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    Welcome to Baruch College Now!

    College Now is a collaborative effort between the City University of New York (CUNY) and the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to improve NYC public high school students’ academic achievement.

    Through College Now, students become immersed in and inspired by Baruch campus life through visiting facilities and participating in academic, social, and cultural events. Interaction with our faculty and students provides College Now students an authentic college experience. This eases the transition from high school to college and prepares students for a successful academic career.

    Although both College Now and AP courses provide students with rigorous and challenging course work, there are some significant differences.

    • AP classes are high school courses that award high school credit. Note, students who take the AP exam can earn college credit dependent on the exam score received (usually a 4 or 5).
    • College Now courses are undergraduate level courses that award college credit upon successful completion of the course (grade of C or higher).

    For more information on these differences and post-secondary outcomes on each program, check out the following article: Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment: What’s a student to choose?

    You can also download our one-page informational guide: Differences Between AP and College Now.

    To apply to our programs, an applicant must be a current NYC public high school student.

    • Applicants for our college-credit courses must be in the 11th or 12th grade during the semester they are participating.
    • STEM Research Academy applicants must be in either the 10th or 11th grade and from a historically-underrepresented group within science.
    • Academic requirements for each program vary (ELA, PSAT/SAT scores, GPA, etc.). Please visit each program page, for more details.

    Note, undocumented NYC public high school students and NYC home-schooled students (with OSIS#) are welcome to apply to our programs.

    Baruch College Now is officially partnered with the following high schools. Students from these high schools receive priority when applying to any of our programs.

    • Academy for Software Engineering
    • 47 ASL – American Sign Language
    • Baruch College Campus High School
    • The Clinton School
    • Emma Lazarus High School
    • H.S. for Health Professions and Human Services
    • H.S. for Fashion Industries
    • Humanities Preparatory Academy
    • Institute for Collaborative Education
    • James Baldwin High School
    • Lower Manhattan Arts Academy
    • Manhattan Business Academy
    • Manhattan Village Academy
    • Millennium High School
    • Murry Bergtraum High School
    • Murry Hill Academy
    • NEST+m
    • NYC Lab School
    • NYC Museum School
    • Quest to Learn
    • School of the Future
    • Union Square Academy for Health Sciences
    • University Neighborhood High School

    To learn more about your high school’s College Now partnership visit the CUNY-wide College Now website.

    College Now

    The following report highlights data from Baruch College Now alumni who attended CUNY as first semester students.

    • Post-Secondary Snapshot: Fall 2019 and Historical Trends

    The Baruch College Now Participation Report examines the enrollment and demographic trends of program participants while they are in high school.

    • Baruch Participation Report – FY19

    The following report highlights aggregate data from College Now programs university-wide.

    • Annual Report FY 19-20

    STEM Research Academy

    The following report highlights aggregate cohort data from our STEM Research Academy. The report explores the extent to which students developed career maturity (Savickas & Porfelti, 2011) as a result of participating in our program.

    • 2021 Cohort Career Readiness Report

    Baruch College Now Fall 2022 Application  Available

     College Now Fall 2022 Application

    College Now Fall 2022 Application Guide

    College Now Fall 2022 Program Flyer

    Looking for a free summer program? Please check out the Baruch STEP Academy Summer Program!

    Free Summer programming for Grades 6 to 11th

    STEP Academy Program Flyer

    STEP Academy Website

    For any questions please email collegenow@baruch.cuny.edu
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