What Are the Benefits of Participating in Upward Bound?

• Academic and career counseling
• Advising related to course-scheduling
• Information about careers and colleges
• Help in defining personal and career goals
• Tutoring
• Study development/enrichment skills
• SAT preparation and test-prep
• Fee waivers for the, PSAT, SAT, ACT, and college applications
• Cultural and recreational opportunities
• Opportunities to meet students from other high schools and backgrounds
• Visits to college campuses
• Stipends for those who meet program requirements and attend Saturday programs
• Assistance with completing college applications
• Financial aid information
• Help for parents/guardians and students in completing financial aid applications
• Assistance in identifying alternative scholarship sources
• Summer opportunities for strengthening leadership and independent living skills
• Summer classes, field trips, workshops, activities
• Weekly stipend money for participating in summer session
• Summer bridge program that enables a few qualified program graduates to earn 6 Penn States credits during the summer after they graduate