ASAP Program

What is ASAP?

Advancing Success in Associate Pathways (ASAP) removes financial barriers to full-time study, provides structured pathways to help students gain and maintain academic momentum, and creates connected communities through integrated support and engagement activities.

Benefits of ASAP

• Cost of attendance award (after Financial Aid has been applied)
• Transportation and textbook assistance
• Comprehensive personalized advisement services
• Academic support assistance
• Career development activities

Who is Eligible for ASAP?

All students must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen (NYS DREAM Act students also eligible)
• Be eligible for in-state tuition
• Be matriculated full-time in an ASAP approved degree program (minimum 12 credits per semester; certificate programs are not eligible)
• Complete a FAFSA and NYS TAP Application every year and accept all federal and state grant aid offered
• Be Pell eligible and receive $1 of Pell aid at point of enrollment (students in the process of completing financial aid may be conditionally accepted into the program)
• Agree to participate in required program activities
• Take any required remedial courses immediately upon enrollment
• Students must have previously earned no more than 21 credits applicable to their proposed program of study (excluding any earned while in high school) and hold a minimum 2.0 GPA

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