Group Advising for New ECS StudentsEarly College Start

You have successfully completed Steps #1 (application, activation of ACCeID & ACCmail) and #2 (Testing) of the ECS enrollment process. Good job.What’s Next?

• Registration• Using ACC Online Services & Accessing the Online Course Schedule:

Refer to the pink “Online Registration Worksheet”

• What is SAP?• It’s components &• How it impacts ECS students

• Being Successful• What it takes &• College Course Expectations

This is what we are about cover•New ECS Student Advising

•Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)- Three Components: GPA ,Completion Rate, & Maximum Time Frame

Its three components•What is SAP

Completion Rate Requirement:

Students must complete 67% of all hours attempted at ACC

Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement:

Students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA on all hours

attempted at ACC

Students must be meeting Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress to be eligible for initial financial aid consideration. This includes Early College Start courses taken at ACC.

Maximum Time Frame:Students must complete their

major within a 150% of the posted degree plan

• ECS Student 1 & 2 (Fall Semester)

• Student 1 takes two classes and makes two “B’s”(100%).

• Student 2 take two classes and makes one “B” and withdraws “W” from the other (50%).

• What happens to Student 2 if this is their first and last semester of taking ECS classes?

• ECS Student 2 (Spring & Summer)

• Takes one class in spring and makes an “A” (66.67%).

• Takes another class in summer and makes a “B” (75%).

• Depending on whether or not student takes classes during senior year, he or she is eligible for initial financial aid consideration after high school.

•How SAP can impact YOUCompletion Rate Example/Junior ECS Student taking 3 credit hour courses

• What It Takes:• You may have the qualifying test scores,

but we must look beyond this as the sole criteria!

• Attendance• Grades• Room in your schedule• Extracurricular Activities• Maturity• Personal AccountabilityYou know You best!!!

•Being a Successful StudentThat’s YOU

• Ability to write college level research papers and/or essay style examinations

• Accountability for missed assignments; most college classes do not have “make up” assignments

• Heavy reading expectations outside of the ACC class time• ACC classes on high school campuses ARE college courses and are subject

to the ACC course curriculum regardless of the age of enrolled students.• In addition to attending a college class regularly, students will be expected

to commit to 2 additional hours of study time to complete required reading and/or assignments to be successful.

Early College Start•College Course Expectations

Questions?

Zach Denton, M.A.Early College Start SpecialistAustin Community College

(512) 223-7361zdenton@austincc.edu