Pre-College Programs | Carolina Higher Education Opportunity Programs

CHEOP Pre-College Advising

High school students and parents many contact CHEOP staff to navigate the road map to college and health professional careers. Click here to schedule your advisement session.

CHEOP Pre-College Expo

The Pre-College Expo & Symposium provides students and staff from any high school age Pre-College Access Program an opportunity to collaboratively learn about key topics for college-bound students. Click here to learn more.

NC-HCAP | Health Careers Day on the Hill (HCDOTH)

For North Carolina high school students interested in the health sciences, Health Careers Day on the Hill is their opportunity to discover how to break into the health care field. The program is held on the UNC campus each fall. Presentations by representatives from UNC’s health professional schools expose students to various health careers and UNC admissions officers provide valuable college preparation information. Click here to learn more.

NC-HCAP | Health Careers Information and Enrichment Worskshop (HCIE)

The HCIE Workshop is a hands-on outreach program for students in grades 5-12, designed to stimulate their interest in health career professions. Each two-hour workshop is highly interactive with a focus on small group and cooperative learning activities that facilitate discussions about health careers, goal-setting, improving academic skills, and preparing for college and health professions schools. Workshops are FREE to pre-college educational institutions and organizations across the state. You can schedule an HCIE for your organization. Click here to learn more.

TRiO | Upward Bound Program

Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families, and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.

Upward Bound projects provide academic instruction in mathematics, laboratory sciences, composition, literature, and foreign languages. Tutoring, counseling, mentoring, cultural enrichment, work-study programs, education or counseling services are designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students. Programs and activities are specially designed for students who are limited English proficient, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths, students who are in foster care or are aging out of foster care system or other disconnected students. Click here to learn more.