The Target Group
is 6th through 12th grade University of Akron Academic Achievement Program students.   Forty students are selected for the program at the beginning of each academic year.

• Be enrolled in the Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math and Science or Educational Talent Search Program at
  The University of Akron.
   
• Attend a briefing with their parents;
    
• Complete an application with essay questions;
    
• Interview with the program coordinator;
    
• Have a 2.5 G.P.A.

• 100% graduated from high school
• 100% enrolled in college
• 76% majored in engineering or science
   
• Students were placed in the following colleges or universities:
  • The University of Akron
  • Bowling Green State University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Howard University
  • Kent State University
  • Michigan State University
  • Morehouse College
  • North Carolina A&T University
  • Oberlin college
  • The Ohio State University
  • Ohio University
  • Purdue University
  • Talladega College
  • Xavier University of Ohio