SMART Start Program
SMART Start (Student Mentoring Academic Resource Team) is a program for motivated students who are ready to work hard to be successful in college. Participants engage in a community that supports first year students’ transition to life at MSUM. Historically, after participating in SMART Start, students outperform their peers in all subject areas and become leaders on the MSUM campus. If you express one of the identities below and are excited to join a community that will ease your transition to college, then SMART Start is the place for you.
- Black or African American
- Asian
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- Hispanic or Latino
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
- First Generation College Student
- Income Eligible (Pell-eligible, eligible for federal assistance programs ex. free or reduced-price meals, TANF, SNAP benefits, etc.)
- LGBTQIA2S+
*Please refer to Minnesota State Terms of Equity and Inclusion for further guidance on the terms above.
MSUM thanks the Minnesota Office of Higher Education Intervention for College Attendance Grants for making it possible for students to participate in the SMART Start Program at no cost.