When Can I Register For Classes At Northwest Vista

Applying for Access to any one of the Alamo Community Colleges
Summer and Fall 2007

Showtime March 5, 2007, students can use to whatsoever one of the Alamo Community Colleges through the Texas Common Application system.

Quick Information about applying for admission:

	Open Admissions Policy
	Admissions Process
		New, Transfer, and Former Students
		Returning Students wanting to have courses at 1 of the other Alamo Customs Colleges
	Determining your Student Status
	Completing the Application Tips for Success
	Residency and Tuition
	Applying for Financial Aid

OPEN ADMISSIONS POLICY TO ALL COLLEGES

The Alamo Community Colleges have an open up door admissions policy to ensure that every person has the opportunity to get a college pedagogy. Application starts with the submission of an ApplyTexas [ world wide web.ApplyTexas.org ] awarding.

The Texas Mutual Application System is a state service that allows students to create an individual student contour and submit applications to multiple Texas public colleges or universities. Students applying to an Alamo Community College demand to select the application for two-yr institutions.

Students who utilize to ane college are eligible to attend any of the Alamo Community Colleges: Northeast Lakeview College, Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip'southward College, and San Antonio College.

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ADMISSIONS Process

New, Transfer, and Former Students (Run into Determining your Student Status below)

Begin by reading Completing the ApplyTexas Application Tips for Success section to help yous exist prepared to reply to questions and submit your application.

Y'all volition need an email address to admission your information once the application is submitted. You can create an e-mail address at various complimentary sites (examples are Yahoo.com or Hotmail.com).

Apply online using the ApplyTexas application www.ApplyTexas.org and begin by creating your student profile; copy your User ID and password so you may admission the ApplyTexas website in the futurity; select the Two-Yr Undergraduate Awarding .

To salve time, please have your Social Security Number and the Texas county you live in available.

Following submission of your awarding, whatever changes in data must be made through the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records area at the higher.

For aid with the application, visit the higher campus at i of the designated enrollment areas during normal business hours. Computers are available at all campuses to submit awarding.

Boosted admissions requirements (must be submitted during the first semester of enrollment):

Official high school transcript or GED scores
Official higher transcript from the final higher or university y'all attended. Have your transcript sent directly to the specific college of the Alamo Community Colleges that you wish to attend. Many Alamo Customs Colleges courses have prerequisites that must be met earlier registering. As a outcome, students may be required to submit official transcripts from former colleges attended in order to register for all desired classes.

Depending on your student status, y'all may need to meet boosted requirements.

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Returning Students wanting to accept courses at one of the other Alamo Customs Colleges

Returning Alamo Community College students who take been enrolled within the past twelve months who wish to take courses at a dissimilar Alamo Community College should notify the "new" college's Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records area at the college. Staff will assistance you lot with the admissions procedure, post-obit which you may go along with Spider web registration.

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DETERMINING YOUR Student STATUS

New and Transfer
To take classes for higher credit, submit the ApplyTexas application for admission. Apply early to brand sure you have plenty of time to submit official transcripts, complete assessment testing, attend advising, plan your course schedule.

Onetime Student (previously enrolled in an Alamo Community College simply have not attended during last 12 months)
Submit an online ApplyTexas application. Assuasive two days for processing, you should then be able to continue the registration process.**

Returning (enrolled inside the by twelve months) to the same college
Go directly to Web registration to view grade offerings by college. Course selection and registration will be available according to the dates published in the grade schedule and website.**

Returning (enrolled within the past twelve months) to a unlike Alamo Customs College
As a returning educatee from one of the Alamo Community Colleges wanting to take courses at another Alamo Community College , seek assistance from the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records surface area at the college y'all wish to nourish or yous may submit the ApplyTexas awarding to that higher. Following confirmation of your previous enrollment with the Alamo Community Colleges, yous may go to Web registration to view grade offerings by college.**

International
If you are an international educatee, delight contact an International Student Counselor at the college you wish to attend to apply for access.

** Please recall, if you lot have unsettled financial debts or your record is blocked for whatsoever reason at any Alamo Community Higher, yous must clear your record to annals. Personnel in the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records area will be available to assist you.

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COMPLETING THE APPLYTEXAS APPLICATION
TIPS FOR SUCCESS

This process should have between 15 and 30 minutes. Yous may consummate the entire application in one session or save your file to complete at a later time.

Checklist of Items Y'all Will Need
Nosotros advise that you have the post-obit information bachelor before y'all brainstorm the online application to expedite the procedure.

Social Security Number*
County in which you live
Email accost (if you don't have an email accost, yous can create an email accost at diverse complimentary sites (examples are Yahoo.com or Hotmail.com)
Visa/Permanent Resident Data
TASP/THEA or other TSI assessment scores
SAT, ACT, and/or TAAS/TAKS (grade eleven) Scores and Test Dates
Names and dates of high schoolhouse and college attended

* Recording your social security number on the ApplyTexas Application is an optional detail. We strongly encourage you to provide the information to us to facilitate and expedite processing of all paperwork. Applications and Documents without social security numbers are more difficult to match up and may require contacting yous, which results in boosted processing time to completion. For questions or concerns regarding the use of your SSN, delight speak with the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records surface area at your higher.

Logon to world wide web.ApplyTexas.org and begin by creating your student profile; copy your User ID and password so you lot may access the ApplyTexas website in the future; then select the 2-Twelvemonth Undergraduate Application .

Application Review
Following information entry, you will accept an opportunity to review your awarding prior to submitting it. Changes to your application are permitted during the review process.

Submission and Summary
Later on yous have supplied the required data and reviewed your application, you will submit the awarding to one of the Alamo Customs Colleges past selecting the "Submit" button. Once your application is submitted, all corrections and updates volition require a visit to the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records area at the college.

Additionally, once yous submit your awarding, a window will announced that will brandish a summary of your application. It is important that yous re-create the ID number provided in the window, impress the summary and save it for your records. Information technology is important to have this document with you when receiving assistance at or from the colleges.

An Email verification will also exist sent to y'all from the ApplyTexas Application service verifying your submission. The electronic mail will contain a 2nd number that you should copy, impress and save for your records. It is of import to take this document with you when receiving assistance at or from the colleges.

Pupil Financial Aid (Additional information in Applying for Financial Assist section)

Students are encouraged to look at all sources of financial assist to cover the toll of tuition, fees, and books. These options include federal, state and institutional aid. Your first step is to complete the Costless Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on the spider web www.fafsa.edu.gov as early as possible. Contact your higher's Pupil Financial Services office for whatever information regarding FAFSA or pupil help programs.

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RESIDENCY AND TUITION

The amount of tuition you are charged is based on your residency classification, which is determined co-ordinate to the data you submit on the ApplyTexas application. Yous may also be asked to provide documentary testify that proves your residency status

The general residency classifications for tuition purposes are every bit follows:

Bexar County resident: A Texas resident who has lived in Texas for the past 12 months and resides in Bexar County.
Out-of-district educatee: A Texas resident for the past 12 months who does not reside in Bexar County.
Out-of-state student: A U.South. denizen who has not lived in Texas for the by 12 months.
Out-of-land pupil: A non-U.S. citizen who is not a resident alien.

Your residency classification is based on rules and regulations established past the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. If you have questions about residency, contact the Enrollment Services/Admissions & Records expanse at your college.

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APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL Help

Financial support, from several possible sources, may exist bachelor to help you become to college. The outset pace is to see how much you and your family unit can pay. Consummate the Complimentary Application for Student Financial Aid (FASPA) form, a federal designated and approved application. You can complete the application online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or you can visit one of the colleges or the Customs Education Centers to get help completing the application. Forms are also bachelor at almost loftier schools or any public library. It is important to complete the form as early every bit possible prior to the semester in which you programme to enroll.

Yous will demand the post-obit information to complete the application questions:

Commuter's license and Social Security Number
West-2 forms and other records of money earned in 2006
2006 U.S. Income Tax Return (IRS Course 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, or 1040TEL)
Records of untaxed income, such as welfare, Social Security, TANF, or veterans benefits

Other data if applicative:

Current depository financial institution statements
Electric current mortgage information (excluding primary home)
Concern and farm records
Stocks, bonds, and other investment records

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