VCC Information

Preparatory Course Responsibilities

• You must begin taking your college preparatory course(s) your first semester at UCF. All preparatory course work must be completed within the first three semesters of enrollment at UCF (including summer semesters).
• Failure to enroll in a preparatory course(s) could result in your UCF courses being administratively dropped by your academic advisor at SARC.
• You must complete all preparatory course(s) with at least a "C" (2.0) average and pass any state competency exams to advance to the next preparatory course or enroll in college level courses.
• Once you begin a preparatory course in math, you must continue to enroll in preparatory math courses until you complete the preparatory math sequence.

Preparatory Course Enrollment Procedures

• UCF has established a partnership with Valencia Community College (VCC) to offer college preparatory courses on the UCF main campus. While the courses are held at UCF they are taught by VCC instructors, therefore tuition and fees must be paid to VCC by students taking college preparatory courses.
  1. To enroll you will need to submit a completed Valencia Community College (VCC) registration packet consisting of a VCC admissions application, UCF transient student form and VCC $25 application fee to VCC by way of SARC. Only checks and money orders are acceptable forms of payment for the $25 application fee.
  2. Once VCC has received all paperwork (application, UCF transient student form and $25 application fee), you will be registered for your preparatory course by VCC. You will receive confirmation of enrollment via email by your academic advisor.
  3. You will be responsible for viewing/printing your VCC fee invoice from Atlas and responsible for paying tuition and fees associated with your preparatory course(s) to VCC by the due date established on your VCC fee invoice. Failure to pay for preparatory courses by the due date will result in your UCF courses being dropped.

Financial Assistance

• Your UCF financial aid award does not cover the cost of your preparatory course(s); you must pay VCC for all preparatory courses separately.
• Florida Bright Futures does not cover the cost of preparatory courses.
• Florida Prepaid can be used to pay for preparatory courses; however you must present a copy of your Florida Prepaid card by August 1, 2006 to the VCC Business Office for Florida Prepaid to be billed.

You are strongly advised to discuss your financial aid award enrollment requirements with the UCF Financial Assistance Office (407) 823-2827 prior to the add/drop deadline to ensure you are enrolled in the minimum credit hours needed to receive your aid.
SARC is not responsible for the lost of any financial aid award due to a lack of UCF credit hours.

Tuition

Tuition and fees for the 2006-2007 academic year will be available after July 1, 2006. Check Atlas for detailed fee information.

Valencia Community College
Atlas Instructions

You will be notified that you have been registered for your fall 2006 and spring 2007 preparatory course by your academic advisor. Once you have been notified by email that you have been registered for your preparatory course(s), please follow the instructions below to create your Atlas account to view your fee invoice and verify your were registered correctly. If you have any problems contact Ken Staack at kstaack@mail.ucf.edu or at (407) 823-5130.

Setting up your Atlas Account:
1. Log on to http://portal.valencia.cc.fl.us/cp/home/loginf
2. Click "First Time User"
3. Click "Sign Up Today
4. Read the statement and click "accept"
5. Click "Continue" (you can print the steps on this page)
6. A separate browser window will open- Complete all fields
7. The system will then provide you with your Atlas user name and email address.

Please remember to keep your user name- store in a secure place

You can pay for courses using Atlas by following these steps:
1. Log on to Atlas http://portal.valencia.cc.fl.us/cp/home/loginf
2. Click on the "College Services" tab
3. Click the "Student Services
4. Click on the "Registration, Records & Financial Aid" link
5. Click on the "Online Payment" link
6. The next screen contains your "Account Balance and Fee Payment Information
7. Look for the total amount due and make a note of it before proceeding
8. You should see a link called "submit your payment online" down under the heading "To make a payment" Click that link
9. On the next screen, select the term then click the "Submit Term" button
10. At this point, you will enter your credit card information Once completed, click on the "Submit Payment" button NOTE! CLICK ONLY ONE TIME! It may take several moments for the payment to be processed and the results screen to appear.

If you have any problems accessing the Account Balance section, please contact the Atlas Student Support Desk at 407-582-5444.

To pay in person: Go to Valencia Community College- East Campus
Business Office- Building 5 (407) 582- 2387

Mail your payment to address: Post Office Box 4913, Orlando, Florida 32802.

Make sure it will be received (not postmarked) prior to the last day to pay.