Harper College - 1200 West Algonquin Road, Palatine

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• Hannah
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  The registration process is slow in general, but there are many nice staff.
  
  The problem that I'm dealing with right now is the ESL department.
  Every time I spoke with the ESL adviser, I heard different things.
  The system changed somehow after I spoke with the ESL adviser...
  
  The ESL adviser said that I had to take ESL programs to take EGL101 at Harper College. So I registered for EGL101 & two other courses at different school, and for one course at Harper.
  
  Then later, I tried to register for EGL102 at Harper. I thought the ESL advisor told me that I would be able to take EGL102 if I’m taking EGL101. However, the system still blocked me from online registering so, I visited the ESL advisor again.
  This time, she said that I needed to bring the official transcript of EGL101.
  I knew the course would end much later so I registered for EGL102 at the same school that I was taking EGL101. Then, I tried to register for other courses at Harper again. But for some reason, the system blocked me from registering for other courses that do not require English.
  I called and ended up talking to 4 different people. The last administrator found out that it was from the ESL department.
  The administrator told me to ask them to remove the block. She said that I should be able to register for the courses that I was trying to register.
  So I visited the ESL adviser again. She looked uncomfortable... ...
  This time, she said that I cannot register for any course at Harper until I turn in the transcript that shows EGL101 because their system works that way.
  But I am registered... because I was able to register before I visited her for the second time...
  
  I ended up registering for all the courses for the whole year at another school. Except the course that I already have registered at Harper.
  Today I met an adviser at Harper just to make sure if all the courses I'm going to take at different school would be credited the same way at Harper (I need to come back to Harper in order to pay in district rate)
  
  The staff that I’ve met so far said this case is unusual.
  I know it's unusual, but I'm too tired to be upset.
  For me the ESL department is the only issue. The administrators, student staff, and the adviser I met at Harper were nice and professional.

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• Violet's Café

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  1200 West Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL 60067
• Harper College Library

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  1200 West Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL 60067

  +1 847-925-6184

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• Lot 14

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• Harper College Dr./Building A

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• Fountain Sculpture

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