When a degree is your goal, nothing can hold you back. Beating the Odds highlights how students everywhere are overcoming obstacles to get to college, standing on their struggles to reach even greater heights. Hear how leaders like Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Paralympian Scout Bassett made it to graduation—and beyond—by ignoring the odds and betting on themselves.

Note: Page 10 of the Viewing Guide incorrectly states that “Michelle Obama was the first in her family to attend college.” Mrs. Obama’s older brother, Craig Robinson, went to Princeton ahead of her. He graduated in 1983, and she graduated from the same institution in 1985.