Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded TRIO program serving students who are first-generation to college and/or from populations underserved in higher education. SSS has been in operation at UConn for over 50 years.
Each year, approximately 300 high-potential students from Connecticut are accepted to UConn SSS at the main campus in Storrs and regional campuses at Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, and Waterbury.
SSS students begin their college journeys by participating in a five-week pre-collegiate summer program prior to the fall semester of their first year at UConn.
Each SSS student is assigned to a counselor who provides them with one-on-one advising, support, and advocacy during the Summer Program and throughout their undergraduate careers.
What Students are saying about their SSS experience…
SSS helped me in so many ways that I don’t know where to begin. In this program, I have an advisor whom I meet with regularly and she keeps me headed in a positive direction. Through this program I met so many great people and it opened up many opportunities for me. I hope to remain in the program until I receive my degree in Business and give back whenever I can.
- Begum Abadin, Summer 2011
The chance to start my college experience in the summer was a tremendous opportunity. The SSS program gave me the opportunity to experience what college work is really about. Go SSS!
- Tamika Jenkins, SSS
"The SSS program gave me the knowledge of what to expect in the academic year. I learned what life at UConn really was. It prepared me mentally and academically for the fall. I couldn’t ask for a better experience!"
- Marilexandra Sanchez, SSS Summer 2010