The key component of Jump Start for First Gen is the Early Entrance Experience; a five-day residential and commuter experience that begins the Wednesday before fall classes into the first Monday of the fall semester.
During this time, Jump Starters start earning credits before the academic year officially beings.
Benefits
- Earn required first-year credits
- Create lasting friendships with other first-gen students that will become the foundation of your college experience
- Receive personalized academic consultations and enrollment support
- Learn about campus resources and services available to students
- Meet some of the faculty that you’ll work with during your first year on campus
- Learn more about the Franklin County area
- Provide commuter students the opportunity to live on campus during the Early Entry Experience
Details
- Attend Welcome Weekend activities with other first-year students to campus
- Help get you prepared for the fall semester
- Engage in community building activities
- Become familiar with the campus so that you’ll know your way around on Day One
Program Completion Incentives
Not only is the live-on experience free for all Jump Start residential and commuter participants, but students will also receive the following by participating in the Early Entrance Experience:
- book vouchers for future purchases at the campus bookstore
- LionCash dollars to spend at The Mill, the campus dining hall
- discounts on Campus Life trips during the academic year
- a fully stocked refrigerator in the residence hall to satisfy late-night snack attacks