Our BRIDGE Component offers our graduated high school senior students the opportunity to "get their feet wet" for college by taking two courses at Trident Technical College during the summer following their graduation. The credits from these courses are transferable to the institution of our participants' choice.

Our BRIDGE students represent a most important goal of our program -- to ensure that our participants enter college, with an attitude toward successful completion of their college studies.

During our BRIDGE component, students take two courses - in math and science, if appropriate, or in other academic areas.  Students earn six or seven credit hours which transfer to the college they have chosen.  During our BRIDGE program, UBMSC provides tutoring services (if needed), college counseling and all fees, tuition and supplies for the two courses.

Also, BRIDGE participants who take their courses at Trident Technical College will be issued a laptop computer to help them in completing their studies successfully. Students who maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA will be allowed to keep their computer!

What's the catch?

All we ask for you to do is (try hard to) maintain a 3.0 GPA (cumulative) in your two courses - and to provide an update once per year on your progress in your full-time college.