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The New Start Program
The New Start Program offers students who are having academic difficulty at cooperating senior colleges the opportunity to transfer to KCC as students in good standing.
New Start students aren't burdened by their past performance; only their new grades are included in their Kingsborough grade point average. They can transfer up to 30 credits to Kingsborough (almost half the credits necessary to earn an associate degree), so it often is possible to graduate in one academic year.
Once they graduate from KCC, New Start students are guaranteed admission into any CUNY senior college except the school they attended previously. Students who want to return to their previous college may appeal for readmission. New Start graduates also have been accepted at SUNY and private colleges.
Who can join New Start?
Students whose academic records at cooperating senior colleges would ordinarily keep them from transferring to Kingsborough in good standing may enter the program.
A current list of cooperating senior colleges is included in the application instructions, which can be obtained from Kingsborough's Admissions Information Center (phone 718-C-O-L-L-E-G-E).
Special Advantages
 New Start students, no matter what their past academic record, are admitted to KCC in good standing.
Up to 30 previously earned credits (including D grades from CUNY colleges) can be applied toward the associate degree at Kingsborough.
Grades from previous college courses are not included in the KCC grade point average.
KCC's associate degree guarantees New Start graduates admission to any CUNY senior college, except the college they attended previously.
Special Assistance
Kingsborough offers New Start Students special assistance.
All participants are assigned a counselor to assist them with academic, career, personal, and transfer concerns and issues.
Students whose admission applications are completed at least a month before the start of a semester are offered early registration for their first semester at Kingsborough.
KCC has extensive free tutorial, remedial and support services which are available to all New Start students.
you would like more information about the New Start Program, please call our Admissions Information Center at (718)368-4600, ask about New Start, and one of our admissions counselors will be happy to answer your questions
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