Start Strong with the EOP Summer Program
Your Path to Success Begins Here
If you have been admitted to SUNY Potsdam and have submitted your deposit, it's time to start preparing for the EOP Summer Program!
Our mandatory four-week pre-college summer program is designed for incoming first-year students to help them transition smoothly to college life. Before fully matriculating in the fall, students will enroll in two courses taught by Potsdam faculty and engage in team-building workshops and activities. By the end of the program, students must achieve a minimum 2.0 GPA to continue.
Students will live in residence halls, have access to PACES dining, and meet one-on-one with their assigned EOP counselor, who will continue supporting them throughout the academic year.
Accepted participants will be contacted by mid-June to confirm attendance. If you don't receive a confirmation by June 29, please reach out to the EOP office at: eop@potsdam.edu or (315) 267-2382.
Get Ready for an Epic Summer!
EOP Summer Program 2025
Date
Monday, July 7 - Saturday, August 2, 2025
Location
The EOP Summer Program will take place on the SUNY Potsdam campus, in Potsdam, NY. We’ve got you covered though - free transportation will be provided from the NYC Metropolitan Area to campus.
What’s Included?
Absolutely everything you need to succeed: FREE tuition, plus all the materials, tools, and resources you'll need to get ahead.
Transfer Students
Welcome to EOP! As a new EOP transfer student, you’ll need to join our mandatory EOP Transfer Orientation. Stay tuned—details are coming soon! Be sure to check back for more info.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, all incoming first year EOP students are required to attend and complete the summer program before entering in the fall.
Participants will have the opportunity to take 2 courses, 1 credit per course.
- FY 150: MetaSkills (1 cr.)
This one credit, course is designed to assist students in defining their reasons for being in college, defining their expectations for academic success, developing a sense of responsibility for their own education, and expanding their repertoire of academic skills. - STAT 100: Statistics (3 cr.)
This course is designed to introduce students to understanding variability, uncertainty, techniques of data description, sampling, hypothesis testing and regression. Students will have the ability to regain their confidence in the subject area while also satisfying their math general education requirement, prior to their arrival in the fall.
Transportation will be provided for students residing in the New York Metropolitan Area to depart on July 5 to SUNY Potsdam campus and depart on August 2. EOP staff will also have access to on campus vans for off campus transportation to off campus workshops/pharmacies/Walmart.
For Your Room
- Blankets, sheets, pillow, towels
- Alarm ( cell phone or other )
Clothing/Personal
- Swimsuit
- Personal Toiletries/Shower footwear
- Necessary medication (notify staff prior to attending)
- Detergent for laundry
- Fan
You may also want to bring a sweatshirt for the air-conditioned classrooms. Air-conditioners are not in place in residence halls.
The program will provide 3 meals per day. There are filtered water stations throughout the campus. Prior to attend the EOP Summer Program, please inform the staff of any special dietary requirement.