Resource ID:
Gearup_C_CollegeGuid
Grade Range:
12, 13, 14
Get a sneak peek into the future right here with a glimpse of the college experience for a brand-new student. (Spoiler: There are a huge variety of resources on the campus to help your teen thrive.)
Resource ID:
Gearup_HS_Alexis
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Need a theater set built or a volleyball spiked? Just hit up Alexis, a freshman from Temple whose love of math and science will come in rather handy when she’s a chemical or aerospace engineer someday. Her family is challenged by visual impairment,…
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pr_FOGU_Andre
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
If there’s anyone who’s on our fantasy lineup for the football team (close your eyes and picture it for a moment, it’s wonderful), it’s definitely Andrew. This guy can weld, lift, inspire, and most impressively, pole vault clean…
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Gearup_Pr_FOGU_Brend
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Shooting hoops, playing French horn, running track, careening around fields on an ATV—it’s all just a typical week for Brenden, a rather busy freshman from Lufkin. This future physical therapist also manages to squeeze in AP classes and…
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pr_FOGU_Brook
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
We’re exhausted just thinking about Brooke’s schedule. This senior from Bryan goes to school all day, and then works as a manager at Taco Bell all night. She does her homework, carefully plans her budgets, and gets in a tennis game all…
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pr_FOGU_Gusta
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Family is everything for Del Rio High School sophomore, aspiring artist, and history buff Gustavo. His parents moved to Texas from Mexico so that he and his siblings could have a chance at a better life, and now he's totally honoring those wishes…
Resource ID:
Gearup_W_FTGU_Jocely
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Watch the video to get to know all about this guitar-playing, goal-shooting, world-traveling GEAR UP freshman from El Paso.
Resource ID:
Gearup_HS_FOGU_Xavie
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Xavier is all about the drama. At least he is when he’s slaying it on stage as part of his school’s theater troupe. And since this El Paso senior wants to go into a public relations career, he might be surrounded by drama for the long haul. (…
Resource ID:
Gearup_C_HIGH_Alex
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Students like Alex might get a lot of flak for switching schools and switching studies. But as he shows us in the latest installment of TXGU's "How I Got Here" video series, switching things up can work out to your benefit—as long as…
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pa_HIGH_Angel
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
So you've got a lot of first-gen students on your hands without too much in the way of college savings, and some may be close to giving up hope on pursuing higher education all together. Happily, Angelica's story can show them just how wrong they…
Resource ID:
Gearup_C_HIGH_Dianey
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Getting parents on board with the idea of college is step one. Getting them on board with a college far away from home can be an even more daunting challenge. Dianey faced that issue when her parents didn’t want her leaving the Valley for college…
Resource ID:
Gearup_C_HIGH_Dorthy
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
When self-described bookworm Dorothy went from the Rio Grande Valley to Harvard for college, she expected to fit in immediately in her new surroundings. So she was pretty surprised when she got to her new campus and was hit with a big dose of culture…
Resource ID:
Gearup_C_HIGH_Elvia
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
You’ve got big college dreams, but what if your parents aren’t totally on board with those dreams? Elvia knows exactly what that’s all about. She wanted a college degree, but her mom wanted her to start working to help support the family…
Resource ID:
Gearup_F_HIGH_Gabe
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Man-with-a-plan Gabe knew back in high school that he definitely wanted to be an engineer, so he was able to use that specific career goal to help shape his whole college search (and decision) process.
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pa_HIGH_Greg
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
When San Antonio native Greg lost his scholarship while he was in college, he was absolutely determined that he would still graduate. So he turned to student loans to cover his costs…with more than a little trepidation. But even though the idea of…
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pr_HIGH_Herib
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
The video introduces a former student from Brownsville who went from playing with Legos to owning his very own robotics company. Passion, hard work, and a lot of AP classes helped him on his journey to a dream job that feels more like play.
Resource ID:
Gearup_F_HIGH_Joseph
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
There are countless colleges out there—how do you even begin figuring out which is the best fit? Joseph explains how he analyzed college features before finding the one school that was going to give him everything he needed.
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pa_HIGH_Kevin
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
What happens when you blow through your grant money in the first year of college? You have to get real creative, real fast—as Kevin found out through firsthand experience. After doing some last-minute maneuvering to get into college and secure…
Resource ID:
Gearup_W_HIGH_Lemniq
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Lemnique had a passion for animals that she wanted to turn into a career, and she knew that college (specifically, a lot of it) was the only way to make it happen.
Resource ID:
Gearup_Pr_HIGH_Maria
Grade Range:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
During high school, Maria went through every day carrying a secret—she’s an undocumented citizen. While other students were starting to prep for college, Maria was thinking that she’d never be able to step foot on a college campus due to…