Placement in Your FYP Course

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We hand-place you in your First-Year Program (FYP) course based on your interests.

To help us find the best fit for you, we recommend you:

  • spend some time reading all the FYP course descriptions;
    • We have more than twenty options to choose from, so it will take some patience and you may want to start early.
    • While every FYP course builds core communication skills, some themes will appeal to you more than most, and you should find it fairly easy to identify a few favorites. Try to find at least six you'd enjoy.
  • keep an eye out for details like required travel or field trips, outdoor activities, and civic engagement in the Canton community;
  • collaborate with your preferred roommate, if you have one, to make your choices;
    • Roommates must request one another on their "Housing Assignment Profile" and must select the same FYP choices on the "First-Year Program College Preference" form.
    • No preferred roommate? Don't worry! We find that careful roommate matching by our professional staff is usually more successful than matching with someone you meet on social media or know from high school.
  • complete your forms on time. 
    • Your "Interests", "Housing Assignment Profile", and "First-Year Program College Preference" forms are required for us to place you.
    • These forms are due May 30 on your application status page. If you complete your forms by May 30, we'll get started on your placement right away.

If you have submitted your forms on time, you can expect notification in your application status page of your FYP placement, advisor assignment, and housing in late June. Be sure to complete all of the other forms on your status page too.