Since its beginning, ATS has provided instruction to more than 18,500 academically talented middle school students. Motivated, mature, creative, resourceful, inquisitive, enthusiastic, and academically inclined are only a few of the characteristics that describe ATS participants. Although treated like college students, ATS scholars attend classes with other program participants. Students come to ATS for a variety of reasons, ranging from wanting to learn new things in general to having a particular interest in a specific class. The SCAT is a brief, college admissions type test which assesses verbal and quantitative reasoning abilities.
Test scores determine which specific classes best match students' capabilities.
ATS administers the SCAT at over 300 public and private schools in the Sacramento area between mid-January and early April each year. Students who are unable to test at their own school site can take the test at Sac State. A listing of available CSUS testing dates may be found on the Upcoming Events page. ATS is a nonprofit, self-supporting program. Participant fees are charged for each course to cover summer program costs.