It's Summer!

Well, not quite yet--though we're definitely getting there (a huge relief after a long cold winter!). 

But while we won't be "officially" in summer for a few months, NCC is already gearing up for summer classes (https://www.ncc.edu/admissions/registrar/summer.shtml).   In fact, registration for summer sessions starts this week.

If you're just out of high school, you may associate summer classes with prison sentences of sorts-- courses that had to be repeated because of failing grades, bad attendance, and the rest of it. 

Not so in college. While some students do use the summer to re-take courses and improve their grades, most see summer study as a chance to tackle tough courses (best taken by themselves), lighten their course loads for the year ahead, and/or just get closer to graduation.  Taking a summer course isn't something to be ashamed of or feel sheepish about.  It's a smart move.

What's more, the summer schedule doesn't require you to be in class all summer long (unless you choose to).  Take a class in the first summer session and you finish by late June.  Take a course in Summer Session II and you have August free.  You can take classes in the morning, as early as 8 a.m., or if you have work or other things going on during the day, as late as 8:35 p.m.  There are also weekend and online classes.

But a word of caution: Summer classes move quickly and they cover the same amount of material  as during the regular semester.  Most summer classes meet four times a week for two hours a session.  Summer Sessions I and II are five weeks each.  Then there's Summer Session III, which is lightning fast--roughly 2 1/2 weeks, five days a week, three hours of classtime per day. 

So no matter what session(s) you opt for, you have to work hard and keep up.  There's no getting behind.

But remember the benefits: credits earned, prerequisites finished, a little lighter fall and spring schedule.

Go summer!  

Summer Session I: May 28-June 27
Summer Session II: July 1-August 1
Summer Session III: August 5-21
Summer Distance Ed (Online): May 28-August 1
Summer Weekend College: June 1-August 11