This is just a note for all students who are currently taking an online course with VLN:Your first term marks have just been sent to the school. In reviewing them, I've noticed that many of you have a comment from your teacher that you have only completed 10% or 5% of the course. Some of you have not even started on your introductory unit.
Please note: if you are planning to use a VLN course for post-secondary application, VLN will ONLY be sending your interim marks to the Ministry of Education if you have completed 50% of the course by March 1, 2010. Most post-secondary institutions, including UBC, would only accept an interim mark for online courses if it is submitted through the Ministry of Education. What this means is: if you do not have your course half-completed by March 1, you would not be allowed to use that course in your application! This could mean you not having your online course's mark to be used in calculating your admission average, or it could mean that you just do not have a sufficient number of grade 12 provincially-examinable courses to meet the minimal admission requirements! It is a serious enough issue that I must bring to your attention.
Please discuss your progress with your VLN teacher(s), and try to rectify the situation as soon as possible. Remember: your online course must be 50% completed by March 1 for you to request VLN to submit that interim mark to the Ministry of Education.
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