Michigan Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (MI GEAR UP)

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MI GEAR UP...

• is a federally-funded program designed to increase the number of economically-disadvantaged students who are prepared to enter — and be successful in — postsecondary education.
• partners with Michigan's 15 public universities and valuable external community organizations to provide early intervention services and a scholarship component.
• aims to increase the postsecondary expectations and readiness of students, improve high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment rates, and raise the knowledge of postsecondary options, preparation and financing among students and families.
• serves a cohort of students, beginning in the seventh grade and follows them through the first two years of college to help ensure academic and career success.
• provides an opportunity for students to discover, first-hand, the potential of a college education and to expose students to the information, knowledge and skills they need to prepare themselves for college entry and success.
• offers student participants a variety of services including college visits, in-school workshops, tutoring, mentoring and summer camps.
• increases students’ awareness of the requirements to enter into post-secondary education by providing college exposure, information on financial literacy and admissions requirements — helping to build the critical thinking, test taking, and study skills necessary to be successful as they continue their education.