Membership
Institutional Memberships
Institutional Membership
Not-for-profit community-based organizations that provide counseling, admission, or financial aid services only to students at the state or local level on an ongoing basis. Not-for-profit organizations whose primary activities consist of working at a multi-state, national or international level and providing counseling, admission, or financial aid services to students or to the college admission counseling or financial aid professions.
Institutional Membership
Employed by a two-year or four-year non-profit institution, college, university or university system, and other post-secondary institutions in New York State which are accredited by an accrediting agency.
Institutional Membership
Employed by an individual primary and secondary school as well as school district in New York State. Employed by other secondary schools, organizations, agencies, and institutions in New York State that provide secondary counseling.
Institutional Membership
Non-voting Member Category. Corporate members are professionals employed by organizations that provide services or products that relate to the field of college admissions counseling and/or financial aid, including Independent Educational Consultant Organizations that employ multiple counselors.
Individual Memberships
Individual Membership
Individuals whose primary professional activity in the area of counseling or admitting students is at a NYSACAC voting member institution, school, agency or organization; or whose primary professional activity is not at a NYSACAC voting member institution but who conduct the majority of their professional activities (i.e., secondary counseling, admission, and financial aid services) annually in New York State; or whose membership has been awarded by the Executive Board via lifetime emeritus or honorary membership; or retired individuals who were actively engaged in providing counseling, admission, or financial aid services; or independent counselors who perform the majority of their professional duties in New York State.
Individual Membership
Individuals who are not currently employed in the profession but enrolled as a full-time graduate student in a relevant higher education program.
Eligibility requirements:
- Must not be currently employed at an eligible organization in any capacity
- Must be currently enrolled as a full time school counseling or higher education administration graduate student and provide an enrollment verification letter to document your enrollment status
- Must attend a graduate program in NYS or be a current resident of NYS