years old and becoming a citizen, Dylan and his family went through countless heartaches.
His younger twin brothers are living with serious heart conditions, and his family has been in and out of homelessness.