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Accelerate, Complete, Engage

Eligibility

Accelerate, Complete, Engage (ACE) Program eligibility criteria and majors.

Criteria

You may be eligible for ACE if you answer YES to the following questions:

  • Are you an incoming freshman, continuing student with 21 or less credits and a 2.0 cumulative GPA OR transfer student with an associate degree (CUNY or other)?
  • Are you a New York State resident and/or eligible for in-state tuition?
  • Plan to declare one of the majors below?
  • Completed the FAFSA using York College Code 004759 and the New York State Tuition Assistance Program application (TAP) using college code 1418)

(*Students not receiving financial aid due to immigration status may join ACE but will not receive a tuition gap scholarship.)

Note: Students cannot participate in ACE and SEEK.  New transfer students who are confirmed to participate in SEEK are not eligible for ACE.

Accelerate, Complete, Engage (ACE) Program eligibility criteria and majors.

MajorFreshmanTransfer
Aviation ManagementEligibleIneligible
BiologyEligibleIneligible
BiotechnologyEligibleBMCC and QBCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Biotechnology)
Business AdministrationEligibleEligible with completion of introduction to Business, Principles of Accounting and Macroeconomics
Community Health EducationEligibleQBCC joint degree transfers (A.S in Public Health)
Computer ScienceEligibleIneligible
EnglishEligibleEligible with completion of English composition 1 &2
FinanceEligibleEligible with completion of Fundamentals of Finance, Principles of accounting and Macroeconomics
Health ScienceEligibleIneligible
JournalismEligibleEligible with completion of Introduction to Journalism
MarketingEligibleEligible with completion of Introduction of marketing, Macroeconomics and Principles of Accounting
MathematicsEligibleIneligible
Movement ScienceEligibleQBCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Movement Science)
Music (BMus)EligibleEligible with completion of Introduction to Music
Music Education (BMus)*EligibleIneligible
Political ScienceEligibleEligible with completion of Introduction to Politics, Politics & Government in the U.S and/or Political Theory
Pharmaceutical ScienceIneligibleQBCC joint degree transfers only
(A.S in Chemistry)
PsychologyEligibleEligible with completion of introduction to psychology
Public Health*IneligibleLAGCC, BMCC, QCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Public Health or A.S in Public and Community Health) minimum of a 3.0 GPA
Social Work*Eligible *Acceptance into Social Work program, include successful application, minimum GPA of 2.7; completion of SCWK 101 Introduction of Social Work, SCWK 203 Social Welfare and SCWK 293 Social Work Practicum
SociologyEligibleEligible with completion of introduction to sociology
Studio ArtEligibleIneligible

* Application required

** Double majoring is not a possibility