Money
Money for college is called....
What is financial aid?
The best source for answers about your class.
Who are: faculty, teacher, instructor, professor, etc?
(Make sure you check the syllabus before asking.)
The dedicated time each week that your teacher is available to meet with you one-on-one.
What are office hours?
A person who can help me decide on a school and career goals, create a SEP (Student Education Plan), and plan my schedule.
Who is an Academic Counselor?
A place to buy books and supplies on campus.
What is the Cuesta Bookstore?
The form you complete every year for financial aid.
What is the FAFSA?
Students who are paid to help you with your home work, essays, test prep and projects.
Who are tutors?
The place you go to get free tutoring.
What is the Student Success Center?
(Tutoring Center)
A place I can go to get help finding, applying and interviewing for a job?
What is Career Connections?
The department to call if i want to learn more about playing on a sports team.
What is the Athletics Department?
Free financial aid money that you don't have to pay back.
What is a grant?
(Promise, Pell, scholarships)
A place to go if you are having trouble logging in to myCuesta or Canvas, prerequisites, registration issues, residency, transcripts and applying to graduate.
What is admissions and records?
The best place to do your math homework.
What is the math lab?
A place I can go to get FREE medical, reproductive, and mental health services.
What is the Student Health Center?
The department that oversees clubs, student government and student ID cards.
What is Student Life and Leadership?
Expensive financial aid that you must pay back.
What are student loans?
A place to get help with Veteran benefits and resources.
What is Veteran resource Center?
(Karen Andrews)A place where you can get help with any writing assignment for any subject.
What is the Writing Center?
A place to get extra support if I am receiving government assistance, a foster youth, a first generation college student and/or have special circumstances.
What is CaFE (CalWorks, Foster Youth, EOPS)?
(Also, Monarch Center.)
-Free access to the Students Social Club
(video games, food, pool table, etc.)-Discounts at local businesses
-Free (or cheap) pizza, BBQ, doughnut days.
What are perks to getting a student ID card?
-GPA under 2.0
AND/OR
-Not completing most of my classes
What are reasons I could lose my financial aid?
People who are experts in study skills training, time management, finding resources on campus and helping me problem solve any situation that impacts my success in college.
Who are Academic Success Coaches?
A place to go for help if you struggle to show what you've learned, or had an IEP or 504 plan in high school.
What is DSPS? (Disabled Students Programs and Services)
A place to go for a parking permit, lost & found, escort to your car, locked out and dead battery help, safety concerns and reporting incidents.
What is Campus Police?
A place for students to get a FREE meal or snack daily and food box monthly.
What is the Food Pantry/Food Bank?