ACE Your Summer Experience with Us
Note: Please check back in early 2023 for ACE Summer 2023 details.
See what it's like to be in college with Community College of Philadelphia’s summer ACE (Advanced College Experience) program. An opportunity that you will never forget, ACE provides college-level courses for highly motivated students going into 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grades, as well as students up to age 21 pursuing a high school equivalency credential. We accept public, private, charter, archdiocesan and home-schooled students. Philadelphia residency is not required. Through ACE, you can make new friends, explore a career interest, study timely and relevant issues, and earn college credit.
The ACE program offers a cross-section of intensive courses and includes a full semester of college-level course material over five weeks in July and August. Students who earn an "A," "B" or "C" will receive college credit from Community College of Philadelphia. Students who earn lower than a "C" will receive a certificate of completion. Courses require hard work, dedication to the task and most of all, a desire to learn new and exciting academic skills.
Location
Courses will be offered in several formats: in person, hybrid (online and in person), synchronous online (your meet with your professor and classmates on the days and times listed for the class) and asynchronous online (you do not have scheduled meeting times).
Tuition
The cost is only $250 per course, excluding books. Book costs are different for each course. You pay for your class(es) online through your MyCCP account. Once a student is registered, payment instructions are provided via email.
Entrance Requirements
ACE applicants must have:
- A completed online application
- At least a 2.5 GPA
- The signed permission of a parent/guardian and school
- Interest in participating in a rigorous summer college experience
To Apply
Students who previously participated in ACE or dual enrollment can email advanceatcollege@ccp.edu to enroll. You do not need to submit a new application.
All new students should apply to the Summer ACE program following the steps below. Students are expected to check their email regularly to ensure completion of the application process.
- Create an account providing all of the required information
- For email address, enter your student email address
- For term, select Summer 2022
- The academic program is not required, but if answered, choose non-matriculated
- Create a password and click “create account” (save your login information)
- Next, you need to create an application. Click “Start New Application” and complete the application in full. The application has five sections, click "save and continue" at the bottom of each page. Your Social Security Number is required. If you do not have a Social Security Number, please follow the instructions provided within the application.
- Personal: this section will be partially prepopulated with information you provided when you created your account. Complete any missing information. You must use a Philadelphia address.
- Demographics: complete the required information, including your correct date of birth and Social Security Number. If you do not know your Social Security Number, save the application and come back to it once you have the number. If you do not have a social security number, enter 999-99-9999.
- Plans: choose Non-Matriculated as the Academic Program. Choose Dual Enrollment for the Student Type and then select Advance College Experience as the high school program.
- Academics: provide your high school information. For the question, “Have you/will you graduate from High School,” click "YES." Enter your high school graduation year.
- Signature: Preview your completed application before submitting it and then click Save.
- After completing the application, you will be brought back to the dashboard and will see the application in the “My Applications” window. The application status should be "submitted."
- Once the application is completed, you will be sent an email with information about additional application documents and course selection.
- Once we receive all required forms, we will accept your application and register you for your selected course(s). We will make every effort to enroll students in their first-choice course. If the first-choice course is full, we will register students in their second-choice course and so on. If you do not select a 2nd and/or 3rd choice and your first-choice course is full, you will be notified.
- Once you are registered, you will be notified via email and will receive instructions for making payment.
The application and registration process may take up to two weeks. Questions about the application process and/or next steps can be directed to advanceatcollege@ccp.edu.
Students can enroll in up to 2 courses, however, please be aware that this is a lot of work.
Please monitor your email for communication from CCP regarding your application.
Classes fill quickly, so please apply early!
Orientation
All registered students will be invited to attend an ACE orientation held in the last week of June.
ACE Summer 2022 Courses
Program dates: July 12 through August 10, 2022
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Credit Hours: 3
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Credit Hours: 3
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Location: In person, Main Campus, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Please direct your questions to advanceatcollege@ccp.edu.