Westchester Community College, State University of New York

How to Register

New Student Registration

Students new to Westchester Community College register for their first semester of classes during a required Academic Counseling and Advisement Session. The checklist below outlines the necessary steps to take before and after that session. For details about what is required in these areas, please the registration checklist.

✓ College Application
✓ Apply for financial aid (if applicable)
✓ Immunization Requirements
✓ “Westchester Welcome” Information Session
✓ Placement Testing
✓ In-person Academic Counseling and Advisement

✓ Make Payment Arrangements in-person by when? or online by when? at 9 pm

• See Payment section of this page for ways to ensure your tuition and fees are covered

✓ Proof of Residency (non-Westchester residents)
✓ New Student Orientation (mandatory for all new students, online and in-person sessions available)

Visiting Students

You must meet any course pre-requisites to register. Visiting students with a grade of C or better for pre-requisites taken at another college can get approved by the Registrar’s Office in-person of by email.

Bring your unofficial college transcripts and/or SAT/ACT scores to:

Registrar’s Office
Administration Building,
Room 107
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595

Send an email to: VisitingStudentRegistration@sunywcc.edu that includes

• Your WCC Student ID number
• Course name and numbers for the course(s) requiring the pre-requisite(s)
• Your unofficial transcript and/or SAT/ACT scores as attachments

Supporting documents must include the name of the school and the student’s name. Once approved for the course, you can then register through MyWCC.

Continuing Student Registration

There are two ways for continuing students to register:

Online Registration
Students whose academic and student accounts are in good standing (without “holds”) can register online. To register online, visit MyWCC and follow the How to Register instructions on the login screen. Note that your User ID and Password are required. For questions about holds, contact the Welcome Center at 914-606-5600.

In-person Registration

Returning students can register in-person during regular business hours at the Registrar’s Office, (Valhalla Campus, Administration Building, Room 107) and at our Ossining, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, White Plains, and Yonkers locations.

For office hours, visit the Registrar’s Office page and the locations page.

Know This Before You Register
Continuing students who are taking developmental, non-credit classes or students with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.0 must meet with a counselor before registering. To meet with an Academic Counselor, visit the Student Center, Room 219. Counselors are also available at our Mount Vernon, Yonkers, Ossining, and Peekskill locations. For counseling hours visit the counseling section.

• You do not need your Spring 2020 grades in order to register for Summer 2020.
• Meeting with a counselor or your faculty advisor before you register will ensure that you register for courses that apply towards your degree!

Tuition and Fees

In addition to the cost of tuition, students pay a variety of fees each semester. Fees vary based on full-time/part-time status, method of course delivery, and campus. Base rates for Fall 2020 fees range from $55.75-$231.25. Additional fees may apply based on your program of study.For a complete list and explanation of fees, visit the tuition and fees page. Tuition and fees subject to change. Please check the college’s website for updates.

Payment

If you don’t have a payment arrangement set up by the due date, you will lose your seat in your classes.

Payment is due in-person by when? or online by when? at 9 pm. If you register for a class after these deadlines, payment is due upon registration.

Payment arrangement options include:

1. Making payment in full. You can make payment in person with cash, check or credit card. You can pay online via credit card through MyWCC.

2. Apply for financial aid and use it towards your tuition and fees. For any portion of your bill that is not covered by aid, please make payment in-person by when? or online by when? at 9 pm. Financial Aid processing can take up to two weeks and requires the student to be responsive to requests for documentation. Please plan accordingly to have aid in place by the payment deadline.

More at www.sunywcc.edu/bursar

Take classes at any of our locations:

■ Valhalla — Main Campus • 914-606-6600
■ Mount Vernon Extension Center • 914-606-7200
■ Ossining Extension Center • 914-606-7400
■ Peekskill Extension Center • 914-606-7300
■ Yonkers Extension Center (at Cross County Shopping Center) • 914-606-7100

School-based extension locations • 914-606-6839

■ Mahopac (Mahopac High School)
■ New Rochelle (The Ursuline School)
■ Port Chester (PC Middle School)

Registration FAQ

My desired course or section is closed. (I was not previously registered for this desired course.)

My required course needed to graduate THIS upcoming semester is closed or cancelled.

My registered course was cancelled for the semester. (Student not graduating yet.)

My registered courses were dropped for no payment.