Transcript Running Start Planning and Information WEB PAGE www.clark.edu What you will find……. • Catalog • Quarterly Schedule on web • Kiosk Info (grades, transcripts) • Bookstore Info •

Running Start
Planning and Information
WEB PAGE
www.clark.edu
What you will find…….
• Catalog
• Quarterly Schedule on web
• Kiosk Info (grades, transcripts)
• Bookstore Info
• Schedule Planner
• Web Registration
CLARK COLLEGE CATALOG
• Online
• www.clark.edu/runningstart
▫ Select catalog link
• Catalog provides all course descriptions
• Su, F, W, Sp designations/quarter offerings are
subject to change
• Catalog is subject to changes and edits
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RUNNING START HANDBOOK
• Important information included
• Found at www.clark.edu/runningstart
FALL 2013 SCHEDULE
• Fall schedule is online now at www.clark.edu
• Academics > Class Schedule > Term: Fall 2013
• Print Enrollment Verification Form from
www.clark.edu/runningstart
• Complete form and schedule an appointment
with your counselor to sign it
• Turn in E.V. form to RS office by the end of
this school year (the earlier the better)
STEP 1: FORECASTING
• See high school counselor to review your Enrollment
Verification (E.V.) Form EACH QUARTER
• Counselor must:
▫ indicate high school “FTE” (course load)
▫ indicate # of college credits allowed according to
formula
▫ indicate high school equivalency for courses
▫ sign form
• Student must bring signed form to the RS office,
Gaiser Hall, with photo ID
How many credits can you take at
Clark (FTE)?
Number of Classes at
Bay
0 or 1 Class
2 Classes
3 Classes
4 Classes
5 or 6 Classes
Number of Credits you
can take at Clark
15 Credits
12 Credits
10 Credits
6 Credits
3 Credits
STEP 2: ONLINE REGISTRATION
• Credit maximum funded by RS depends on high
school course load (see chart above)
• You may not get your first choice of class or time
• Have a back-up plan and enroll in classes that
are open
• First quarter you register at conclusion of New
Student Orientation
• Subsequent quarters your registration date/time
is assigned by number of credits earned
STEP 3: FEES
• RS pays for some or all of your tuition,
depending on high school course load
• RS does NOT cover fees or textbooks
• Print your “Student Schedule” to determine
what you owe
• $ amount you owe will not be correct until you
bring your Enrollment Verification Form to RS
• Pay fees and/or tuition online, or by phone, or at
Cashier Office before the deadline
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION (NSO)
• NSO’s are mandatory
• For those starting in the fall, sign-up June 3 or
later for an NSO and select “Fall” at
www.clark.edu/orientationcalendar
• Fall NSO’s start in July and go through
September
• You will register in a computer lab at the end of
your NSO; bring photo ID
• Allow 3 hours for orientation and registration
FALL QUARTER 2013
• Classes begin on Monday, Sept. 23
• Plan class times at Clark around your high
school classes and allow enough time to get to
Clark
• Afternoon and evening classes are more likely to
be open at Clark
• Columbia Tech Center (CTC) and Clark Center at
WSUV (CCW) locations are more likely to have
open classes
CREDIT RATIO
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5 COLLEGE CREDITS = 1 H.S. CREDIT
4 COLLEGE CREDITS = 0.8 H.S. CREDIT
3 COLLEGE CREDITS = 0.6 H.S. CREDIT
2 COLLEGE CREDITS = 0.4 H.S. CREDIT
1 COLLEGE CREDIT = 0.2 H.S. CREDIT
You will substitute Clark classes for classes at
your high school, approved by your high school
counselor
• Content requirements may vary
IMPORTANT
• You will keep the same schedule at Bay all
year, so you will need to also keep same
schedule at Clark.
• If you start out in the fall with morning
classes at Clark, you will continue with
that schedule all year.
STRUGGLING?
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Talk to instructor first
See Running Start Advisor
Seek free tutoring
Drop class(es) by using a “Change of Registration”
form and take to Registration Office at Clark
• Drop by end of 8th week of quarter
• If you don’t withdraw from the course, your GPA
will suffer (both high school & Clark)
• Probation/Suspension policy on college website
DOS AND DONTS
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DO check your student email regularly
DO contact Clark if you move
DO ask for help
DO complete a “change form” if you stop attending a
class or you will get an F
DO read the syllabus
DO take college seriously
DON’T miss deadlines
DON’T plagiarize (see course syllabus)
DON’T overload yourself with too many credits
DON’T over commit
DON’T have your parent or counselor call to ask a
question
REVIEW OF NEXT STEPS
• STEP ONE: Schedule at Meeting with your counselor to
review Enrollment Verification Form and turn into
Running Start Office by end of school year
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• STEP TWO: June 3 or later sign-up for NSO
www.clark.edu/orientationcalendar, “Fall”
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• STEP THREE: Attend NSO (in July, August, or
September) and register online while there
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• STEP FOUR: Pay any fees and/or tuition before due
date