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Transfers Have Tasks After 'Yes'
Jessica Shaffer & Andy Feher
Issue date: 5/16/07 Section: News
For community college students, transferring is thought of as the end goal, but once a student receives that acceptance letter, it is as if the process has just begun.
It's important to make all deadlines because schools will not tolerate tardiness. Former Valley College student Ramella Davodian discovered this the hard way.
"If the school requests any paperwork from you, you need to make sure you hand it in on time. Late submits result in ... late fees and withdrawals," said Davodian, who now attends UCLA. "The first quarter I attended UCLA I had no parking permit. I had missed the deadline and was left paying a daily fee for 10 weeks."
The first step to successfully completing the transition is filling out the Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). The SIR indicates that a student will attend the university of their choice; it's a one-time fee of $100. If a student decides not to attend that university after the SIR has been submitted, it will cost $100 to cancel attendance.
"Make sure you have the official copies of your transcript from the Admissions Office and keep them in a sealed envelope," said Director of the Valley Career Transfer Center Synthia Saltoun. "If the seal is broken, they are no longer official. All schools require final transcripts, so after a student's last semester, fill out a request for transcripts and that will include final grades."
She advises to keep in touch with the counseling staff at Valley to make sure everything needed is in order and to meet with the academic advisors at the respective institution as soon as possible.
For students planning on matriculating to CSUN, Cynthia Rawitch, the associate vice president for undergraduate studies, advised, "Transfer students should make contacts with the department that they want to major in . . . they also want to make contact with the Student Services Center . . . for undeclared majors . . . between those two [offices] that would give them plenty of information about what they would need to do."
It's important to make all deadlines because schools will not tolerate tardiness. Former Valley College student Ramella Davodian discovered this the hard way.
"If the school requests any paperwork from you, you need to make sure you hand it in on time. Late submits result in ... late fees and withdrawals," said Davodian, who now attends UCLA. "The first quarter I attended UCLA I had no parking permit. I had missed the deadline and was left paying a daily fee for 10 weeks."
The first step to successfully completing the transition is filling out the Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). The SIR indicates that a student will attend the university of their choice; it's a one-time fee of $100. If a student decides not to attend that university after the SIR has been submitted, it will cost $100 to cancel attendance.
"Make sure you have the official copies of your transcript from the Admissions Office and keep them in a sealed envelope," said Director of the Valley Career Transfer Center Synthia Saltoun. "If the seal is broken, they are no longer official. All schools require final transcripts, so after a student's last semester, fill out a request for transcripts and that will include final grades."
She advises to keep in touch with the counseling staff at Valley to make sure everything needed is in order and to meet with the academic advisors at the respective institution as soon as possible.
For students planning on matriculating to CSUN, Cynthia Rawitch, the associate vice president for undergraduate studies, advised, "Transfer students should make contacts with the department that they want to major in . . . they also want to make contact with the Student Services Center . . . for undeclared majors . . . between those two [offices] that would give them plenty of information about what they would need to do."
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