Eligibility for Services

Potential program students to participate must be enrolled in a target Detroit Public School, complete an enrollment form and meet the GU/CD program pledge criteria.

Pledge

The GEARUP/College Day Program Student Pledge:

• Graduate from a Michigan high school.
• Maintain at least a 2.5 grade pointn average through out school.
  
• Maintain a public school attendance rate of 95% or better.
  
• Take required courses during high school.
• 4 years of English; 4 years of math; 2 years of science; and 3 years of history/socialscience.
  
• Take the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) no later than 10th grade, and Take the SAT or ACT in the 11th and 12th grades.
  
• Apply for admissions and student financial aid to a Michigan (preferably) college.
  
• Consent to provide data needed for evaluating the success of the GEARUP/College Day Program.