In addition to traditional study skills, the Master Student (MS) course at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), in Pennsylvania, includes subjects related to career decision making, human development, and psychology. A study was conducted to track the academic achievement, including grades, number of semesters enrolled, and total credits carried and earned, for the 115 students who took the initial MS course in fall 1992. Study findings included the following: (1) 59.1% of the group were males and 22.7% were minorities, both higher than in the general student population; (2) the initial MS group had a mean cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.21 at the end of summer 1993, compared to a college-wide GPA of 2.64; (3) while students performed well during the MS course semester, earning a GPA of 2.56, the mean GPA for courses taken the subsequent semester was 2.05; (4) overall, MS students completed an average of 3 semesters, and 79.1% continued their education at HACC for at least 1 additional semester after participation in the course; (5) the mean number of credits carried was 24.4, out of which 22.1 were earned; (6) while neither academic major nor ethnicity were related to any differences within the group, male MS students were more likely to have higher GPA's than females; and (7) the analysis indicated that the MS course did help student performance, at least on a short-term basis. Descriptive materials and an outline from the MS course and data tables are appended. (KP)