Financial Aid
The number of credit hours a college student must be enrolled in to receive most forms of financial aid
What is 12?
Teachers often take time to remind you of assignment due dates and your missing assignments in high school. In college, professors expect you to_________.
What is professors expect you to keep track of assignments and due dates using the course syllabus?
This kind of degree is awarded by a community college. It averages 60 credit hours and usually takes two years to complete.
What is an associate's degree?
Regardless of whether or not someone has medical insurance, a medical professional or mental health counselor can be seen at this on-campus clinic.
What is the Health and Wellness Center?
100 POINT BONUS: Where is the Health and Wellness Center located at JCC?
What happens if a student's gpa is 1.5 or below for three consectutive semesters
What is the student is dismissed (expelled) from Jefferson?
In order to apply for financial aid, this form must be completed every year that a student is enrolled in college
What is the FAFSA?
High school teachers are often available for conversation before, during, or after class. In college, professors expect and want you to do what______.
What is professors expect and want you to attend their scheduled office hours?
This kind of degree is awarded by a college or university after successfully completing at least four years of study or an average of 120 credits.
What is a bachelor's degree?
One way to contact the IT Helpdesk if you need help connecting your laptop to wifi, logging into myJCC, fixing problems you're having in Brightspace, etc.
Call 315-786-6511 OR
Email helpdesk@sunyjefferson.edu OR
Go to their office in the basement of Building 5 (Gregor)
This is where students can get help with tutoring, study skills, and writing support.
What is the Tutoring Center in the back of the JCC Library?
100 POINT BONUS: The location of the library
If your financial aid award letter says that you are eligible for work-study, you must go to the website of this JCC office to apply for on-campus employment.
What is Career Services? (NOTE: You will be prompted to create an account in Handshake to apply and view job listings)
In high school, you are expected to read short assignments that are then discussed, and often re-taught, in class. In college, professors assign and expect what in terms of class readings.
What is you are assigned substantial amounts of reading which may not be directly addressed in class?
After graduating with a bachelor's degree you will need to apply to school again if the career you are interested in requires this kind of degree. The number of credits and years to complete will vary depending on your field of study.
What is a master's degree?
The place where you can vape on campus.
Vaping (and smoking) is prohibited at JCC, except for personal vehicles.
A course that must be completed before you can take another course
What is a prerequisite?
In high school you may study outside class as little as 0 to 2 hours a week, and this may be mostly last-minute test preparation. In college, you are expected to _______.
What is you need to study 1-3 hours outside of class for each hour in class?
The gpa required to make the President's List at the end of a semester
What is 3.6-4.0?
100 POINT BONUS: A gpa of 3.2-3.59 qualifies a student for this list at the end of a semester
Word that refers to job practice you might get during college to prepare for your future career (HINT: It is usually unpaid work)
What is an internship?
Name 2 of the 3 types of financial aid that do not need to be repaid after graduation
What are grants, scholarships, and work-study?
You may graduate high school as long as you have passed all required courses with a grade of D or higher. In college you may graduate only if________.
What is your average in classes meets the departmental standard--typically a 2.0 or C?
You will be called this after graduating from a college
What is an alumni?
100 POINT BONUS: The school from which a person has graduated is called this
The Security Office phone number you call if you need an escort to your car late at night, have lost your cell phone, or have an emergency
What is 2222? (or 315-786-2222)
The number of credit hours students must take each semester, on average, in order to complete their associate's degree in two years
What is 15-16 credit hours per semester? (five 3-4 credit hour classes)