HIGHLINES ULTIMATE SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

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HIGHLINES ULTIMATE SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

• Are YOU up for the challenge?

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Survival Challenge

• TRUE OR FALSE?
• You can officially repeat a class four
• times at Highline?
• FALSE

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Survival Challenge

• TRUE OR FALSE?
• If you dont attend classes during the
• first week of the quarter, you will be
• automatically withdrawn?

FALSE
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Challenge Question!(2 point bonus)

• TRUE OR FALSE?
• You will be charged a 35.95 late fee
• per course if you try to add classes
• after April 7th.

TRUE
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Survival Challenge

• You will be put on academic
• probation if your cumulative grade
• point average (GPA) falls below
• 0.7
• 1.5
• 2.0
• 3.5

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Survival Challenge

• What degree will you earn by
• completing the Offset Printing program?
• Associate of Arts
• Associate of Science
• Associate of Applied Science

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Survival Challenge

• A faculty adviser can help you with?
• Planning your quarterly class schedule
• Providing the signature needed to take more than
  18 credits
• Writing letters of recommendation
• All of the above

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Survival Challenge

• When is the last day to officially withdraw
• from classes for Spring quarter?

May 26th
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Survival Challenge

• When is the last day to withdraw
• from classes and still receive a
• 40 refund?

April 14th
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Survival Challenge

• What are the hours of the Tutoring
• Center?

Mon-Thurs 730 a.m.-730 p.m. Fri 730
a.m.-1230 p.m. 2-4 p.m.
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Team Question! (2 bonus points)

• On HCCs home page (www.highline.edu),
• what information is NOT available to you?
• Your unofficial transcript
• Your COMPASS or ASSET assessment score
• Your registration appointment time for next
  quarter
• Your ranking on a class waitlist

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Survival Challenge

• When does Summer/Fall quarter 2006
• registration begin for continuing
• students?

May 9th Your registration appointment date
is based on your completed credits. Go to
www.highline.edu and click on Registration?
Appointments
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Survival Challenge

• Your HCC student ID card allows you
• to?

• Check out books at the library
• Access the Instructional Computer Center
• Get a discounted bus pass
• All of the above

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Survival Challenge

• How will you get your final grades each
• quarter?
• Your grade report will be mailed to you one week
  after the end of the quarter
• Stop by the registration office to pick up your
  grades
• Access your grades on line
• All of the above

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Team Question!(5 bonus points)

• Calculate the quarterly cumulative grade point
  average (GPA) for
• following student
• Psychology 100 (5 credits) 2.0 grade
• Math 097 (5 credits) 3.0
  grade
• College 100 (2 credits) 4.0 grade

CREDITS GRADE GRADE POINTS 5 credits X
2.0 10 grade points 5
credits X 3.0 15
grade points 2 credits X 4.0
8 grade points Total number of
credits12 Total number of grade points33 Divide
the 33 grade points by 12 credits (33/12) Your
quarterly GPA 2.75
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Survival Challenge

• Congratulations, everyone!
• We salute you for your courage in
• attending todays session. You are
• officially a HCC Survivor!
• Special thanks to the HCC Foundation
• and Student Programs.
• Thank you for coming!

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Survival Challenge

• BONUS QUESTION!
• TRUE OF FALSE?
• When you miss class, instructors appreciate
• it when you ask if you had missed anything
• important?

FALSE. Every class is important to your
instructor. Get the notes from your classmates
and meet with your instructor.
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Survival Challenge

• BONUS QUESTION!
• TRUE or FALSE?
• Instructors only want to see you if you are
• having a problem in their class?

FALSE
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Survival Challenge

• If you have a problem with an instructor, what is
  
• the first step you should take?
• Meet with the instructor
• Write a formal complaint and submit it to the VP
  for Instruction
• Meet with a Highline counselor
• Meet with the Divisional Chairperson