Visiting and Transient Students

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Steps to Get Started for Visiting & Transient Students

If you are currently enrolled at another college or higher education institution and want to take courses at 91勛圖 for a short period of time (i.e. students attending a university that want to take classes while they are home for the summer), please use the following checklist to start your application.

Visiting F-1 Students

If you are an international student from another institution on F-1 status, based on the information you provided with your application, you may have an F-1 service indicator hold on your record. This needs to be removed before you can register for classes.

You will need to submit the below documents online through 91勛圖's International Student Services  by logging in with your 91勛圖 student ID and password. Select Request Type "Visiting F-1 Student".

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  • Copy of your passport ID page
  • Copy of your current I-20
  • Letter from your International Student Advisor confirming you are maintaining F-1 status and will be enrolled in at least one course at your home institution for the semester you are planning to co-enroll at 91勛圖, if it is not during your F-1 vacation period.

You will receive an email when the indicators have been removed. You may contact oiss@nvcc.edu for additional guidance.

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  1. Upload and attach your unofficial documents. The submitted documentation needs to demonstrate that prerequisites have been met as outlined in the 91勛圖 Course Content Summary for that course. Unofficial documents can include:
    • Unofficial college or university transcripts from any institution within the United States. Transcript must include your full name, university name and your entire course history on the document.
    • Unofficial international evaluation transcripts from World Education Services (WES) or International Education Research Foundation (IERF).
    • Unofficial test scores from ABLE, ACE, ACT AP, CAMBRIDGE, CLEP, DSST, DuoLingo, GED, IB, IELTS , SAT, SAT II ,TOEFL iBT.
    • Unofficial U.S. high school transcripts for upper-level math courses (MTH 162, MTH 245, MTH 261, MTH 263).
  2. Select the 91勛圖 course you need a prerequisite waiver for using the drop-down menus.
  3. Use the comment section to list the prerequisite(s) you completed for that class.
  4. Submit the form. You will receive a response within three business days.
  5. Submit one form per course that you need a waiver for.

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What is Direct Enrollment?

Students who have graduated from a U.S. high school or equivalent homeschool are no longer required to take the Virginia Placement Test (VPT)*. If you graduated from high school five or fewer years ago and have not taken college classes yet, you will be placed into college-level math and English by using multiple placement measures such as high school GPA, GED scores, or SAT/Act scores, as well as the highest-level math you have taken. You may be placed into a corequisite course to help you with the college-level Math or English course.

* High school/home school students will continue to use the VPT for placement for dual enrollment courses.
* Military students using TA benefits and students using VA benefits must take the VPT.

Students who graduated from high school in the past five years:

Virtual Advisors are available for support and questions through email or Live Chat.

Enroll online with 91勛圖Connect. First-time students are encouraged to enroll in SDV 100 or another student development course during their first semester.

Pay online by credit card through 91勛圖Connect. When you enroll for classes, you must pay by the payment deadline. Unpaid classes may be dropped from your schedule.

Important Note 91勛圖 Financial Aid

Transient students who are pursuing degrees at other colleges and who are just taking classes at 91勛圖 with the intention of transferring those courses back to their home institutions are not eligible for financial aid at 91勛圖. Such students may consult with the Financial Aid Office at the home institution to see if they are willing to do a consortium agreement with 91勛圖 whereby the home institution awards the student aid based on enrollment at 91勛圖.

Print a copy of your enrollment schedule from 91勛圖Connect  or call 703.323.3000 to check your classes and payment status.

  • Verify that you are enrolled in the correct courses.
  • Print a copy of your enrollment schedule every time you make a change.

Print your schedule of classes and take it to your campus bookstore or buy your books online.

Activate your free email account.

  • To protect your privacy, instructors may only use a student's official 91勛圖 email address.
  • You will receive updates on course changes and other pertinent information through your 91勛圖 email account.

Important Notice: Students cannot activate their VCCS student email until they have enrolled for classes. All fees must be paid before students can access their email.