Success Academy
Let's Get BCTC-Ready!
Returning to College? Or coming straight from High School?
Either way, we are here to help your transition to BCTC!
The Success Academy is a program designed to support developmental mathematics, English, and reading students to improve their college readiness placement and gain skills to increase academic success.
BCTC Success Academies are held each Summer and Winter session and are FREE for students!
What can Success Academy do for you?
Each Academy is FREE to the student and will provide:
- Hybrid experience with both on-location and virtual days preparing students to get BCTC-Ready!
- Introduction to BCTC campus, technologies, services, and resources
- Free math placement testing
- The opportunity to skip one or more developmental math classes, saving you time and money!
- Interactive lessons on math content with experienced faculty
- Engagement with current BCTC students and Peer Guides
- Lunch during on-campus days
- Prizes and More!
Who Can Participate?
Any student who meets all the following criteria may apply to a Success Academy:
- New or Continuing BCTC Students
- Have earned a high school diploma or equivalent
- Required to take a developmental mathematics course: MAT 011 or MAT 061.
- If applicable, have completed ESL Level 1 Coursework [RDG 041 & ESL 011] or placed into ESL Level 2 course work [ESL 120U & ESL 100U].
Note: Seats are limited. Applying does NOT guarantee acceptance. Students will be contacted about acceptance no later than one week prior to the start of an academy.
2025 Summer Success Academies
** Complete an Academy for an opportunity to win prizes or a mini-Scholarship **
*** Limited Seats Available, Application Opens April 1 , 2025 ***
May Math Success Academy
- May 20, 2025 – June 5, 2025
- Last day to Apply: May 16, 2025
The 2025 Summer BCTC Success Academy will be hosted over 7 days between May 20, 2025 – June 5, 2025, with 5 days on campus and 2 days in a remote format. Attendance is required for all dates listed below.
On-Campus days will meet from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm at the Newtown Campus. Online days will meet between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm through Microsoft Teams.
- Tuesday, May 20th (On-Campus)
- Wednesday, May 21 (On-Campus)
- Thursday, May 22 (Online)
- Tuesday, May 27 (On-Campus)
- Wednesday, May 28 (On-Campus)
- Thursday, May 29 (Online)
- Tuesday, June 3 (On-Campus)
- Wednesday & Thursday, June 4 – June 5: Scheduled online advising appointment to update Fall 2025 schedule.
Additional Summer Success Academies
Additional Math Success Academies will be offered in June 2025 and July 2025 following the same structure.
- June Math Success Academy
- June 24 – July 10
- Application opens May 12
- July Math Success Academy
- July 22nd – August 7
- Application opens May 12
If you have any questions, please contact BCTC Student Success and Retention: BCTC-CollegeSuccess@kctcs.edu
We hope you will join us!
"The Academy is an amazing opportunity to refresh, relearn or progress in an area of study. It allows you to possibly skip paying for classes you won’t receive credit for. I learned so many opportunities that BCTC has that I had no clue about! …"
-Academy Participant
