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Achieving in College, Ensuring Success (ACES)

  

The ACES Program at Mt. San Antonio College provides college advisement and services in a challenging, encouraging and supportive manner to a diverse group of first-generation, and/or low income or disabled students, such that all students will graduate and/or transfer to a four-year college or university.

Contact Us

M-Th: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm 
F: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm


Building 327
(909) 274-4411
trio@mtsac.edu
www.mtsac.edu/aces

 

Services
  • Cultural Enrichment
  • Schedule an Appointment With Us
  • ACES Canvas Hub
  • Financial Literacy
  • Transfer Information
  • College Visits
  • Summer Science Transfer Experience
Cultural Enrichment

Participants will be exposed to cultural enrichment activities such as partaking in community service, attending plays, and hikes.

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Schedule an Appointment With Us

Individualized Counseling
Schedule a Counseling Appointment with ACES

Schedule an Appointment

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ACES Canvas Hub

Follow the button link below to access the ACES Canvas Hub

ACES Canvas Hub

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Financial Literacy

Participants will be informed about public and private scholarships. Participants will also receive assistance in completing their FAFSA application from a Mt. SAC financial aid representative.

Complete a FAFSA Application

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Transfer Information

The ACES Program will provide and assist with the transfer process such as applying and reviewing financial aid packages from the four-year institutions.

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College Visits

The ACES participants will have an opportunity to partake in college campus tours. (UC, CSU and Private)

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Summer Science Transfer Experience
  • Complete a transferable physical science requirement (UC, CSU, Degree applicable)
  • Complete Counseling 7: Intro to the Transfer Process
  • Free academic tutoring
  • Free textbook and lab manual
  • Free success kit
  • Free 1-week stay at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
  • University college tours

Learn More About Summer Science Transfer Experience

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Eligibility

  • U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident or Undocumented (AB 540)
& Must meet at least one of the following:
  • Federal Low-Income Eligibility
  • First-Generation College Student
  • Documented Disability
    • How To Apply

      Apply to ACES Program: Fall 2024

      • Applications submitted by October 1st, 2024  will be considered for January 2025 admissions.  
      • Step #1: Submit ACES application
      • Step #2: ACES Interview
      • Step #3: ACES Student Orientation

      Step #1: Submit ACES Application 

Program Outcomes

  • 96%
    of all ACES participants in 2022 persisted to the next academic year.
  • 99%
    of all ACES participants in 2022 maintained in good academic standing.
  • 55%
    of all ACES participants in the cohort of 2018 graduated from the grantee institution.
  • 43%
    of all ACES participants in the cohort of 2018 graduated and transferred to a 4-year institution.