Benefits of TTAP
What makes the TTAP Experience Unique? TTAP Students have structure and support to improve success.
TTAP works to identify student potential not reflected in standardized test scores or class rank:
- TTAP finds talented students currently overlooked by routine admissions standards
- TTAP students want to attend Texas Tech
- TTAP offers students the opportunity to bond with Texas Tech
- TTAP supports first year transitional adjustments
- TTAP students transition into AVID, a critical thinking success course students take their first semester as Texas Tech students.
- Partner with South Plains College
- Admit selected provisional students to Tech Transfer Acceleration Program (TTAP) after receiving and reviewing student records.
- Provide structured academic support
- Prescribed courses essential to college readiness
- Targeted tutoring and study sessions
- Structured social support
- Develop social and academic bonds to Texas Tech
- Develop self-efficacy and learning styles framework
- Provide targeted advising to develop leadership potential
- Long-term goal setting
- Short-term goal setting
- Mandatory bi-weekly meetings
- Provide academic mentoring through one-on-one advisement
- Mandatory study halls to build academic structure and future academic success
- Students will seamlessly transition into the general population of Texas Tech
- Students will have an understanding and awareness of their leadership strengths
- Students will have skills to advance academically
- Student Seminars
- Advising
- Study Halls
- Access to Tutors
- Access to Student Mentors
- Access to campus resources
- TTAP orientation prior to the start of class, tailored to the needs of TTAP students
How To Apply
- Print application
- Complete application and include required documentation if not already submitted (See application instructions for details)
- TAKS Scores
- ACT/SAT Scores
- Teacher Recommendation letters (If applicable)
- Essay (If applicable)
Mail to:
Tech Transfer Acceleration Program
Box 45020
Lubbock TX, 79409-5020
- Apply to South Plains Community College www.applytexas.org or www.southplainscollege.edu
- Must also include
- High School Transcript with TAKS scores
- ACT/SAT Scores
- TSI complete scores if applicable
- Work towards TSI Compliance
- Students applying for the TTAP MUST BE Reading and Writing COMPLETE in order to be accepted into the program by the start of classes.
- Testing for TSI compliance can be done at most community colleges in the state of Texas.
| THEA or TASP | ACCUPLACER | COMPASS | ASSET | |
| Math | 230 | 75 or above | 39 or above | 38 or above |
| Reading | 230 | 78 or above | 81 or above | 41 or above |
| Writing | 220 with essay of 5-8 | 80 with essay of 5 or & essay of 6 regardless | 59 with essay of 5 or essay of 6 regardless | 40 & above with essay of 5 or essay of 6 regardless |