The Advantage Program

Trio/Student Support Services

The Advantage Program is a Student Support Service Program that offers many enriching programs to its students. The staff includes counselors, tutors, and peer mentors who understand academic challenges that college students face when completing a two-year degree. There is an eligibility requirement for students to participate in this program.

For those students who do qualify, free services include: individualized tutoring, counseling and advising, transfer trips to state colleges, specialized workshops, career preparation, and group tours to museums and cultural arts events.

Program Brochure

The Advantage Program also co-sponsors specialized workshops that include: Word Processing, Time Management, Resume Writing, Study Skills, Test Taking Skills, How to Write a Research Paper, and Interviewing Techniques.

Learning with Lunch Workshop Brochure

Here is what some of our students are saying about the Advantage Program:

"Everyone is very helpful. I have been in the Advantage Program since I started at 4C's and it has continued to be one of the defining reasons that I have stayed in school this long."

"When I panic about things like school work from a college class and/or feel stressed out, the Advantage Program is always there to help me feel calm."

"I'd just like to say thank you to all of the advisors, tutors and everyone involved in the Advantage Program for making college an easier and more comfortable environment for me."

Application and Eligibility

You may print an Advantage Program Application. Take your completed application to the Advantage Program Office located in South Building, Room 221 (top floor), or call the office, (508) 362-2131 x4321, for more information.

Get Free Tutoring

Available in most subjects (math, science, English courses, editing a writing assignment...) with an Advantage Program tutor (serving only Advantage Program students) located in the Advantage Program office, South Building, room 221. Make appointments online Advantage Tutoring Appointment or though the office during office hours (508) 362-2131 x4321.

Helpful Information

Please visit www.college.gov and see a site designed by students for students that features first-person accounts of students who overcame challenges by going to college such as peer pressure, lack of family support, and financial barriers. It provides relevant, comprehensive information about how to go and how to pay for college by helping you to create a "roadmap" to college.