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Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Connecticut

The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program in Connecticut helps low-income students prepare for success in a college environment, and provides scholarships for high school students.  GEAR UP is a partnership between the Connecticut Department of Higher Education and Bridgeport and New Haven public schools.  The participating schools include:

Bridgeport Schools

  • Bassick High
  • Central High
  • Cross
  • Curiale
  • Dunbar
  • Harding High
  • Longfellow
  • Marin
  • Roosevelt

New Haven Schools

  • Betsy Ross Arts
  • Career High
  • Clemente Middle
  • Cross High
  • Fair Haven Middle
  • J. Robinson Middle
  • Hillhouse High
  • Sheridan Academy
  • Troup Middle

If you are a student in Connecticut and a U.S. citizen, you may also be eligible for the GEAR UP College Scholarships. For more information, please visit the State of Connecticut Higher Education web site.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 6:26 am and is filed under GEAR UP Grants for College, Grants for College in Connecticut. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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