STEP 1: Log onto the SOLAR System, using your Stony Brook ID number and password you already created.
STEP 2: Click on "EOP/AIM Accept/Decline" and accept our offer as soon as possible but no later than 11:59pm on April 30 to have committed by May 1.
NOTE: All new first-year EOP students are prioritized for housing but ONLY if you accept your EOP/AIM offer by our deadline, complete the Housing Intent Form (no later than May 5 using your NetID that you will receive 3 days after you accept your offer) and the Housing Application.
Once you have accepted our offer of admission, check your StartSBU Portal for the next steps!
You will see the "Registration and Advising Checklist" and a "New Student Checklist" of items in your StartSBU portal. These checklist items are personalized based on a variety of factors unique to you.
A Note From Housing
All new EOP/AIM students who accept their EOP/AIM admissions offer no later than May 1, will be provided their Net ID within 3 days. Once a NetID is received, students must submit the on-campus housing intent form through the housing portal if they wish to apply for campus housing. Once completed, the student will gain access to the main housing application in the Housing Portal by the posted deadlines on the Fall Admit Housing Application Information webpage. Failure to complete your application will result in cancellation.
If housing demand greatly exceeds available spaces, Campus Residences will first implement assigning three students to a double room to offer as many students as possible the experience of our residential learning environment and if needed, implement a radius policy to prioritize housing to students who live farther away first.
EOP/AIM Pre-Freshman Summer Academy
This five-week, required, summer program of intense academics is an integral part of the EOP/AIM program at Stony Brook. All EOP/AIM students are expected to earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 during the summer program. The program provides a richly rewarding academic experience for participants. The courses of study are Mathematics, Africana Studies, Philosophy and Writing.
Some students enter the summer program with apprehension, perhaps because they would prefer to stay home and work. However, most students look back over the five weeks and realize the enormous academic and social benefits they received from the summer program experience. These benefits carry over into the academic year. Our research shows that summer program participants tend to perform better than non-participants.
The 2025 EOP/AIM Summer Academy is proposed to run from:
July 5 to August 2
The EOP/AIM Summer Academy Completion and New Seawolf Welcome Week will be the week
prior to classes beginning.
You will receive more details about your EOP/AIM Welcome & Advisement date and the Summer Academy in May.
Information about Summer Academy
