Gear Up stands for gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs.
And CMU's Gear Up program is a partnership between the Flint community school districts,
Harrison school districts, and the University itself.
Its a college access program that prepares students by achieving three goals, to make sure students know that college
is achievable, assessable and affordable. And so that's something we really push on our students.
Something I learned as a Gear Up student. Started in the six grade and now
I get to serve as a mentor here my senior year, and we really just want to let students
know that college is not a goal that's not accomplishable.
Over the last few years, I really learned a lot from Gear Up and its like inspired me to wanna keep going with
my education like do things after high school.
Like the first year like I really. I didn't really wanna go to college like the first year but like now, I like I'm thinking about
going to college and different type of colleges that they have, and like the different things that college offers for me.
I joined Gear Up in seventh grade, and when we first, when I first joined
it was like a leadership team, but then over the years I learn more about college,
and the things you get when your transitioning from high school to college. I learned that if you're going
through anything in college, it's always somewhere that you can go, like your not,
your not alone you can always go somewhere, and find help.
