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1 Admissios Office Couselig Office Admissios Office Admissios Office Coordiator of Disabilities Olie Educatio Office Eglish Laguage Istitute Fiacial Aid Office Admissios Office Health Office Testig Ceter Registrar s Office Registrar s Office Admissio to the college Academic advisig Applicatio for admissio Admissios appoitmet Certificate of residecy Disabilities services Olie Educatio Eglish laguage istructio Fiacial aid GED iformatio Immuizatio requiremets Placemet testig Registratio Schedule of courses Tuitio paymet Tuitio reimbursemet Cotact the For questios regardig By phoe or or [email protected] or or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] Or visit us olie at Associate Degrees i: Certificates i: Accoutig Busiess Admiistratio Chemical Depedecy Couselig Civil Techology Commuicatios & Media Arts Computer Iformatio Systems Computer Sciece Computer Security & Foresics Crimial Justice/Correctios Crimial Justice/Police Culiary Arts & Maagemet Dietetic Techicia Digital Filmmakig Early Childhood Electrical Techology Emergecy Medical Techicia Paramedic Egieerig Sciece Fashio Merchadisig Filmmakig Foods & Nutritio Huma Services Idividual Studies Iteratioal Busiess Liberal Arts/Childhood Educatio Liberal Arts/Humaities Liberal Arts/Math & Sciece Liberal Arts/Social Sciece Marketig Mechaical Techology Networkig Nursig RN Office Techologies Paralegal Performig Arts Radiologic Techology Respiratory Care Telecommuicatios Techology Visual Arts Applied Art [email protected] Web Developmet Telecommuicatios Techology Telecommuicatios Teachig Assistat Small Busiess Etrepreeurship Westchester Commuity College 75 Grasslads Road Valhalla, NY Still have questios? Paralegal Visit us olie at Office Techologies Nursig LPN Networkig Medical Billig & Codig Admissios iterview meet with a couselor to lear about the college ad discuss your goals. Applicatio for admissio submit a applicatio form to the Admissios Office. Official high school/college trascripts request a copy from each school atteded. Fiacial Aid cotact the Fiacial Aid Office as soo as possible to lear how to apply. Placemet testig required for some studets takig Eglish or Math. Immuizatio records sed completed health form to the Health Office. Advisemet ad registratio select your classes with a couselor ad register! Fiacial Office Specialist EMT Paramedic EMS Maagemet Early Childhood Direct Care Practice Digital Filmmakig Digital Art Computer Security & Foresics Computer Programmig Computer Applicatios Specialist Computer Aided Draftig Chemical Depedecy Couselig Be sure to visit us olie at for the most up-to-date list of offerigs. Associate Degrees & Certificates prepare studets for the ext step. Use this checklist to assist you i the admissio ad erollmet process. What s your ext step? Iformatio for Adult Studets

2 Reasos Why Adults Atted College... To obtai skills for a ew career To advace i a curret professio To fulfill a dream of havig a college degree To do somethig for yourself ow that the kids are i school To uderstad the world of computers To obtai a good job to help pay for a child s college tuitio To meet ew people with similar iterests To get a ew start after a persoal life trasitio To keep learig about ew thigs because o matter what, goig to college will chage your life! Why Returig Adults Choose Westchester Commuity College... Over 50 degrees ad career certificate programs Career couselig ad job search assistace Day, eveig ad weeked classes Affordable tuitio Coveiet locatios throughout Westchester Couty Credits ca trasfer toward a bachelor s degree Free tutorig i basic skills Idividual academic advisemet Alterative learig optios such as video ad olie courses because whe you put it all together, Westchester Commuity College really is the best place to begi! Welcome from the Director of Admissios Cogratulatios! You ve take the first step! You have decided to begi, or retur to, your college educatio. Now you must decide which college or uiversity is best for you. At Westchester Commuity College, we kow a lot about adult studets. We should, because almost oehalf of our studet body is over 25 years of age. So you wo t be aloe! We kow that as a adult studet you will make a vital cotributio to the dyamic eviromet at the college. You will brig with you a wealth of kowledge ad persoal ad professioal experiece critical to a rich exchage of ideas, both i ad out of the classroom. We also kow that as a adult studet you will juggle school with work ad/or family resposibilities. At Westchester Commuity College, we kow that adult studets have special eeds ad we meet those eeds with a variety of support services. Our couselors, faculty ad staff are prepared to ease your trasitio back ito the classroom. We will provide you with the kowledge ad skills you eed to further your educatio, pursue a successful career, ad lead a rewardig persoal life. Take some time to review the iformatio i this brochure. The take the ext step...make the decisio to become a Westchester Commuity College studet. The experiece will chage your life! Sicerely, Gloria Leo Director of Admissios

3 Our professors ca refer you to the services best suited to your eeds. Carig faculty members are always there for you. Idividualized Couselig I am ervous about goig to college. Are there couselors available to help me? It is ot uusual for adults to be ervous about college. From your first phoe call or visit to Westchester Commuity College, the staff ad couselors i the Admissios Office are here to help make your trasitio to college a smooth oe. Our dedicated admissio couselors will liste to your particular cocers ad questios ad will offer advice o how best to reach your goals. You will also lear about the college ad its programs ad services for adults. Couselors are available by phoe, , or by idividual appoitmet. We are here to help you make the academic decisios that are right for you. How do I eroll? The applicatio process is a simple oe. You will eed to complete a applicatio form to the college ad provide your past academic records. Oce we receive the applicatio, you will receive directio o what else you eed to do. We are here to aswer questios ad guide you through the admissios process. Will my credits from years ago trasfer to Westchester Commuity College? The Admissios Office will idividually review your previous college work to see if your credits will trasfer. Your trasfer credits will deped o the requiremets of your ew major, what grades you received, ad the umber of credits you eared at your previous college(s). Eve if you took classes years ago, you may still be able to ear credit for these courses. Courses take outside the Uited States are also cosidered for trasfer credit. Academic Support I have bee out of school for a while. Ca I hadle college courses? The faculty ad staff at Westchester Commuity College kow that adults ofte experiece axiety whe they retur to school ad realize that you may eed some time to adjust to college. We also kow that adults are ofte our strogest studets! You work hard, are makig sacrifices to atted ad are very motivated. At the college, you will take a placemet test to help you ad your couselor pick the right level of courses. If you eed some review, refresher courses are offered i Eglish, readig ad math, ad services are available if you eed extra help. Carig faculty members are always there for you. Farhad Amee, Professor of Ecoomics Does Westchester Commuity College offer tutorig services to help me with my classes? The professioal staff of our Academic Support Ceter (ASC) offers you free tutorig ad support i readig, ESL ad math. A extesive series of academic workshops i test-takig, ote-takig ad study skills is offered each semester to help you sharpe your academic skills. I additio to the ASC, tutorig ceters for may other subjects such as sciece ad writig are also available to you. Our professors ca refer you to the support services best suited to your eeds. The Academic Support Ceter helped me review my basic skills ad regai cofidece i my abilities.

4 Affordable Will I be able to afford college? Westchester Commuity College is oe of 30 commuity colleges withi the State Uiversity of New York created specifically to provide higher educatio at a affordable cost. Tax dollars help offset the higher costs charged by other colleges, which gives you a quality educatio that is truly affordable. Westchester Commuity College offers the lowest tuitio i Westchester Couty. Does Westchester Commuity College provide fiacial aid? Westchester Commuity College participates i both federal ad state fiacial aid programs, as well as loa programs. Most fiacial aid is based o your documeted icome, ad you are required to complete the appropriate forms. Our fiacial aid couselors will take you through the applicatio process step by step. Are scholarships available? The Westchester Commuity College Foudatio ow provides more tha $1 millio i scholarships to our studets aually. I additio to moies give to icomig ad graduatig studets, may scholarships are offered to cotiuig studets who have demostrated success while attedig Westchester Commuity College. Eve if you were ot a strog studet whe you were i high school, you may be recogized for what you have accomplished as a adult studet. Scholarships are also offered to some studets who are experiecig persoal hardship while attedig Westchester Commuity College. Close to Home Where is the mai campus? Westchester Commuity College s mai campus is located i Valhalla, New York o the former Hartford estate. It is easily accessible by car ad public trasportatio. The beautiful 218-acre campus icludes classroom buildigs, a Studet Ceter, theater, Library Resource Ceter ad may other facilities. Are classes offered at other locatios? Yes. Westchester Commuity College has extesio ceters located throughout the area to help you atted classes closer to home ad work. You may take classes at the mai campus or extesio ceters, or both. This allows you to fit college ito your already busy schedule. Where are the extesio ceters? There is a extesio ceter close to you! To lear more, call: Mout Vero Extesio Ceter at Ossiig Extesio Ceter at Peekskill Ceter for the Digital Arts at Yokers Cross Couty Extesio Ceter at White Plais Ceter for the Arts at Also, eveig classes are available at the followig middle/ high schools: Mahopac High School, Lakelad High School i Shrub Oak, Blessed Sacramet High School i New Rochelle, Roosevelt High School i Yokers ad the Port Chester Middle School. Call the school-based extesio locatio office at As a professioal i my 50s, the focus is ot advacemet (for me) but stayig curret with curret techology treds as opposed to reliace o old ways. Peter Krautle, Computer Networkig

5 Flexibility is really importat to me. I eed a schedule that works aroud my family ad work resposibilities. Westchester Commuity College offers me this flexibility. Maria Alvarez ad Jeremiah Flexible Whe does Westchester Commuity College offer classes? We kow that you are busy, so you may choose to take classes durig the day, eveigs or weekeds. Westchester Commuity College offers fall, witer, sprig ad summer classes. Ca I atted part-time? You ca choose to atted part-time or full-time to allow for work, persoal ad family resposibilities. A couselor will help you decide how may classes to take each semester as you work toward your degree or certificate. Does Westchester Commuity College offer courses ad full academic programs olie? Yes! The college has a large distace learig program which icludes olie ad video classes. You will be able to do your coursework at times that really work for you. Olie classes ca be combied with campus-based classes to help you fit college ito your busy schedule. Supportive Couselig ad Studet Services Is there someoe who will help me select the right courses? You are ecouraged to meet with a academic advisor who will help pla your course schedule each semester. Couselors are available to assist you with your adjustmet to college, direct you to appropriate academic services, ad help you i ay way they ca. Is there special couselig for returig wome? The Wome s Forum is a couselig service available to female adult studets attedig Westchester Commuity College. A special orietatio for ew studets, academic ad persoal developmet workshops desiged for wome, ad academic ad persoal couselig ad referral services are available. Do you have child care? A licesed day-care ceter, the Virgiia Marx Childre s Ceter is located o the mai campus i Valhalla ad erolls childre from 6 weeks to 5 years, 9 moths old. If you have childre ad wat to atted college, the Ceter may be able to assist you. There is a fee for childre attedig the Virgiia Marx Childre s Ceter. Are there ay social groups for adults to meet fellow studets? While adults participate i more tha 70 orgaizatios o campus, the Studet Forum is a social orgaizatio specifically for adult studets. You ca meet ad share with other adult studets ad go o Forum-sposored trips. Oe of the most importat thigs you ca do while you are i college is to meet ad lear from your fellow studets! What impressed me most about Westchester Commuity College was the abudace of studet services that were available to me.

6 Career-Orieted ad Trasferable Courses What types of degrees does Westchester Commuity College offer? There are two types of degree programs at Westchester Commuity College. The associate degree i Arts/Scieces provides a strog foudatio for studets who pla to trasfer to a four-year college. Career preparatio is the mai goal of the associates degree i Applied Sciece, but it also may be used to trasfer to a four-year college. Certificate programs are also available i a umber of career areas ad are desiged for career preparatio. Your couselor will help you choose the right program to meet your eeds. What if I am still ucertai of my career choice? May adults are ot certai of their career goals whe they first retur to college. Oce erolled at Westchester Commuity College, our career ceter will provide you with the opportuity to look at your iterests, values ad skills, as well as possible career choices. Also, professioals are available to help you with resumé writig, iterview skills ad your job search. Will my credits from Westchester Commuity College trasfer to aother college? Credits from Westchester Commuity College readily trasfer to other colleges. Couselors will work with you to help you select the appropriate courses. Studets may also cotact four-year colleges to see what is required for a smooth trasfer from Westchester Commuity College. You are ecouraged to visit the Trasfer Office ad meet with the trasfer couselor. Special Programs for Adults I wat to take some courses, but I am ot iterested i receivig college credit. Does Westchester Commuity College have courses for me? More tha 16,000 adult studets participate each year i o-credit, cotiuig educatio/commuity service classes. Persoal erichmet classes ad cotiuig professioal educatio classes are available for adults ot iterested i pursuig a college degree. Amog the offerigs are a variety of o-credit classes i all facets of computers, icludig word processig, spreadsheets ad other software packages. I would like to improve my Eglish laguage skills. Where do I begi? The Eglish Laguage Istitute at Westchester Commuity College offers umerous courses at all levels of istructio to help adults improve their laguage skills. With a aual erollmet of more tha 4,000 studets, our program is the largest of its kid withi Westchester. Courses i speakig, listeig ad writig are available. The Istitute ca get you started o the way to improved Eglish skills for your career or to prepare you to participate i college-level study. You will be guided to the correct course level by professioals experieced i Eglish laguage attaimet. I did ot ear a high school diploma. May I still eroll at Westchester Commuity College? Adults who do ot have their high school diplomas have the opportuity to ear their NYS Geeral Equivalecy Diploma while erolled at Westchester Commuity College. You must meet specified admissios requiremets ad complete 24 college credits i specified areas. Upo completio of these credits, you may apply for the Geeral Equivalecy Diploma through the New York State Educatio Departmet. A special couselor will work with you idividually through academic advisemet ad registratio. I researched a umber of area schools ad foud Westchester Commuity College to be the most acceptig of adult studets. It s very comfortable beig back i the classroom. I have a real sese that I belog here. Daielle Demopoulos, Liberal Arts/Social Sciece

7 Westchester Commuity College is easy to reach The Admissios Office is located i the Admiistratio Buildig, Room 210. Parkig is available i Lot #1. From the Brox River Parkway Take Virgiia Road, Exit 26. SOUTHBOUND: tur right; NORTHBOUND: tur left. Tur right at ed of Virgiia Road (Route 100). Etrace is approximately 1/4 mile o left. From Cross-Westchester Expressway (Route 287), Take Hartsdale Exit 4. EASTBOUND: tur left; WESTBOUND: tur right. Proceed orth o Kollwood Road (Route 100A) for approximately 1/2 mile to college etrace o right. From the Sprai Brook Parkway Take Eastview exit. NORTHBOUND: tur right; SOUTHBOUND: tur left (Route 100C). Etrace is approximately 1/4 mile o right. From the Saw Mill River Parkway Take Eastview exit. NORTHBOUND: tur right; SOUTHBOUND: tur left (Route 100C). Etrace is approximately 2 1/2 miles o right. By Bus or Trai Bee-Lie buses No. 1-C, 1-X, 15, 40 & 41 come o to the mai campus. For schedules, call Metro North Harlem Lie trai should be take to White Plais, where you ca take No. 40 bus or taxi. For trai schedule, call Parkig for idividuals with disabilities is available. For iformatio, call Iformatio i this publicatio was accurate as of February For questios regardig Cotact the By phoe or Admissio to the college...admissios Office or [email protected] Academic advisig...couselig Office or Applicatio for admissio Admissios Office or [email protected] Admissios appoitmet...admissios Office or [email protected] Certificate of residecy...bursar s Office... Disabilities services...coordiator of Disabilities Olie Educatio...Olie Educatio Office or [email protected] Eglish laguage istructio...eglish Laguage Istitute or [email protected] Fiacial aid...fiacial Aid Office or [email protected] GED iformatio...admissios Office or [email protected] Immuizatio requiremets...health Office or [email protected] Placemet testig...testig Ceter or [email protected] Registratio...Registrar s Office or [email protected] Schedule of courses...registrar s Office or [email protected] Tuitio paymet...bursar s Office... Tuitio reimbursemet...bursar s Office... Or visit us olie at

8 Admissios Office Couselig Office Admissios Office Admissios Office Coordiator of Disabilities Olie Educatio Office Eglish Laguage Istitute Fiacial Aid Office Admissios Office Health Office Testig Ceter Registrar s Office Registrar s Office Admissio to the college Academic advisig Applicatio for admissio Admissios appoitmet Certificate of residecy Disabilities services Olie Educatio Eglish laguage istructio Fiacial aid GED iformatio Immuizatio requiremets Placemet testig Registratio Schedule of courses Tuitio paymet Tuitio reimbursemet Cotact the For questios regardig By phoe or or [email protected] or or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] Or visit us olie at Associate Degrees i: Certificates i: Accoutig Busiess Admiistratio Chemical Depedecy Couselig Civil Techology Commuicatios & Media Arts Computer Iformatio Systems Computer Sciece Computer Security & Foresics Crimial Justice/Correctios Crimial Justice/Police Culiary Arts & Maagemet Dietetic Techicia Digital Filmmakig Early Childhood Electrical Techology Emergecy Medical Techicia Paramedic Egieerig Sciece Fashio Merchadisig Filmmakig Foods & Nutritio Huma Services Idividual Studies Iteratioal Busiess Liberal Arts/Childhood Educatio Liberal Arts/Humaities Liberal Arts/Math & Sciece Liberal Arts/Social Sciece Marketig Mechaical Techology Networkig Nursig RN Office Techologies Paralegal Performig Arts Radiologic Techology Respiratory Care Telecommuicatios Techology Visual Arts Applied Art [email protected] Web Developmet Telecommuicatios Techology Telecommuicatios Teachig Assistat Small Busiess Etrepreeurship Westchester Commuity College 75 Grasslads Road Valhalla, NY Still have questios? Paralegal Visit us olie at Office Techologies Nursig LPN Networkig Medical Billig & Codig Admissios iterview meet with a couselor to lear about the college ad discuss your goals. Applicatio for admissio submit a applicatio form to the Admissios Office. Official high school/college trascripts request a copy from each school atteded. Fiacial Aid cotact the Fiacial Aid Office as soo as possible to lear how to apply. Placemet testig required for some studets takig Eglish or Math. Immuizatio records sed completed health form to the Health Office. Advisemet ad registratio select your classes with a couselor ad register! Fiacial Office Specialist EMT Paramedic EMS Maagemet Early Childhood Direct Care Practice Digital Filmmakig Digital Art Computer Security & Foresics Computer Programmig Computer Applicatios Specialist Computer Aided Draftig Chemical Depedecy Couselig Be sure to visit us olie at for the most up-to-date list of offerigs. Associate Degrees & Certificates prepare studets for the ext step. Use this checklist to assist you i the admissio ad erollmet process. What s your ext step? Iformatio for Adult Studets