College Terms
An outline of course assignments, grading requirements, and related course details.
What is the syllabus
This is seen on the FAFSA confirmation page and refers to how much you and your family can be asked to contribute to your Cost of Attendance for the year.
What is the Expected Family Contribution - EFC
The office that provides primary care services for students.
What is the health center or health/wellness clinic
The feeling of longing for the place one comes from. It's the sense of missing what you're used to, and not quite being comfortable with your new environment.
What is homesickness
Give the first and last names for two counselors at Taft Educational Campus.
Jennifer Chicon
Avril Guzman
Mylasha Furlonge
Maggie Pimentel
The act of pursuing educational opportunities in a country other than one's own. This can take place during academic year breaks, per semester, and/or for the year.
What is Study Abroad
When taking out a federal student loan, what is a grace period?
The grace period are the six months following college graduation when students are exempt from loan repayment.
This term is used to describe designated time(s) once or twice per week in which the course instructor is available to speak individually with students.
What are office hours
This is an expression that refers to an amount of weight gained during a student's first year at college.
What is the Freshman 15
Choose a counselor from Taft Campus. State what college they attended.
Refer to answer sheet.
Mandated courses that graduates form a college need to pass.
What are Core Classes/Core Curriculum or General Education Requirements
A stipend that is received after all financial aid has been applied to college costs.
What is a refund check.
Make sure to figure out where this refund is coming from, along with how and this gets disbursed at your school. In addition, have a plan in place for what you will be using this funding for.
This is available to current students and alumni as a resource to help define your goals, discover your interests and work values, create a resume, and explore future plans.
What is the career services/development office
Name two mental health issues students may deal with that could impact their ability to perform well in college.
Depression
Anxiety
Eating disorder
Addiction
Name one of the College Bridge Coaches who will be working with you this summer and the college they attend.
*Hint: You may have seen them in your counselor's office helping out.
BHSB: Christi Ferrer, Hostos Community College
DYP: Mariana Carmona, John Jay College
CIHS: Samira Mahamadou, Bronx Community College
CAC: Maria Ramos, John Jay College
A specific course or subject that you must complete before you can take another course at the next grade level. This course is a way of making sure that students enter into a course or subject with some prior knowledge.
What is a prerequisite course
For financial aid, what does being a "full time" student mean? Hint: Think about how many total credits students would need per term.
What is 12 credits per term
The office that helps students sign up for classes. This office may also be responsible for keeping permanent records, maintaining student files, and forwarding copies of student transcripts to employers and schools.
What is the registrar's office
This term refers to the state of anxiety and frustration that people often feel in a new environment. For new students, the context is no different: college has a different set of "rules", usually unspoken, that college students learn to fit into a college.
What is culture shock
What are the steps for enrolling in the College Success Program?
-If able, attend Success Program information session at Taft
-Attend Success Retreat (various dates available throughout the summer)
-Complete 1:1 meeting with Success Counselor before Fall semester
A warning that the student's performance falls below the institution's requirement for good academic standing, usually a 2.0. This term means that a student's grades and/or GPA are not high enough to continue in school if their grades or GPA doesn't improve.
What is academic probation
When renewing your FAFSA for the 2019-2020 academic year (your sophomore year), what income tax year will you have to use to file? Hint: Think of the term "prior-prior."
What is 2017
This office is responsible for sending bills and helping students in establishing payment plans. The ultimate goal is to make sure each student account is paid in full for the semester and/or academic year.
What is the bursar's office
Maybe financial aid office*
The realization that college classes are different than high school classes. A student will have to reevaluate their study habits, time management, and need for tutoring or one-on-one assistance to work through this.
What is academic culture shock
Name two benefits of the College Success Program.
-1:1 meetings with Success Counselor
-Textbook Grants
-Transportation Grants
-Last Dollar Grants