Find your ACE community
before you arrive on campus

Peer support in a group mentoring model, fostering connection and camaraderie between ACE alumni at select AEC schools.

• Participant Eligibility: Graduating high school seniors (rising college freshman/first year students) pursuing an AEC postsecondary education at select schools.
  **Alumni must update alumni registration in the ACE database. 

Schedule:

• 7/24/26 – Participant registration for CAP begins.
  • ACE alumni at select schools will be notified via email.
  • College information can be provided to ACE by updating alumni registration in the ACE database.
• 8/10/26 – Ambassadors connect with participants via email

Ambassadors are upperclassmen that lead CAP at their school. Ambassadors facilitate peer-to-peer support in a group mentoring model, fostering connection and camaraderie between ACE alumni at select AEC schools.

• Ambassador Eligibility: Upperclassmen at select AEC schools pursuing an AEC postsecondary education. Must have a current alumni registration in the ACE database.
• Schedule:
  • 7/20/26 – Participant registration for CAP begins
  • 8/5/26 – CAP Ambassador Orientation (via Zoom)
  • 8/10/26– CAP Kick-Off – Ambassadors connect with participants via email

• Baruch College
• Binghamton University
• Caly Poly Pomona
• Caly Poly SLO
• Carnegie Mellon University
• City College of NY (CCNY)
• Columbia
• Cooper Union
• Cornell
• Hofstra University
• Howard University

• Jefferson University
• Manhattan College
• MIT
• NYC College of Technology
• NYIT Arch
• NYU Tandon
• Penn State University
• Pratt Institute
• RIT
• RPI

• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Stony Brook University
• Syracuse University
• Texas A&M University
• University at Buffalo
• University of Colorado Denver
• University of Houston
• University of Nebraska Lincoln
• University of North Florida
• University of Texas Austin
• Vanderbilt University