Postsecondary early awareness strategies are a fast-growing component of college access to attainment efforts. Broadly defined, these programs and policies encourage low-income and first-generation students to gain the information, skills, and resources they need to successfully take part in higher education. They focus on students in fifth through eighth grades, to communicate that education beyond high school is an option, and to help them understand the steps they must take to prepare. The primary goal of this report is to provide information that will be the basis for future program creation and policy discussions about early awareness interventions. Early awareness programs fall into one of several categories: (1) information programs; (2) scholarship programs; (3) the federal GEAR UP cohort model; and (4) college savings accounts. A secondary goal emerged during evaluation of available early awareness research: to encourage additional rigorous, longitudinal evaluations of early awareness programs. While the research demonstrates that early awareness strategies should continue to be part of the college access and success continuum, it is also clear that any intervention should be designed with specific indicators and outcome measures. Additionally, policy-makers should be wary of any one particular program or intervention that promises to be a silver bullet and rather view early awareness strategies as the first step of an integrated plan for student success.