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Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named "Best Institutional Facility" by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Named "Rising Star" by the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Northwest Vista College

Fall 2020 Semester Plan
About NVC
About NVC
About NVC

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with the highest quality educational experience and fulfilling our mission of Creating Opportunities for Success.
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Northwest Vista College is creating opportunities for success for our students. We offer high-quality education at an affordable price.
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Northwest Vista College has an open door admissions policy, which means there are no entrance exam scores, minimum GPA or class ranking required. The only requirement is completion of a high school diploma or GED.
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Experience NVC
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If you’re looking for a college that creates opportunities for success, you found the right place.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College is an exciting place to learn with a beautiful campus and a staff committed to student success.

Refresher Course

COVID-19 Message

In response to COVID-19, Northwest Vista College is providing remote services to students. Please do not come to campus. NVC employees are answering questions and providing all services remotely.

FLEX II REFRESHER REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE

Online Walk-ins are Available Monday-Wednesday 9:00am-4:30pm, Thursday 9:00am - 6:30pm, & Friday 1:00pm-4:30pm

Contact us at nvc-readiness@alamo.edu if you have any questions.

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What is a Refresher Course?

The Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) is used to determine if students are college ready to enroll in college-level courses in English and Mathematics. Students who do not place at college level in Math and/or English & Reading will proceed to take a 4-day Refresher Course, for which there is no cost to the students.

Purpose

The purpose of the Refresher Course(s) is to offer students another opportunity to test into a higher level English or Mathematics class than their placement from the score on the TSIA exam.

About the Course

The Refresher Course(s) need to be taken only once.

The Math Refresher course is 16 hours
The Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW) Refresher course is 8 hours (No INRW available at the moment. Students will be placed in an English course based on their TSI Scores.)
These courses are offered before the start of each semester and run at various times

More Information

For more information, please email The Readiness Center at nvc-readines@alamo.edu

To be enrolled in The Refresher Course(s), students must click on the "Join Chat" button above
The process takes about 45 minutes
After completing the Refresher(s), students must participate in the college’s New Student Orientation and register for classes