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 2025— June 23-July 25. Accepted students should arrive on June 17 for orientation.
• The summer 2025 application will be available in January.
  

Helpful Links

• Exploring Transfer Program and Application
• About Vassar College

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 or et@vassar.edu directly: