Transfer Dancers

Students are mobile. Transferring on Planet College is practically a given in almost every student life. You may have already transferred from a community college to a four year school. You may have transferred from one school to another. Maybe more than once. You may be a member of the Frequent Transferers Club. For whatever reason transferring is one of the givens, an inevitable part of life on Planet College for most average students.

Right now, due to costs, it might seem cheaper to finish your lower division stuff at a community college. These schools are less costly than four year institutions but provide qualified education for the basics. If you've spent some time at a four year campus you may be "too cool" for those schools but if you are going back to save money you still need to follow their procedures.

If you are considering transferring to any other school there are some basics to remember.

Inform every one. That's simple but don't forget. Tell everyone you know you are now at another school. If you are using your current school's e-mail system you probably need to forward you new email to your contact list. Schools don't usually provide e-mail forwarding.

Find out when the transfer student orientation is on your new campus. Even if you think you know everything you will probably need to be there for your new campus id photo.

Get the transcript request and fees in. This is crucial. Your new school or whichever school needs your information needs your transcripts. And this all costs money. So make sure the fees are in along with the transfer requests.

Find out from your new school if you will need a hand-carried transcript for the student orientation. Not to burden you with agonizing details but this will mean you will, in fact, need a transcript copy from your old school to carry to your new school.

How about housing? Do you have a place? Well. You'll need one. So get on it.

Permits etc. Can you bring your car? Will you need it? Find out now. If you do bring your car you will no doubt need at least one parking permit.

There are, as always on Planet College, numerous details to transferring. Start now and get it done.

Summer School Grades

If you've completed your summer school course or courses with a satisfactory grade or grades be grateful. It's probably a good idea to kick back a bit and enjoy what is left of summer. But seasoned veterans of Planet College know there is always at least one more thing to do. In the case of your summer school course the next thing to do is make sure your main campus gets the grade or grades you've received.

Many students take summer school courses at a campus other than their home college. If this has been true for you you may need to know that your home campus does not automatically get the results from your summer school campus. You have to do something to make that happen.

Basically you probably have to go to the administration office of your summer school and ask that a transcript of your grades be sent to your college. This office will require some information usually involved in a form. This sometimes involves a fee.

Because it is probably fairly critical that you get this grade to your home campus now would be a good time to make sure this gets done.

Your home campus probably needs this information as soon as possible. It may be critical for your Fall registration. You may need the transcript to be permitted into a restricted course. Or you may need it to maintain your financial aid package.

You may need it for all of the above reasons and more. Whatever. So take that next step toward graduation. Go make sure your home campus gets your summer school grades.

Then, have a good summer.