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A specialized education in which the student learns technical skills that will prepare them for a job in that field. For example: Massage Therapy.
What is Professional Technical Certificate?
Refers to colleges allowing all applicants to attend, as long as they have a high school diploma or a GED.
What is Open Enrollment?
Someone who helps you with planning which classes to take, and provides you guidance in reaching your academic goals.
What is an Academic Advisor?
An online tool for WCC students to use to schedule appointments with their Academic Advisor, create and work through degree plans.
What is Starfish?
A form of Financial Aid. Each college will have employment opportunities on campus that fall within this category, and students who are eligible for this can apply for those jobs.
This option can be either public or private, with a range of costs, and focus on offering Bachelor’s Degrees in a variety of majors, along with even more advanced levels of education such as Master’s Degrees and Doctorate Degrees.
What is University?
The process of planning your courses every semester, and reserving your place in the class by paying the tuition bill.
What is Registration/Registering?
A place on campus (also virtually) where WCC students can get support with their schoolwork from WCC student peer tutors, as well as instructors.
What is The Learning Center?
A space on campus where students can go to find community, explore and celebrate identity, and engage in conversation and learning. Primarily serves our Black and Brown students, Indigenous students, and all students of color; all are welcome.
What is the Intercultural Center?
The applications that students can submit to receive either State or Federal Financial aid.
What is WASFA and FAFSA?
A higher education option beyond high school. Students can access it at an affordable cost in their local community. Focus on 2-year associate degrees, transfer degrees and professional technical degrees. Some offer bachelor's degrees.
What is Community College?
You can enroll in classes and be a student! Usually, there are some follow-up steps you’ll take to prepare for the first day of school after this happens.
What is being admitted?
The team at WCC here to support you through the ‘getting started’ steps. From why WCC, to the application itself, and navigating the steps between then and the first day of school.
What is Outreach?
Your personalized student portal. What you can access: register for classes, view your transcripts, your student email, pay tuition, make appointments with your Advisor, and more.
What is MyWCC Student Portal?
A platform used to update the student on the status of their Financial Aid award. Counselors recommend students check this frequently upon submitting financial aid application.
What is Financial Aid Portal?
A degree, usually earned in about two years, with about 60 credits; including general education courses, electives, and courses required to advance towards a specific college major. Commonly referred to as a transfer degree.
What is an Associate Degree?
A way of saying that you’d like to be a student there. It involves submitting an application where you provide your personal information, and sometimes, additional items like an essay about yourself or letters of recommendation.
What is Applying to college?
A team of current WCC student employees, who work as peer mentors, coaches, and a support system for other current WCC students.
What is Pod Leaders?
Amazing student leaders employed by WCC to be mentors to students via the Intercultural Center.
What is Intercultural Center Peer Navigators?
Student can be randomly selected for this after submitting their financial aid application. It typically requires providing additional information.
What is Verification?
A college degree, usually earned with about 120 credits, and usually takes a full time student about 4 years to complete.
What is a Bachelor’s Degree?
An event, either in-person or virtually online, to support students who are new to the college in getting prepared for their first day. Will contain information about campus resources, how to choose classes, how to register for classes, and generally how to be a successful student.
What is Orientation?
The department on campus that works with students to provide classroom learning accommodations. Much like a high school IEP or 504 plan.
What is Access & Disability Services?
Achieve Imagine Motivate is a program at WCC that provides coaching and mentoring for our students.
What is Achieve Imagine Motivate (AIM)?
The number generated for the student and parent/guardian that is used to electronically sign the FAFSA.
What is FSA ID?