Online Orientation is now offered for your convenience by click here. When you are finished, please be sure to print out that page and bring it with you to your counseling session.
To see the Orientation click here.
To make an appointment for in person Orientation, please call (510) 436-2460.
Be sure when you call that you have your Student ID number, or you will not be able to make an appointment. Please clearly state your name and phone number with requested date and time of orientation when you are leaving a message to make an appointment. Please schedule an appointment at least a week prior to the date you wish to attend.
AB705 and the Placement Process
Counselors review multiple measures to advise students on appropriate courses before enrollment. Multiple measures are obtained from your high school transcripts, other college transcripts or through self-reported data.
Some of the topics that will be covered during orientation:
- Learning about the different student service departments, financial aid, admissions & records, and counseling
- Learning about the different college resource programs, Next Up, Sankofa, CalWORKs, FYE, EOPs, Street Scholars, Veterans Services, Puente, Health Services, the Learning Center, Student Accessibility Services aka (DSPS) and, the Library
- Learning about campus life, Associated Students of Merritt College (ASMC), Inter-Club Council (ICC), Student worker opportunities, Study Abroad, Scholarships, and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Learning about Academic Success and the different Career Education Programs Merritt offers, such as EMT, Nursing, Administration of Justice, and many more.
