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.

Major	Freshman	Transfer
Aviation Management	Eligible	Ineligible
Biology	Eligible	Ineligible
Biotechnology	Eligible	BMCC and QBCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Biotechnology)
Business Administration	Eligible	Eligible with completion of introduction to Business, Principles of Accounting and Macroeconomics
Community Health Education	Eligible	QBCC joint degree transfers (A.S in Public Health)
Computer Science	Eligible	Ineligible
English	Eligible	Eligible with completion of English composition 1 &2
Finance	Eligible	Eligible with completion of Fundamentals of Finance, Principles of accounting and Macroeconomics
Health Science	Eligible	Ineligible
Journalism	Eligible	Eligible with completion of Introduction to Journalism
Marketing	Eligible	Eligible with completion of Introduction of marketing, Macroeconomics and Principles of Accounting
Mathematics	Eligible	Ineligible
Movement Science	Eligible	QBCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Movement Science)
Music (BMus)	Eligible	Eligible with completion of Introduction to Music
Music Education (BMus)*	Eligible	Ineligible
Political Science	Eligible	Eligible with completion of Introduction to Politics, Politics & Government in the U.S and/or Political Theory
Pharmaceutical Science	Ineligible	QBCC joint degree transfers only (A.S in Chemistry)
Psychology	Eligible	Eligible with completion of introduction to psychology
Public Health*	Ineligible	LAGCC, 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
Sociology	Eligible	Eligible with completion of introduction to sociology
Studio Art	Eligible	Ineligible

* Application required

** Double majoring is not a possibility