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What is the First Year Experience (FYE)?


As part of your Orientation Plus experience, FYE is designed to support your transition to college life.

The program:

  • Engages and encourages you to become an active member of the larger MCC community
  • Helps you become more involved and successful in your academic and co-curricular opportunities
  • Connects you with advisors to create a unique academic and financial plan for your education and future

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Benefits of the FYE

National research has shown what we at Middlesex have known all along – students are more successful in completing courses, graduating, and in their overall achievement when they are personally engaged with their college.

MCC’s FYE introduces the following Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs):

  • Written and oral communication
  • Critical thinking
  • Quantitative literacy
  • Multicultural and global literacy
  • Social responsibility
  • Personal and professional development