PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

END-OF-THE-QUARTER DIRECTIONS—WINTER 2015

Please finish reading Outliers and visit the SCC Testing Center to complete your PORTFOLIO Essay.  This essay will be hand-written (pen or pencil), have a two-hour time limit, and have to do with Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. Paper will be provided as well as the writing prompt.  You will need to bring pen or pencil, and your copy of Outliers since one of the Portfolio requirements is to occasionally cite the book in your essay.

You will also submit your hard-copy of Essay #3 to the Testing Center staff when you arrive.

The SCC Testing Center, located in Building 16 (Please see campus map), is expecting you on your choice of one of the following dates: Tuesday, March 17th, Wednesday, March 18th, or Thursday, March 19th. Please plan on a two-hour window in which to write your essay.  The Testing Center requires that you begin your two hours no later than 5 p.m. on the day of your visit.

Please note: Laptops will NOT be permitted in the testing room—only pen and/or pencil and your copy of Outliers (again, an e-reader version is acceptable).

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING WITH YOU

1. Picture I.D.

2. Your copy of Outliers

3. Pens/pencils

4. Your hard copy of Essay #3 with its rough draft

NO LATE OPTION IS AVAILABLE for either the Portfolio Essay or Essay #3--failure to complete the Portfolio Essay by March 19th will result in a zero. In addition, failure to submit a hard-copy of Essay #3 when you visit will also result in a zero for that assignment.

SPECIFICS

WHEN: Tuesday, March 17th, Wednesday, March 18th, or Thursday, March 19th between 8:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (You must start your two hours by 5 p.m.)

WHERE: SCC Testing Center in the SCC Library (Instructional Media Services--Building 16).

Once inside the building, the Testing Center is directly across from the library entrance.

Two-hour time limit, hand-written (pen or pencil); the writing prompt and paper will provided when you begin. Nothing other than a copy of Outliers (an e-reader version is acceptable), pen and/or pencil will be needed or allowed.

PLEASE REMEMBER: to submit your hard-copy of Essay #3 when you visit the testing center. Essay #3 will not be accepted late.