Registration for summer school has begun. The schedule of courses can be accessed on Guilford’s homepage by clicking on Academic Programs in the quick finder.There are going to be 40 percent more courses this year than last year. Room and board will cost around 20 dollars a day.

“Summer school is the most vastly underutilized resource of the college,” said Bill Stevens, the director of CCE and summer school. To combat this past trend, Stevens is advertising the Guilford program to students of other colleges that live in the county as well as graduating high school seniors from the area.

“Guilford students will not have priority. It is on a first come first served basis,” said Stevens. “Though Guilford students have been given the course schedules first, we are sending out to outside students at the end of this week. Students who wish to attend summer school should get their applications in immediately.”

“The reason that we are doing registration early this year,” said Stevens, “is because renovations are being done on dorms this summer. So far English and Shore are the only two dorms we are going to keep open for sure for summer school. We need to get in everyone’s applications to see if we need to open other dorms, in which case we need to contact Housing to work the renovations around our needs for space.”

Cadre applications will be sent out next week. Cadre offers two free courses and free room in exchange for working 30 hours a week for the college, earning minimum wage in jobs for campus jobs. Meals are not free, and in order to be accepted, one must have a GPA of at least 2.5 (up from 2.0).

Stevens expects that about one in three applicants to the Cadre program will be accepted. He says admittance has a good deal to do with GPA, because students with higher GPAs have been known to work harder at their jobs in the past, but as in Guilford’s regular admission policies, the coordinators will also look at other qualifications.

As of last Monday, there were 50 jobs being offered on the application form and 30 more jobs being requested by faculty. Student demand will dictate any changes.

“Summer school is just a great deal for any student,” said Stevens. “Its cheaper and the weather is more comfortable. You can pick up courses you missed in the fall and spring semesters or make up for mistakes you have made in the past. Freshmen who go to summer school every year could graduate in 3 years, saving themselves a lot of money. I went to summer school when I was in college. It was a nice relaxed atmosphere. I really enjoyed it.”