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.