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Please explore our two听programs for incoming first year students听below to see which one is tailor-made for you and to see how to apply.
What it is:听3-week residential Summer Bridge program and with its successful completion听students receive a $1000 stipend and become eligible for MASP and its related participation scholarship of $2,000 per academic year for up to 别颈驳丑迟听蝉别尘别蝉迟别谤蝉.听
Who is it for:Incoming first year students
听 When: July听2025
Priority Application Deadline: February 2025
What it is:听Year-long academic and community building program for first-year students, grouped by their area of study (e.g., Natural Sciences, Social Sciences or Arts & Humanities).听With its successful completion students receive听$2000 participation stipend ($1000 in the Fall and $1000 in the Spring). 听
Each MASP student will be assigned to a faculty mentor, who assists with academic planning, advising, and more.
MASP offers 1-credit seminars for current MASP students.
MASP hosts a wide range of community events every semester including informational sessions on different departments/clubs on campus, community building activities, and dialogue events.
MASP has a dedicated community space in Lucile Buchanan Building (LBB) on central campus. Our space is open to all MASP students and includes a computer room with free printing, a quiet study space, a larger meeting space, and acess to personal cubbies, a fridge and microwave.
All MASP students can print and pick up select school supplies for free at the MASP office.
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"In MASP, I feel like I am in an environment where I am accepted. There is no judgment about my ethnicity or any other part of my background. Instead, it is a place where I have met some of my best friends that I hope to keep even after college."听
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"My favorite part about MASP is the community it provides me. I know that I will always have a network of support from my peers and the faculty. MASP has given me a place where I feel like I can fit in no matter what."
CU LEAD Alliance
MASP is part of the CU LEAD Alliance, a听unique set of academic learning communities whose students, faculty and staff are united to promote inclusive excellence. These 鈥渁cademic neighborhoods鈥� build camaraderie and promote student success during the first-year and throughout students鈥� four years through a rich array of:
cohort experiences
participation scholarships
academic enrichment activities
community-building activities
*If you are interested in MASP but you are not entering or enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, please explore theCU LEAD Allianceto find the program most suited to your journey.
