Eligibility
- Students may apply to the Central College Upward Bound (UB) program during second semester of their 9th or 10th grade year of high school. Due to a notification from the U.S. Department of Education, we may not longer admit students who have completed their 10th grade year of high school (i.e. current 11th grade students).
- All applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
- Applicants must also be members of families that meet current year federal income guidelines and/or be among the “first generation” in their family to go to college (A “first generation” student is defined as one who does not live with a parent who has graduated from a four-year college with a baccalaureate degree).
- Upward Bound seeks applicants who have the potential, but lack support to pursue a postsecondary education.
See your guidance counselor for more information or call 1-800-527-4047.
The United States Department of Education requires each Upward Bound program to select two thirds of program participants from families whose taxable income does not exceed federal income guidelines annually and are first generation students. The remaining one-third of program participants selected must qualify under the income guidelines OR be first generation in their family to attend college. A student who does not qualify in either criteria is ineligible to participate in Upward Bound.
