Turns out your classmate David did not fall for a scam! My apologies, David!
Here is the email I got from John Jay (from a person who is in charge of Justice Academy):
“We are so excited to share information on a new program for a special cohort of CUNY Justice Academy, while they are attending their community colleges and after their transition to John Jay. The Transfer 550 program provides one-on-one support with the transfer process and guidance on creating an integrated academic and career plan to ensure a smooth transition to John Jay. Additionally, Transfer 550 participants will have funded academic acceleration and career advancement opportunities, such as placements at internships and summer class funding, once they are John Jay students. To get this program off the ground, we have added a new person to our John Jay transfer team, Teresa Yi-Bourdett tyi-bourdett@jjay.cuny.edu who will be managing this program. We are currently accepting interested CJA students who are in good academic standing and have earned 30+ towards their associate degree. We have invited eligible students to sign up for an info session (which start this week) to learn more. Please pass along the info session sign-up page to your eligible CJA students. Additionally, we will be talking about this new program at our upcoming engagement visits. Elena Rivera-Himmelstein will be sending a follow up email this week with the engagement schedule and info session flyers to share with your students.”
