Transitioning to CollegeRevised 8/2013

Roadmap to College

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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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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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