ARISE Scholar Requirements
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Admitted Students: By accepting your admission offer to The Grainger College of Engineering and the ARISE program, you agree to the following requirements.
Academic Requirements
- Only register for courses approved by ARISE Staff.
- Earn a B- or better in precalculus (MATH 115) & Calculus 1 (MATH 220); otherwise the course must be repeated before moving on with the sequence.
- Enroll and actively participate in the ENG 111 Mentoring Course in your first semester.
- Attend workshops, seminars, and events designed to support your academic success.
- Make satisfactory progress towards an engineering degree every semester.
Community Requirements
- Reside in Pennsylvania Residence Hall (PAR) with an assigned ARISE roommate for your first year.
- Participate fully in the summer bridge, orientation, and spring retreat your first year.
- Respond to communication from the ARISE Staff in a timely fashion.
- Meet with ARISE staff for required, regular check-in meetings.
- Treat all students and staff in the program with respect.
Failure to comply with these requirements will result in the loss of ARISE benefits (including but not limited to exclusive scholarship access and non-competitive access to majors in the Grainger College of Engineering).
Exceptions to requirements are extremely rare. ARISE staff will address exception requests case-by-case.