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The program is open to residents of East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Salem, Stonington, Waterford, and Windham and is offered at no cost to residents of those towns thanks to a generous grant funded by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.
Pre-College Summer Day Program 2026 Application
To be eligible, participants must be 14 years of age or older and must be entering Grade 10, 11, or 12 in the fall. Most students who participate in our program are between 15-17 years old.Participants must have at least a 2.0 GPA ("C" average). Home schooled students are eligible for participation.
Participants must be residents of Windham, Norwich, New London, or Groton.
Busing will be provided at no cost. Accepted Windham students will be picked up individually at home address so long as they are in town limits. For students from other approved towns, the following bus schedule is an estimate as of now but will be finalized prior to the program starting.
Norwich Free Academy
Pick students up at 8:30am. Arrive at Eastern 9:15am.
Depart Eastern at 4:30pm. Arrive back at NFA at 5:05pm
Fitch High School (Groton)
Pick students up at 8:15am. Arrive at Eastern 9:25am.
Depart Eastern at 4:30pm. Arrive back at Fitch at 5:30pm
New London High School
Pick students up at 8:15am. Arrive at Eastern 9:25am.
Depart Eastern at 4:30pm. Arrive back at New London at 5:25pm
This program is meant to be a fun introduction to college learning. A for-credit course would be intensive for several weeks with exams, readings, projects, etc.
Participants will receive a certificate from the university upon successful completion of the program and should still feel free to list this experience on resumes and college applications.
Workshops will be finalized closer to the start of programming but will be feature hands-on exercises and learning conducted by Eastern's expert staff.
Potential workshops include Career Exploration activities, College application prep, and campus tours.
While taking a part of the Pre-College Summer Program here at Eastern, there are many options for food that we have to offer. Lunch is provided daily free of cost. Here are some of the options that were offered previously:
Lunch: Sample Lunch Menu
PCS participants are supervised at all times during their stay at Eastern.
PCS staff, Faculty Members, and more are all a part of the supervision of PCS participants.
We will have a ratio of 10:1 students to staff members for this program.