COMMON TERMS
Three of these are usually earned by successfully completing courses.
What are credits/college credits?
If you are registered for three classes (9 credits) for the Fall 2023 semester, how many hours should you set aside to study?
What are 18 hours per week?
This office provides free tutoring.
What is the Center for Educational Services (CES) Office?
Room S205
When a student enrolls at a CT State Community College, they are assigned a GPA according to their area of study. What does the acronym GPA stand for?
What is a Guided Pathways Advisor?
True or False
Payment becomes due the moment you register for your classes.
What is true?
As soon as you register for classes, you generate a bill. You have to show a way to pay your bill through financial aid, scholarships, or out-of-pocket payments.
This is the minimum number of credits you must successfully complete to complete an Associate's Degree.
What are 60 credits?
Which statement is NOT a tip for success?
1. Join up with classmates to form study groups.
2. Introduce yourself and know the names of your professors for each class.
3. Meet with your academic advisor ONLY when you need to register for classes for the next semester.
What is number three?
Meet with your academic advisor ONLY when you need to register for classes for the next semester.
This academic support office provides space that students may reserve to study or complete group and project work.
What is the Library?
Room L200
All these statements are FALSE except?
1. If you change your major you will automatically be assigned a new GPA.
2. GPAs do not assist with career exploration.
3. You can talk to your GPA if you are experiencing low motivation, burnout, anxiety, or depression.
What is:
3. You can talk to your GPA if you are experiencing low motivation, burnout, anxiety, or depression.
You were NP'd from your classes. What does this mean?
What is you were dropped from your classes for non-payment?
This a course that you must take BEFORE taking some courses required for your major.
What is a pre-requisite course?
Is this statement true or false?
As a continuing student, it does not matter when you register for the next semester. You are paying good money, so you have a right to get the schedule you need whenever you register!
What is False?
As a continuing student, you have the privilege to register AS SOON AS REGISTRATION BEGINS to get the best schedule for your needs.
This academic support office helps to link students with social services that address their basic needs for food, shelter, and health services.
What is the Wellness Center?
Room N114
The following are services your GPA provides EXCEPT:
1. Academic planning and registration
2. Transfer Advising
3. Assist with your Financial Aid application
What is:
3. Assist with your Financial Aid application?
Your Academic Standing is based on these two factors.
What are:
1. Grade Point Average (GPA)
2. Academic Progress Percent (Pace)?
This is a document provided by your instructor with information about the course, assignments, etc. This document is a contract between you and your instructor.
What is a syllabus?
Is this statement true or false?
Sit in the same seat every time you meet for a class because it stimulates your memory.
What is true?
You will remember more of what you learned if your memory is created by repeating behaviors.
This office oversees all academic support departments.
What is the Student Affairs Office?
Room N220
True or False?
Your best friend passed away suddenly during the semester. You feel sad and don't feel like studying. You stop attending class and begin falling behind in your work. You should push through it and remember your goals.
What is false?
Your best friend was a significant person in your life. Suffering such a loss is affecting your mental health and your studies. You should contact your GPA to discuss options to preserve your mental health and academic progress.
All GCC Associate Degrees consist of these two categories.
What are:
1. General Education requirements
2. Program/Major requirements?
If you are not doing well academically, you may end up in this status and lose your financial aid.
What is unsatisfactory status or unsatisfactory SAP status?
You should review your class notes within this number of hours before class so you will retain the information longer.
What is five hours?
This academic support office provides referrals on issues pertaining to sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and gender equity.
What is the Gender Equity Center
Room N110
Each statement is true except:
1. You can receive academic advising at any CT State Community College regardless of your home campus.
2. You only need to see your GP Advisor at registration time.
3. Your GP Advisor can refer you to food, housing, and mental health assistance.
What is:
You only need to see your GP Advisor at registration time.
Which statement below is NOT CORRECT about the GPA requirement to transfer?
1. You need a 2.0 GPA or higher to graduate from CT State Community College.
2. You need a minimum 2.7 GPA to enter the CT State Nursing Program.
3. You need a 3.9 GPA or higher to transfer to the UCONN Gap program.
What is number 3?
3. You need a 3.9 GPA or higher to transfer to the UCONN Gap program.