RUNNING START ORIENTATION ORIENTATION This orientation is for

RUNNING START ORIENTATION

ORIENTATION • This orientation is for new Running Start students. It is required of all new RS students to attend an in person session prior to the start of the quarter. • The following slides are the actual presentation. Some slides have been modified to just let you know what information is given as we depart from the slide at that point in the actual presentation and go online to demonstrate the material.

WHAT’S IN MY PACKET? • First Quarter Checklist & campus map • Important Dates • High School Completion Options • Registration Information for Next Quarter • Degree Audit & Math Tree • Inclement Weather Procedures • Fee & Tuition waiver information • Release of Information

SPSCC ACADEMIC SYSTEM * * * September – December High School College and breaks not 12 weeks You needholidays to learn to plan outare 6 to 12 1 st Semester Fall High School required activities do not. Sept- Feb always the same as your high schoolweeks in advance for activities. January –you March automatically excuse fromare your if the college is in session you Winter college is not a 12“last minute” kind of weeks college classes. expected to be in class even if your High School system. 2 nd Semester high school is closed. April – June Feb-June Spring 12 weeks Summer July- August 8 weeks

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ACADEMIC STANDARDS Must maintain a minimum of a 1. 75 GPA for first 29 credits Must maintain a minimum of a 2. 0 GPA for 30 credits & above 1 st quarter 2 nd quarter 3 rd quarter Cumulative GPA College Level GPA college level classes only • Low GPA • Academic • Off probation academic Pre-college and • GPA OK College levelprobation 1 st quarter • Low GPA 2 nd quarter • Academic probation • Low GPA 3 rd quarter • Academic dismissalno classes

GRADES Go back to your high school as they are at the college Are not mailed home- available online or in building 25 Count for both college and high school GPA Are a permanent record- you cannot get them “erased” or “excluded”

STUDENT EMAIL ACCOUNTS We will use email to send you important information. We will use the email address you put on your Running Start application or you can sign up for a free SPSCC email account

FUNDING • Running Start covers tuition on courses within the funding limits table • Students are responsible for: – Student Fees – Course Fees – Tuition on courses under the 100 level – Tuition on courses over the funding limits – All other costs (books, supplies, etc. )

FEE WAIVER & BOOK LOAN • Fee waiver is available to any student who meets the income guidelines – Documentation can be brought to campus or emailed to cwinstead@spscc. ctc. edu • Book Loan is available on a first come, first serve basis. – Must qualify for fee waiver to qualify for book loan.

READING YOUR SCHEDULE This section goes over how to read the class schedule print out and understand where classes are located and how fees/tuition are assessed.

WHAT FEES AM I PAYING? This student is paying: $4. 00 Enhancement fee Online & hybrid If Lab a classes (ex: Every student credit you is courses have accesses CHEM, charged enroll in. BIOL, has aonline $15. 00 aa $40. 00 $40 course fee. enhancements ART) may have matriculation Student Building fee. a Online fee (but lab iscourse not of $5 -$30. aper full fee ($1. 90 (5 This cr. x $8. 00/cr) paid to online or hybrid creditis pays 1 -10 for credits) maintain the class) This pays there for is. Fee a parking and Student lot and $9. 00 online and $4. 00 consumables in 1 securitysite ($1. 14 per services credit Lab course fee access. enhancement the classroom. as well -18 credits) as provides funding $19. 00 to update These feesstudent were Student Building fee use things initiated and like (10 cr. x $1. 90/cr) increasingby approved Wi. Fi the connectivity SPSCC student $17. 10 across campus body. Student fee (15 cr. x $1. 14/cr) $15. 00 Matriculation fee

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INSTRUCTORS…. . Expect you to get help if you are Expect you to act as an struggling in class: Expect you to let them read the adult (they do not know Do give classroom • Talk tonot the instructor Do not have “test make up” Do Expect not give you “extra to be on credit” time know if you will not be in material given and take • Use the writing and math. Start center youtime are aclass Running for homework in staff class • Use thenotes advising at student!) SPSCC

IMPORTANT ESSENTIALS Books PINS Verification Student Parking ID Card Form Registration Global PINPIN Buy books: nd Security Office has lots of • Changes to your date of birth for 2 Always your date of birth MMDDYY Buy Forms your are books always BEFORE due one the week first In store @ SPSCC If you don’t turn in your form you Search the booklist online at Look out for time conflicts between Need Must Books turn to bring in average a photo new Verification $65 ID and to a To Quarterly get Quarterly your stickers quarterly sticker are gets sticker available you Give yourself at least 15 Parking passes areand notranscripts longer information on off campus parking quarter registration • Use to access grades day prior of class, to tuition but keep due date your Online @ SPSCC will be charged full tuition for www. spscc. edu your high school and SPSCC. Arriving copy form of your $100 EACH class per QUARTER class schedule to need discounts one week to have at before TESC, your the fees movies quarter and/or and minutes to find parking between required on campus • Get your registration day and time Will not allow you to add/drop classes (FREE) and bus routes into receipts Online @ other retailers your courses late for class is not acceptable. get your SID card tuition paid begins more for the quarter 8 am and 12 pm online four weeks before registration your first quarter campus (ALSO FREE!!) begins

CURRENT STUDENT WEBPAGE This section goes over the Current Student webpage and points out where to locate important information like: • • • Where to find your registration date and time for next quarter How to get to the Advising homepage Where the tutoring resources are located Where to print a copy of your schedule Where to check your grades Where to pay fees/tuition online

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QUESTIONS? • Call – 360. 596. 5432 Anne Molenda – 360. 596. 5446 Christina Winstead Email � amolenda@spscc. ctc. edu Anne Molenda � cwinstead@spscc. ctc. edu Christina Winstead � advising@spscc. ctc. edu Advising Email