What is Upward Bound?
Upward Bound is a comprehensive program designed to assist potential first-generation college-going students prepare for college. Our mission is to help students achieve their individual educational goals of entering and completing the college pathway of their choice.
Why should I join Upward Bound?
Upward Bound programs serve nearly 50,000 high school students nationwide. Upward Bound impacts students' educational aspirations, postsecondary progress and persistence. Eighty-eight percent of Upward Bound graduates enter higher education institutions, including colleges and universities. Upward Bound participants are more than twice as likely to enroll in a four-year college or university and are four times more likely to earn a baccalaureate degree.
What does the Upward Bound program provide?
Academic Support:
To assist in students being successful in their high school courses.
College Campus Visits Include:
FAMU, USF, FSU, Savannah St. University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Full Sail University, and University of Tampa.
Field Trips:
Both cultural and educational.
Counseling:
Personal, academic, career, and financial literacy.
Career Exploration:
Decision making, conducting interviews, writing resumes, organizing job searches and summer work-study.
College Preparation:
Assistance in completing college applications, financial aid applications, application essays, scholarship applications and prep for college admission exams.
Summer Enrichment:
Instruction in math, English, laboratory sciences, foreign language, field trips and work-study.
Eligibility
Who can apply: All current 9th - 12th grade Bradford High School students are eligible to apply. Rising 9th graders are eligible to apply towards the end of their 8th grade school year for potential entry in the summer enrichment program.
Upward Bound Serves:
| high school students from low-income families | and/or | high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree |
Students must be potentially the first-generation in their family to attend college and/or meet the federal income guidelines. Students must also demonstrate academic potential and have a desire to further their education after high school. Contact the Upward Bound advisor for Bradford High School for further information today.
Program Goal
The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Application
You may submit the application to your middle/high school counselor, or you may submit it to us directly in person or email at ubsf@sfcollege.edu.