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!
Students who are unsure of their college readiness placement may still apply to Success Academy, but a review of registrations will include a college readiness check to determine your eligibility to participate. Students who are enrolled in MAT 011, MAT 061, or IRW 085 for the Fall 2024 are highly encouraged to apply.
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
- The Opportunity to skip one or more developmental classes, saving you time and money!
- Opportunities to improve your placement, saving you time and money!
- Interactive lessons on subject content with experienced faculty
- Engagement with current BCTC students and Peer Guides
- Lunch during on-campus days
- Prizes and More!
- One Grand Prize awarded to each academy
2024 Summer Success Academies
** Complete an Academy for an opportunity to win prizes or a mini-Scholarship **
*** Limited Seats Available, Apply Today!!! ***
Apply below by selecting the (+) next to the content area you prefer. Students may apply for more than one content area. Admission to the academies is based on academic need.
Earn Step Credit for IRW 085 in less than two weeks!
Prerequisites:
- Placement into IRW 085
- Completion of ESL 120U or CaMLA score of at least 60
Summer RDG/ENG Academies:
May 15th – May 21st
This session runs from Wednesday, May 15th through Tuesday, May 21st on location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30am – 3:30pm, with a mandatory virtual day Friday, May 17th, with live sessions scheduled from 10am – 2pm.
July 10th – July 17th
This session runs from Wednesday, July 10th through Tuesday, July 16th on location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30am – 3:30pm, with a mandatory virtual day Friday, July 12th, with live sessions scheduled from 10am – 2pm.
*Attendance is required on all academy days
Free placement testing with the opportunity to skip developmental courses MAT 011 or MAT 061.
Prerequisites: Placement into MAT 011 or MAT 061
Summer Math Academies:
May 15th – May 21st
This session runs from Wednesday, May 15th through Tuesday, May 21st on location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30am – 3:30pm, with a mandatory virtual day Friday, May 17th, with live sessions scheduled from 10am – 2pm.
July 10th – July 16th
This session runs from Wednesday, July 10th through Tuesday, July 16th on location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30am – 3:30pm, with a mandatory virtual day Friday, July 12th, with live sessions scheduled from 10am – 2pm.
July 24th – July 30th
This session runs from Wednesday, July 24th through Tuesday, July 30th on location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30am – 3:30pm, with a mandatory virtual day Friday, July 26th, with live sessions scheduled from 10am – 2pm.
*Attendance is required on all academy days
Prerequisites: Placement into any ESL course.
Summer ELL Academy:
August 5th – August 8th - On Location at BCTC Newtown Campus from 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM.
Applications for the ELL Success Academy will open in April 2024!
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
