This new experience has been one
for the books since it has been pretty
difficult and I haven’t really been
enjoying it as much as the others.
My mom had this idea when it was
presented to my school mates in the
beginning of the year, so she took
advantage and signed me up for it.
I thought the work wasn’t so hard;
the problem was that I didn’t want
to do the work (in other words I was
procrastinating most of the time),
and I was lost since I usually need
others to remind me and to help me
gain confidence. Only 3 students
signed up for this program out of
about 110 students in my freshman
year class. One student got out be-
cause her mother didn’t allow her to,
but other than that me and the other
male student faced on and did the
best we can separately.
Coming to this campus was not so
fun in my honest opinion. I thought
seeing different people would make
my experience a lot better, but
everyone is different and completely
different from me, and each other. I
had high expectations and enjoyed
the flight over all in full honesty.
I like being alone when I need
my personal space, but it seems
as though I can’t have any priva-
cy whatsoever. Everyone seems as
though they would like to talk to
you, and it’s because they feel bad
for you, they’re trying to be nice,
and/ or they’re trying to look nice
towards other people so they could
be their friends. So far everyone is
nice and not mean, but it’s just not
the kind of environment I enjoy (I
feel very uncomfortable with every-
thing; including the people)
-Izabella
“I decided it’s time to
start preparing for
college.”
This is my first time coming to the
upward bound program and it has
so far been an exciting experience. I
have met a lot of people here in the
upward bound program from all
around Texas. I have learned a lot
about what people in college have
to do in order to get there dream
career, Also I’ve met some teachers
who said they would help with ref-
erences in the future for the colleges
we would like to apply to. I like
that we are taking classes that will
help us next year in high school so
we will be able to understand what
we are doing when we get back to
school. This program also helps use
know how to do time management
when we go to college so we will
know how much time we can do
something and when we can do it.
Thanks for asking my opinion
- Jalisa
My experience being here so far
has been successful and very ac-
complishing to say for the most
part. Being here I feel a little bit
more outgoing and like I belong
somewhere; even though I feel a bit
shy still at times and it’s still kind
of hard talking to new people, I’m
comfortable. The best part is so far
I have yet to procrastinate, which
is a huge accomplishment for me
since all I did me freshmen year was
procrastinate. Don’t get me wrong
on this it’s been tempting putting
my pencil down to finish the last ten
minute’s I have left on a show I’m
watching. Also I’ve been studying
that my friends is something I never
ever do, and if I do the sky is falling
or its finally raining cats and dogs.
But really this has been an amazing
first week and I can’t wait to see how
the rest of the summer will be for
me! - Jackie
“the sky is falling or its
finally raining cats and
dogs.”
Coming into UTA, I was extremely
confused. I had no idea what exactly
we were going to do, and I didn’t
even know where the classes were
at. I didn’t know anybody else but
Richard, my brother from another
mother. Since he was a returner he
knew the experience of UBMS, so
he led me through right path. After
a few days I met a lot of new amaz-
ing and unique personalities. I have
been rapidly growing stronger with
these people, and I’m glad to call
them my friends. It has been a great
experience so far. I hope to make
many memories and help this pro-
gram start a new chapter in my life.
Oh, and the ride here was four long
hours. - Jared
So far everything has been real-
ly good. The whole experience is
amazing. At first I was really ner-
vous because I didn’t know where
to go and I didn’t know anybody. As
we started to do more activities I’ve
realized everybody is so nice. This
isn’t my first time at UTA I came
over here for a field trip with AVID
and I really liked it. Although this
is my first year in the UBMS pro-
gram and I’m very happy that I can
be in a program like this. Being in a
program like this is not something
I would usually do but I decided it’s
time to start preparing for college
and this program is a really big step
towards college. My first week here
was great I got to meet a lot of new
people and the classes are going to
help me for my sophomore year. I
am really looking forward to being
in this program for the years to
come. - Jennifer