Summer Residential Component

Summer Residential Component

Welcome to the University of Toledo Upward Bound Summer Residential Program. The Summer Residential Program involves six (6) weeks of academic course work, cultural and recreational activities, field trips to colleges, universities, and other places of interest. In addition, the summer program involves developmental and instructional teachings in specific core areas: Mathematics, English, Science, Social Sciences, Computers, and Foreign Language.

The Summer Residential Program has been designed to offer some unique opportunities, including: (1) helping students upgrade basic skills which will enable them to complete high school and enter college; (2) helping students develop motivation to succeed academically; (3) enhancing each student's knowledge of his/her own culture and other cultures; (4) helping students explore different career alternatives; (5) assisting students in exploring different college and university options available to them; (6) helping students get acclimated to college life by simulating the college environment; and (7) providing a period of orientation to college life as well as the opportunity to have further college preparation for high school seniors.