{"id":428,"date":"2018-01-12T01:04:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T01:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:50:16","slug":"drc-drop-in-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/contact-us\/drc-drop-in-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Make an Appointment or Drop in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Drop-In<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday-Thursday \u2013 10AM to 2PM<br \/>\nFriday \u2013 10AM to 11AM<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Appointment<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday-Thursday &#8211;\u00a08AM-5PM<br \/>\nFriday &#8211; 8AM-2PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>First come, first served.<\/td>\n<td>Guaranteed meeting time with little or no wait time. Call 760.744.1150, ext. 2375 to schedule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Drop-in is not scheduled in advance and might last only 10-15 minutes.<\/td>\n<td>Appointments can be scheduled for 30 or 60 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Can only see the counselor on drop-in duty for the day.<\/td>\n<td>Choice of who to meet with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quick questions only (1-2 questions max)<\/td>\n<td>Various topics can be discussed during appointment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Due to students waiting, time with counselor is very limited.<\/td>\n<td>Counselor will have time to answer your questions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Counselor will only be able to discuss your goals and clarify them with the creation of one semester Education Plan, time permitting.<\/td>\n<td>Counselors will help students with the decision-making process to clarify their goals, and create a Comprehensive Education Plan (multi-semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation of Accommodations<\/li>\n<li>Accommodations Forms (Current DRC ONLY)<\/li>\n<li>General Information for Probation and\/or Disqualification<\/li>\n<li>Clarification of Academic Deadlines (Add\/Drop, Withdrawal. Priority Registration)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Student Intake<\/li>\n<li>Updating\/Requesting <strong>New<\/strong> Accommodations<\/li>\n<li>Registration Assistance<\/li>\n<li>How to Choose a Major<\/li>\n<li>Petitions for Reinstatement<\/li>\n<li>Financial Aid Petitions<\/li>\n<li>Transfer Planning<\/li>\n<li>Unofficial Transcript Evaluations\/Evaluation Request<\/li>\n<li>Graduation Planning<\/li>\n<li>Referrals for on-campus resources<\/li>\n<li>General Degree and Transfer Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Counseling Appointment Late Arrival Notice<\/h2>\n<p>Please arrive to your counseling appointments promptly. To allow for sufficient time in the counseling appointments, it will be considered a NO SHOW after a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5-minute late arrival to a 30-minute appointment<\/li>\n<li>15-minute late arrival to a 1-hour appointment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drop-In Monday-Thursday \u2013 10AM to 2PM Friday \u2013 10AM to 11AM Appointment Monday-Thursday &#8211;\u00a08AM-5PM Friday &#8211; 8AM-2PM First come, first served. Guaranteed meeting time with little or no wait time.&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/contact-us\/drc-drop-in-hours\/\">Continue Reading<span> Should I Make an Appointment or Drop in?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":0,"parent":14211,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pg2IzD-6U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13966,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions\/13966"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}