Provides a federally funded college preparatory program designed to generate in participants the skills and motivation necessary to persist in completing their secondary education and enter and complete a program of post secondary education. The program offers a core curriculum of instruction that includes mathematics through Calculus II, laboratory science, foreign language, computer science, composition, and literature. In addition, Upward Bound provides services such as career exploration, personal counseling, academic advising, financial aid counseling, tutorial support, mentoring programs, college entrance exam preparation, and social and cultural events.