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Winter Transition

This Web site has been designed to assist you in your transition to Hood. It will have all the forms that need to be completed, copies of Orientation publications and important information for you!

Check this site on a regular basis for updates; you will not want to miss the information we add each month!

An Orientation Resource Notebook will be sent to all new Hood students which will contain everything you need to become familiar with Hood.

Transfer and Adult Advising

As soon as you submit your deposit or Acceptance Confirmation Form, the Registrar will complete your official Transfer Evaluation and your advising folder will be forwarded to the admissions office.

You will be contacted shortly thereafter to arrange for a time to meet either face to face, or via phone. During this meeting, you will discuss your Transfer Evaluation, career goals, areas of interest, and develop a course schedule for the Spring Semester. You will take your completed schedule to the Registrar's Office where they will input your schedule and print a confirmed course schedule for you. (This is the only time that you will not register online.)

This process usually takes place within two weeks after you submit your deposit or Acceptance Confirmation Form. If you have questions, or have not yet been contacted for an advising appointment, call the Admission's Office at (301) 696-3400.

Freshman Advising

The first step in your advising process is to complete your Placement Tests at www.hood.edu/placement.

Once you have completed your placement tests, you will be contacted to set up your Spring Course Schedule. There will be an opportunity to meet with your Freshman/Sophomore Academic Advisor when you arrive on campus in January.

Winter Transition Program

Sunday, January 20, 2008, 1 - 5 p.m., Whitaker Campus Center

The Winter Transition Program, designed specifically for new, transfer and adult students, is a compact program that will teach you what you need to know about navigating through Hood College, and give you the opportunity to meet other new and returning students.

During this program you will:

• Learn about and sign the Honor Code
  
• Have your picture taken and receive your Hood ID
  
• Have the opportunity to purchase a parking permit
  
• Receive your mailbox combination
  
• Learn about support services available to you
  

This mandatory program will begin at 1 p.m.. in the Whitaker Campus Center and will conclude by 5 p.m. Watch for more specific information about the program in early January.

If we can answer any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at orientation@hood.edu, or phone us at (301) 696-3575.

Once again, welcome! I look forward to meeting you in January!

Don Miller
Director of student activities and orientation