DATA FOR THIS STUDY WERE OBTAINED FROM PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH TWENTY-FIVE CHICANO STUDENTS. A QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY EACH OF THE STUDENTS FOCUSED ON ASPIRATIONS, ATTITUDES, PROBLEMS, AND BACKGROUND. THE MEN WERE ENROLLED AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT EIGHT CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES. THE COLLEGES INCLUDED BOTH TWO AND FOUR-YEAR CURRICULA. AGES OF THOSE STUDIED RANGED FROM 21 TO 43, AND THEY CAME FROM A VARIETY OF PENAL INSTITUTIONS. ONLY THREE IN THE SAMPLE HAD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PRIOR TO INCARCERATION. TYPE OF INCARCERATION AND OFFENSE HAD LITTLE CORRELATION WITH SCHOOL SUCCESS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DRUG USERS, WHO APPARENTLY HAD LESS CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. USING GRADE AVERAGE AND SOCIALIZATION ON CAMPUS AS MEASURES, IT WAS FOUND THAT STUDENTS WHO ENTERED COLLEGE IN A COMMUNITY OTHER THAN THEIR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS. NONSOCIALIZATION ON CAMPUS SEEMED TO BE THE PATTERN OF THOSE WHO REPORTED A NEGATIVE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. MOST OF THE STUDENTS PLANNED TO ATTAIN AT LEAST A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT INTENDED TO CONTINUE ON TO GRADUATE SCHOOL.