MIT/Wellesley Upward Bound

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Bldg. N52-130
Cambridge, MA 02139

P: (617) 253-5124

F: (617) 258-5616

http://mitpsc.mit.edu/outreach/program/view/150/search

Director: Evette M. Layne

Contact: Evette M. Layne

P: (617) 253-5124

F: (617) 258-5616

upwardbound@mit.edu

MIT/Wellesley Upward Bound

Year Program started: 1966

Max. Participants/Year: 50

Application Deadline: April 1 – rising 9th graders; January 1 – 9th & 10th graders

Program Timeframe: year-round

Academic Level Targeted: Grades 9-12

Racial/Ethnic Focus: Any racial/ethnic group

Type of Program: Career/academic planning, Counseling, Education, Mentoring,

Program Attributes: For credit, Transportation provided, Books/supplies provided

Program Acceptance Requirements: class year (rising 9th graders, and current 9th and 10th graders only), area of residence (Cambridge, Massachusetts), low-income, potential first-generation college bound students

Primary Science Discipline(s) Targeted: biology, chemistry, physics

Additional Comments: Students enter the program in either the 9th or 10th grade and remain in the program until their graduation from high school. Services include an after-school tutorial assistance program during the academic year on the MIT campus and a 6-week intensively academic, residential summer program on the Wellesley College campus.