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!
- For Math Success Academies Only:
- 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
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
- For Math Success Academies:
- 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].
- For Language Success Academies:
- Required to take a developmental reading course or English as a Second Language Course: IRW 085, ESL 011, RDG 041, 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 **
*** Limited Seats Available, Apply Early! ***
Math Success Academy
The 2025 Summer BCTC Math Success Academies will be hosted over two weeks, seven (7) days. Five (5) days are on-campus, each Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:00 – 3:00 pm at Newtown Campus. Two (2) days are remote, each Thursday, from 10:00 – 2:00 pm, held through Microsoft Teams. Attendance is required for all 7 days. In addition, a required scheduled online advising appointment will occur the Wednesday or Thursday of the last week.
- June Math Success Academy
- Tuesday, June 24th – Tuesday, July 8th
- July Math Success Academy
- Tuesday, July 22nd – Tuesday, August 5th
Everyone Learns Language (ELL) Success Academy
The 2025 Summer BCTC Language Success Academy will be held, on-campus, over four (4) days. Attendance on all days is required to be eligible for awards/prizes.
- Monday, August 4th – Thursday, August 7th
- 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- BCTC Newtown Campus
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
