Academic Wellness
The Division of Undergraduate Education affirms that academic wellness includes engagement in your education, satisfaction in your major, performance in classes, relationships with instructors and peers, and degree progress. Your academic standing is one part of your academic wellness and can help you to determine if you are on or off track. Overall academic wellness derives from feeling challenged and excited to learn, asking for help, and maintaining a sense of joy and purpose as you work toward graduation. When you get the elements of academic wellness on track, you begin a beautiful upward cycle of improved satisfaction and performance.
At Stony Brook, there are numerous resources and support for students. The Student Success website is a great place to get connected and below is a curated list of opportunities that can boost your academic recovery.
Sophomore Academic Resilience Program (SARP)
A no cost academic recovery program for students who struggled in their first year.
The Sophomore Academic Resilience Program is an immersive summer academic experience that enables students to improve academic performance, make progress toward graduation, and connect with peers, staff and faculty. In addition to taking a summer course that counts toward a general education requirement, students also enroll in ADV 202, Academic Success Seminar, to develop academic habits and skills to support their continued success. This program is a collaboration among many campus partners to provide structured support, weekly class and study meetings, campus resources, and a supportive community of peers .
Admittance to this program is by invitation only. There is no application process. This program is specifically designed for first-year students who are facing the possibility of academic suspension based on their GPA. Students who qualify are invited during the spring semester. A few spaces will be reserved for students who will be invited at the end of the spring semester.
This program is no cost for students who participate. Tuition, fees, housing, and meal plan costs are covered. Part-time employment opportunities may be available for students who need or want to work on campus during the summer session.
Contact sarp@stonybrook.edu to learn more.
Academic Success & Tutoring Center
FREE course-based and skills-based tutoring.
The Academic Success and Tutoring Center (ASTC) supports Stony Brook University’s mission of ensuring a comprehensive, high quality undergraduate education by providing services that complement classroom instruction and encourage student success. Through collaborative efforts with academic departments and student services, the ASTC enhances, promotes, and develops tutorial and academic success programs, and is committed to creating an inclusive, supportive, student-centered learning environment, which stimulates critical thinking and productive learning.
Self-Regulated Learning Lab
An open, free resource for students to improve their academic skills.
Self-regulated learners strategically manage how they learn in order to meet their goals. The strategies reviewed in the Self-Regulated Learning Lab help students achieve more academically, study more efficiently, and have a more positive school experience.