MI GEAR UP
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is a national college access program started in 1999, now in 47 states.
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP is a national college access program with the purpose of increasing the number of students in college and is dedicated to aiding students with the tools they will need to begin their journey in post-secondary education.
The Michigan Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (MI GEAR UP) is a federally funded program from the United States Department of Education designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter postsecondary education. The MI GEAR UP Program partners with Michigan's 15 public universities, and valuable external community partners to provide early intervention services and a scholarship component for low-income students.
- Workshops for supplemental development
- Educational field trips
- SAT/ACT Preparation
- College info nights
- FREE school supplies
- Scholarship opportunities
- AND MORE!
The MI GEAR UP Program serves a cohort of students, beginning in the seventh grade and follows them through the first year of college.
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Chandler Park Academy HIGH School
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Douglass Academy for Young Men
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Romulus HIGH School
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Robichaud High SChool
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Advanced TEchnology Academy
Larry Sawyers
Program Assistant
19000 HUBBARD DR, DEARBORN MICHIGAN 48126
Office#: 313-583-6612
Email: lsawyers@umich.edu
Alfarezdeq Nassir
Program Coordinator
Email: alfan@umich.edu
Shafeq Nassir
Program Assistant
Email: shafeqn@umich.edu
