Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math & Science

Applications for tutor counselors for the 2013 Upward Bound & Upward Bound Math Science programs are available here

Applications for the 2013 Upward Bound & Upward Bound Math Science programs are now available below.

OUR MISSION: The EOP Pre-College Division supports, guides, and empowers first-generation, income-eligible young men and women as they strive for successful high school completion, post-secondary enrollment and graduation, and life-affirming careers and futures.

Upward Bound (UB)

• Upward Bound prepares high school students who are low-income and first-generation college students to enter and successfully complete college.
• The program works with students, their parent(s)/guardian(s), and their school to help develop self-confidence, self-discipline, and the responsible nature needed to build a strong foundation for high school, college, and life.
• Preparing students to enter and successfully complete college, it offers specialized classes, tutorials, college placement assistance, career development labs, academic and personal counseling, and social/cultural activities and trips. Students are recruited from the Milwaukee area during their eighth grade year.

Upward Bound Math & Science (UBMS)

• Upward Bound Math & Science prepares high school students who are low-income and first-generation college students to enter and successfully complete college.
• The program works with students, their parent(s)/guardian(s), and their school to help develop self-confidence, self-discipline, and the responsible nature needed to build a strong foundation for high school, college, and life.
• UBMS is designed for students with a serious interest in math and science careers.
• UBMS offers specialized math, science, writing and technology classes.
• Students are recruited from the Milwaukee area during their ninth grade year.

The programs serve low-income and first-generation students who reside in Milwaukee’s central city as defined by zip codes 53204, -05, -06, -08, -09, -10, -12, -15, -16, -18, and 53233 or who attend one of the program’s target schools. 

Both pre-college programs include a summer and a school-year component.

• Pre-College Application 2013

PROGRAMS

• Student Support Services
• Ronald E. McNair Scholars

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• Sande Robinson Emerging Leaders

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Educational Opportunity Program

EOP is an academic program that motivates and enables low-income and first generation students, whose parents do not have a baccalaureate degree, to enter and succeed in higher education. See all the programs that Educational Opportunity Programs include.