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Summer school

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:04 am
by guest67
I want to take a class at night during my internship.

Is there any way to do this and have SMART pay for it?
Who would I need to speak to/how could I do this?
Thanks!

Re: Summer school

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:34 am
by kbl2017
Want to or need to?

If it isnt a degree requirement they're going to need proof of Why This is beneficial to your future work at your SF before they'd even consider it.

If it's a required class you'll have to justify why you have to take it in the summer and not during a semester.

My guess is they're going to say No. Since it's in the handbook that we can't take summer classes.

Re: Summer school

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:47 pm
by Zakaria1248
If approved, taking summer courses will add 6 months to your phase 2 commitment.

Re: Summer school

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:27 pm
by whyyyyyyy
Zakaria1248 wrote:If approved, taking summer courses will add 6 months to your phase 2 commitment.
where does it say this??

Re: Summer school

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:03 pm
by Guest1234
whyyyyyyy wrote:
Zakaria1248 wrote:If approved, taking summer courses will add 6 months to your phase 2 commitment.
where does it say this??
The handbook doesn't list any of these special cases and SMART doesn't advertise the commitment extensions. Essentially you are taking a semester of courses that SMART didn't approve during the award process. In their eyes, that extra semester rounds up to 6 more months of a commitment.

Re: Summer school

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:13 pm
by smartapplicant2018
I had a similar question. I just received the Award Notification last week. I was wondering if I would be allowed to take two summer classes in order to lighten my workload for next semester. I would not need SMART to pay for these classes, but I was concerned that they wouldn't want me to take summer classes because the grades would not be on my spring transcript that I have to submit as part of phase zero. Does anyone know if taking these summer classes is allowed or if I should reach out to SMART directly and ask them? Thanks!

Re: Summer school

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:08 pm
by GuestM
smartapplicant2018 wrote:I had a similar question. I just received the Award Notification last week. I was wondering if I would be allowed to take two summer classes in order to lighten my workload for next semester. I would not need SMART to pay for these classes, but I was concerned that they wouldn't want me to take summer classes because the grades would not be on my spring transcript that I have to submit as part of phase zero. Does anyone know if taking these summer classes is allowed or if I should reach out to SMART directly and ask them? Thanks!
If they're not paying for it and you take them this summer when you aren't going to have a required internship with your SF that's totally fine. The transcripts are just to make sure you stay above a 3.0 at the end of every semester.

Re: Summer school

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:13 pm
by smartapplicant2018
Ok. Thank you very much!