Summer Transition Program
Description
The Summer Transition Program (STP) is a residential program that enhances the academic and social maturation of incoming minority engineering freshmen prior to the start of the regular academic year. Up to 75 students are selected to participate in this comprehensive six-week program held during the second academic summer session.
STP allows students to take two university courses—math and chemistry. Students also take E115: Introduction to Computing Environments to learn how to use the university computing system. These courses are combined with a structured residence hall and weekly "Pack Sessions" that allow students to learn more about campus life, the community and academics.
Minority engineering freshmen come to college six weeks before other incoming freshmen and become acclimated to university life. STP gives the minority students an opportunity to bond with each other and familiarize themselves with the expectations of college. At the end of the six weeks, students who successfully complete the program and enroll in NC State's College of Engineering in the fall, receive a textbook voucher for the Spring term.
Applications will be mailed to all admitted minority engineering students in April.
