UT CONNECTION
Volume 3 / Issue 2 September/October -- News from the Transfer Center
TRANSFER CENTER
HAPPENINGS
UNC Pembroke Visits RCC
Sept. 11, 2017
9am-11am
Transfer Center
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Scholarship Webinar
Sept. 20, 2017
3pm-4pm
Transfer Center
East Carolina University
Visits RCC
Sept. 27, 2017
11am-1pm
Transfer Center
C-STEP Application Deadline
Oct. 1, 2017
Transfer College Fair
Nov. 6, 2017
8:45am-10:30am
WHY IS ACA 122 ESSENTIAL TO TRANSFER SUCCESS?
ACA 122-College Transfer Success is a course designed to provide information
as well as strategies for students to develop their academic and professional
goals at and beyond the community college. Students establish short-term
and long-term goals, explore the mission statement not only of the
community college but the 4-year institution where they plan to transfer.
While it does address student success strategies such as study skills and test
taking tips, it centers on strategic planning, critical thinking, and
communication skills students find necessary as students transition from the
2-year institution to the 4-year institution.
Students explore the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) that
outlines which courses transfer as general education and premajor courses;
students also create a 2-year course schedule. They explore the cost to attend
the 4-year institution and discuss scholarship and financial aid limitations
when paying for college.
With so much information, RCC advisors recommend students enroll in ACA
122 early in their community college career as the required assignments are
reinforced in other college-transfer courses. ACA 122 may be taken face-to-
face, in a hybrid format, or an online format.
YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR IS KEY TO SUCCESS
By Gaylyn Eddy
Why should I meet with my advisor?
I think better questions are: Do you want to complete your degree on
schedule? Do you want to set a class schedule that fits with your life? Do you
want to hit the ground running at the 4 year school of your choice? Meet with
your advisor!
In a nut shell, your advisor can be a life saver. Your advisor can help you plan
the most efficient use of your time while at RCC and guide you as you work to
transfer to the university. Even if things become difficult, and you are
considering dropping a class, your advisor is an invaluable resource to help you
see how it will impact your work towards a degree. Meet with your advisor as
you build your success story at RCC.