{"id":5,"date":"2013-12-06T19:10:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T19:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:04:56","slug":"upward-bound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Upward Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Let&#8217;s Get Started! <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>Learn more about how to sign up, how admission works, the history of the program and upcoming events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have completed our Upward Bound program, please consider supporting the program by becoming a tutor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"4\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/program-overview\/\"><span>Program Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/history\/\"><span>History of Upward Bound<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/admission-upward-bound\/\"><span>Admission to Upward Bound<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/tutor-opportunities\/\"><span>Tutor Opportunities<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/UB-Sum13_28-scaled-1.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-content\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-heading\">College is For Everyone<\/h2>\n<p>Sign up today and get a head start on your future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-mudd-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/admission-upward-bound\/\"><span>How to Apply<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"1\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">The Upward Bound Program at Mudd <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>Funded in the late 1960\u2019s as one of the Johnson administration\u2019s Great Society programs, the Upward Bound program at Harvey Mudd College has been helping low income, potential first-generation college students in the East San Gabriel Valley community \u201cgenerate the skill and motivation necessary for success in college\u201d for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upward Bound staff members recruit second semester ninth-graders from five local high schools to participate in a free summer program\u2014called Academic Frontiers\u2014that incorporates an intensive academic curriculum of math and literature with academic enrichment activities, which may include, computer science, dance, foreign language, SAT test preparation, group recreation and cultural enrichment activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 10th grade, participants attend a second summer program with a residential component at Harvey Mudd College or the La Jolla Science Project at UC San Diego.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"1\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/upward-bound\/history\/\"><span>History of Upward 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