Advising - Veterans

If you are now serving, or have ever served, in the U.S. military, or if you are a military-connected family member pursuing Veterans Affairs educational benefits, you are a Veteran student. We are grateful for your military service and the personal sacrifices that have accompanied it. Pellissippi State is a certified veterans friendly campus through the state of Tennessee’s Veterans Education Transition Support Act, and we have Veterans Services to help you with any questions you have about college.

 

Complete PAWS to help you learn about your occupational personality.

Purposeful Advising With Students (PAWS) is a module designed to help you choose a career goal that matches your interests. When it directs you to take an assessment, be sure to take the 60 question version in order to get the best results. PAWS must be completed before meeting with an academic advisor. They will ask you about your results and provide resources for additional exploration.

 

Meet with an academic advisor.

Our advisors are trained to assist student veterans with their academic planning. Contact the advising office at your campus.

 

When you meet with an academic advisor, you will discuss the type of degree you wish to earn and what you intend to do with it — like transferring to another college or joining the workforce. Your advisor can help you select the correct classes plus special options that may be available, like weekend or evening classes or degrees offered as part of a cohort. Be prepared by researching this information:

 

Decide if you’re a Career or a Transfer Program student.

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Get familiar with all of our Career and Transfer pathway options.

• Transfer Guides are special agreements with specific higher education institutions that we’ve worked out for you to make transferring credits easier. If your degree program has a Transfer Guide, you can transfer your credits seamlessly to that other institution.
  
  
• Tennessee Transfer Pathways are a type of transfer program. Specifically, you can transfer TTP concentrations (and there are lots) to any other Tennessee Board of Regents institution, public state university or University of Tennessee institution.
  
  
• Loading... are flexible transfer paths that let you take the classes that will fit your intended major at another institution. This is a great deal, but there’s important fine print — you are responsible for ensuring that all the credits you choose to take will transfer and are appropriate for your major. We’re happy to help you, but the responsibility is yours.
  
  
• Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association pathways help you seamlessly transfer credits to private or independent four-year institutions in Tennessee. TICUA pathways might be fully transferable or transferable with modifications.

 

Decide how you want to take your classes.

We not only have traditional class times during the day, we have lots of options to fit your schedule and your preferences: evening classes, weekend classes, online classes and even hybrid classes, which are offered partially online and partially on-campus.

Find out more about each option:
Evening Classes
Weekend Classes
Online Classes

 

Determine if you fall into a special student population.

 

Find out if you qualify for Prior Learning Assessment or Academic Fresh Start.

If you have tried college before, with perhaps not-so-great results, Academic Fresh Start can help you start over by calculating your GPA and credit hours toward graduation only on courses for which you have earned a "C" or above. You have to meet certain qualifications and apply to take advantage of Academic Fresh Start.

Prior Learning Assessment, or PLA, means that you can earn college credit for your life experience, military service, previous career and even volunteer work.

If you’re interested in Academic Fresh Start or PLA, ask your advisor.

 

Register for classes.

Once you’ve met with an advisor, he or she will send you instructions for how to register for classes in myPellissippi. Your advisor will send you instructions for how to register through myPellissippi. Once you’re registered for classes, remember to confirm your schedule and pay any fees before the appropriate deadline each semester.

Everyone must confirm their attendance. Even if you receive financial aid that covers tuition and fees you must confirm your schedule, or it will be deleted.

Check your steps in Admissions

Check your steps in Financial Aid