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There are several ways in which students can be referred to Upward Bound. Students may be referred by:By far, the majority of referrals come from teachers and guidance counselors.
- teachers or counselors in target schools
- interested individuals in the community, including a student's parents
- students already in the program or program alumni
- or, students may self-refer directly to the program
If you would like to make a referral to Upward Bound, the following is designed to explain our criteria for choosing students.(Keep in mind that low-income is not the same as poverty. The term 'low-income family' designates a family whose collective income is within 1.5 times the poverty guidelines for a family its size. In other words, a family of four could be low-income so long as its taxable income in for the previous tax year was not more the amount listed for a family of four on our "How to Apply" page. Our advice is to refer a student if you think he or she might meet the above standards and let Upward Bound make the determination.
- Students must attend one of our target schools (Farmington, Spaulding, Somersworth, Manchester Central, Manchester Memorial, or Manchester West).
- Students must be in 9th, 10th or 11th grade (the majority are freshmen or sophomores).
- Students must be from either low-income homes or from families where neither parent has graduated from a four-year college. (Two-thirds of our students must meet both criteria; one-third may meet one or the other but not both.)
- Students must be able to demonstrate that they have the ability and the desire to go on to college.
- Students must have some need for Upward Bound and the services it provides; that need may be academic, social, economic or a mixture of all three.
Thank you for caring enough to consider referring students to Upward Bound.
You may refer the student directly to us by phone or e-mail or you may give the student's name to the guidance secretary in the student's school. Please include your name and relationship to the student, his or her full name, high school and year of graduation. If you would like us to contact you to discuss the referral, please include your name and contact information as well.
