Transitioning to College
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Transitioning to CollegeRevised 8/2013
Roadmap to College
Congratulations!!!
academicfinancial
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Agenda
Academic
Financial
Personal
Academic: On Your Mark
Orientation Advising Registration
Academic: On Your Mark
Orientation Advising Registration
Academic: On Your Mark
Orientation Advising Registration
1079 Options: Registration
The college will assign you a student number.
Use the student number for registration and for communicating with the college.
If you are asked for your social security number, leave it blank or enter all zeroes.
Advisers have no right to ask you if you are a 1079 student, and you do not have to answer.
Academic: Get Set
Prepare to Study
• Meet study partners• Set goals• Set expectations• Identify habits• Identify needs
Prevent Procrastination
• Identify when/why• Vary activities• Start with the worst• Utilize tutoring hours• Reward yourself
Academic: GO! (to class)
Academic: Sample College Calendar
Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri:
9 SOC 110 9 Work 9 SOC 110 9 Work 9 SOC 110 – Paper topic statement due
10 MATH 200 10 10 MATH 200 – EXAM! 10 10 MATH 200 – No homework.
11 11 11 11 11
12 Work 12 12 Work 12 12
1 1 1 1 1POLS 150 POLS 150
2 2 2 2 Paper due! 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 Study 7 Study 7 Study 7 Study 7Math exam (Weds) Math Exam POLS 150 paper SOC 110 topic
statement
8Pols 150 reading and paperSOC
8 SOC 110 reading 8 SOC 110 reading 8 MATH 200 homework 8
SOC 110 reading POLS 150 reading and paper
SOC 110 topic statement
9 9 SOC 110 topic statement 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
Agenda
Academic
Financial
Personal
Financial
Fees
Scholarships
Loan Counseling Budgeting
Work
Financial Aid
Participate in College Financial Literacy: Stretching Student Aid workshop
Financial: 1079 Scholarship Sites
theWashBoard.org
Campanaquetzal.org
HB1079.org
Financial: 1079 Scholarship Sites
LatinoCollegeDollars.org Scholarshipsa-z.org CollegeSuccessFoundation.org Maldef.org ca-core.org Salef.org scholarshipsforhispanics.org migrant.net/migrant/scholarships.htm TALK TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU! CREATE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES!
Financial: Credit Cards
Financial: Maintaining Financial Aid Eligibility
File the FAFSA every year Check credit enrollment requirements for your
financial aid Must be enrolled half-time to receive Pell Grants and
student loans Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Stay out of trouble with the law
Drug convictions Incarceration
Agenda
Academic
Financial
Personal
Personal
Personal: Finding Support
Adviser Disability Services Office Health Center
Resident Adviser (RA) Tutoring Center
Writing CenterCultural/Religious Affinity Clubs
Student Support/ Counseling Center
Professors/Teaching Assistants
Personal: Finding Support – 1079 students
DREAMers Groups
Undocumented Students on
CampusAdvocate
LEAPOffice of Minority
Affairs
Review
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personal
Resources
Other Workshops (usafunds.webex.com) Applying to College Paying for College Scholarship Strategies College Financial Literacy: Stretching Student Aid Student Loans 101: Know Before You Borrow
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