Vassar’s Exploring Transfer

The Exploring Transfer (ET) program at Vassar College is designed for community college students interested in continuing their education at a competitive four-year college. Through a five-week residential program and immersion in the liberal arts, Exploring Transfer enables community college students to imagine a broader range of academic opportunities than might otherwise have been possible. The structure of ET courses include five hours of classwork and workshops five days a week, broken into two-hour blocks (one in the morning and one in the afternoon). Each accepted student receives a scholarship to the Exploring Transfer program that completely covers their tuition, room, meals and books.

Students in the program are typically among the first generation in their family to attend college and are highly motivated academically, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

MCCS students who are selected to participate can also receive a travel stipend.


Key Dates

  • Exploring Transfer Summer 2024— June 24-July 26. Accepted students should arrive on June 17 for orientation.
  • Applications are due by February 19, 2024. Admissions decisions are made by April 5, 2024.


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Program Contacts at Vassar

  • Lioba Gerhardi, Director, Exploring Transfer Program, Vassar College

Community College Contacts

Students interested in applying to Exploring Transfer should contact the Exploring Transfer advisor at their college:

CMCC
Elizabeth Oken
Director of Placement and Transfer Services
755-5239

EMCC
Elizabeth Worden
Director, Academic Support Center
974-4658

KVCC
Teresa Smith
Director of Advising & Enrollment
453-5082

NMCC
Johna Lovely
Student Support Specialist
768-2829

 

SMCC
Margie Fahey
Associate Dean for Curriculum Design and Articulation
741-5833

WCCC
Pamela Feeney
Advisor/Transfer Counselor
454-1079

YCCC
Admissions Office
646-9282