Due to low enrollment, we will unfortunately not be able to host a Spring 2024 PEP session.
Please check back soon to sign up for the Fall 2024 PEP session.
To apply for the Pre-Engineering program (PEP), please fill out the Application Form.
If you have applied, you have been accepted!
Check your emails from engr-peptest@uconn.edu
Pre-Engineering (PEP) is a weekly Saturday enrichment program for current 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students with hands-on STEM exploratory activities!
Please email engr-peptest@uconn.edu with any questions.
Program Dates for Spring 2024:
- Day 1 (Storrs): Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
- Hosted by EA
- Day 2 (Storrs): Saturday, March 30th, 2024
- Hosted by Spark
- Day 3 (Hartford): Saturday, April 6th, 2024
- Hosted by Explore Engineering
Program Times 9:45 am - 2:15 pm (plus transportation time)
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- 9:45 – 10:15: Arrival to Homeroom, Breakfast
- 10:30 – 12:30: Presentation and Hands-on STEM Activity
- 12:30 – 1:00: Lunch
- 1:00– 2:00 Choose Your Adventure: (1) Math Lab (2) Homework Help (3) Mentoring
- 2:00 – 2:15 Debrief and Dismissal
Lunch will be provided!
Cost:
- Pricing for ~5 hours of content for 3 weeks = $250
- - (Equivalent to ~$16.50/hour)
- Friends and family, up to 2 per source. $40 off per person
- Program fee waivers are available for families with financial need! Cost should NOT be a barrier to participation!
Transportation - Bus Stops:
Tentative Bus Stops:
Bloomfield - Carmen Arace Middle School
Hartford - Jumoke Academy
East Hartford - CREC Two Rivers Middle School
Manchester - Illing Middle School
Storrs - UConn
Cities subject to change based on needs and locations expressed in Application.
Car Pick up and Drop Off
Drop off time: 9:45 - 10:00 AM
Location: front of Pratt and Whitney Engineering Building (PWEB)
This is next to the Engineering 2 Building. You will see the Jorgensen Theater as a landmark behind you.
Building address (for Google/Apple maps): 191 Auditorium Road, Storrs, CT 06269
Pick up time: 2:15 - 2:30 PM
Location: front of UTEB - enter to classroom UTEB 150
We will be dismissing students on buses at 1:00 PM. Once the students on buses have cleared the hallways, we will bring down the PEP students from the experience classrooms to our Pick Up room in UTEB 150.
Please park single file behind/around the UTEB building and enter through the front doors
You will need to sign out your child with a member of our PEP team who will be waiting for you.
Map: