Thousands of Denver Public Schools students are set to receive admission letters from the University of Colorado Denver in the coming months — even if they didn’t apply.

For the first time, CU Denver is granting automatic admission and fee waivers to all DPS seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Juniors can also apply, but must maintain their GPA.

If students apply by Nov.1, they will receive an official decision by mid-November for the next year’s fall semester, university officials told Denverite.

The new pathway is the result of an agreement between DPS and CU Denver, which went into effect with a signing ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.

“Denver Public Schools is deeply committed to expanding higher education opportunities for our students,” DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero said in a pr

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