{"id":22,"date":"2024-07-05T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:18:39","slug":"eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility and Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be eligible to participate in MTSU\u2019s Upward Bound program, students must attend one of our target schools: Community High School, Shelbyville Central High School, LaVergne High School, and Smyrna High School. Students must also fall within at least one of the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/ed-offices\/ope\/trio\/federal-trio-programs-current-year-low-income-levels\">Income Eligibility<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be a potential first-generation college attendee (neither parent holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree at the time of application)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High risk for academic failure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Admission requirements:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Demonstrate a need for services provided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be a US citizen or permanent resident<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a 2.5 grade point average<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a strong desire to attend college after high school graduation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students must\u00a0submit an application to be considered for Upward Bound. Select applicants go through an interview process before admission decisions are made. If assistance is needed with filling out the application, contact the Upward Bound office at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:upwardbound@mtsu.edu\">upwardbound@mtsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional application documents must be completed and uploaded with the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MTSU Upward Bound Required Forms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2024\/07\/MTSUUBRecommendationForm.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MTSU Upward Bound Recommendation Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2024\/07\/MTSUUBApplication.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MTSU Upward Bound Application (paper version)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be eligible to participate in MTSU\u2019s Upward Bound program, students must attend one of our target schools: Community High School, Shelbyville Central High School, LaVergne High School, and Smyrna High School. Students must also fall within at least one of the following categories: Additional Admission requirements: Students must\u00a0submit an application to be considered for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/upward-bound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}