Programs/Tours
What The V.I.P. Program Offers
We expose as many students as possible from Bridgeport, Connecticut area schools to information and mentors so they may realize their potential to matriculate on the college level. We develop leaders and individuals, most from disadvantaged backgrounds, that have the ability to succeed in higher education and become contributing members of society.
V.I.P. will meet during the 2023-2024
School Year from September to May
6th-8th Grades: Selected Tuesdays – 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
1000 Lafayette Boulevard, 3rd Floor Training Room- Bridgeport, CT
9th-12th Grades: Wednesdays – 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
999 Broad Street, Marget E. Morton Government Center- Bridgeport, CT
For further information email: vipcollegeprep.inc@gmail.com or Text: 203-395-6442
see calendar below
College Tours
V.I.P. sponsors at least 3-4 college tours per year. (3-9 days) They are held in October, November, February, and April. Summer College Tours (day trips and overnight) are also held in June, July, and August for 6th-12th grade students. Cultural and other recreational outings are also offered during the summer. Listed below are some of the colleges V.I.P. students have toured, attended, graduated from and are presently attending:
| UConn | Livingston University | Quinnipiac University | Tennessee State University |
| Morehouse College | Boston University | Cheyney University | Wilberforce University |
| Temple University | Albertus Magnus College | Wake Forest University | Miami University of Ohio |
| Hampton University | Gateway Community College | Virginia State University | Ohio State |
| Emory University | East Carolina University | Duke University | Ohio University |
| North Carolina A&T University | Morris Brown College | Johnson C. Smith University | American University |
| Bennett College | Southern Connecticut State University | Hofstra University | Fordham |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | Bethune-Cookman College | Norfolk State University | Lincoln University |
| Central Connecticut State University | UMass | Corning College | Marymount College |
| University of Bridgeport | Emerson College | Norwalk Community College | Bryant University |
| University of Illinois-Chicago | Chicago State University | Pace University | American Intercontinental University (AIU) |
| Northwestern University | Loyola University | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Western Connecticut State |
| Northeastern University | Fairfield University | North Carolina Central University | Central State University |
| Spelman College | St. Augustine University | Virginia Union University | Winston Salem State |
| Georgetown University | Delaware State University | DePaul University | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| Columbia University | Rutgers University | Kean University | Florida Memorial University |
| Housatonic Community College | Swarthmore University | Shaw University | Rider University |
| Adelphi University | Princeton University | Johnson & Wales University | Monmouth University |
| St. John's University | Villanova University | Wilberforce University | Stony Brook University |
| Boston College | Yale University | Virginia Commonwealth University | University of Pittsburgh |
| Wesleyan University | MIT | Tuskegee University | Duquesne University |
| Brandies University | Florida A&M University | University of Kentucky | Allegheny |
| Morgan State University | Clark Atlanta University | University of Louisville | Carnegie Mellon |
| University of Maryland College Park | Coppin State University | University of Akron | Chatham |
| NYU | Georgia Tech University | Youngstown University | Morehouse School of Medicine |
| Brown University | Berklee College of Music | Xavier University | American University of St. Vincent |
| Howard University | Benedict College | University of Cincinnati | Fisk University |
| Sacred Heart University | University of Michigan Ann Arbor | Salve Regina | Northeastern University |
| University of Albany | Syracuse College | University of Buffalo | Seton Hall University |