bridge to your future going to a community college
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Bridge to Your Future
Going to a Community
College
34 Community & Technical Colleges
Nearby CC’s
• Everett
• Edmonds
• Cascadia
• Shoreline
• Skagit Valley
• Bellevue
• Seattle Central
• North Seattle
Community College Pathways
Direct Transfer Degree
4-Year University
Workforce Certificate
Workforce
2-Year Associate Degree
Workforce
Why Choose a Community
College?
• Lower tuition & smaller classes • Closer to home • Know you want a college degree,
but not sure which degree• Low High School GPA or
SAT/ACT scores
Why Choose a Community College?
• Many CC’s offer dual enrollment with Washington Universities
• Offer two year degrees so you can enter the workforce at a higher level of pay (dental hygiene, nursing, law enforcement, fire science, human services…)
www.checkoutacollege.com
You Do it…
1. www.checkoutacollege.com2. Click “Find a College & Program”3. Search by school or program 4. Write in your packet 2 or 3
schools you like
Getting to college…
1.Submit application online
2.Fill out FAFSA in January3.Take placement tests4.Register for classes in
May
Check your email address
Make sure your email address is is “professional”
Yes = [email protected] so much =
Suggestion: Set up an email
account just for your college &
scholarship applications
Central admissions portal for (almost) all of the colleges
https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx
(or Google “Web Admissions Center”)
Write these down
You Do it!
1) Go to:
https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx
Or Google: “web admissions center”
2) Click on: “Set up my web admissions account”
& create an account – write down your username and password!
So What Will It Cost?
1 year ~ $4000 for
tuition,
fees & books
How to Pay For It
1.Family/Personal Funds
2.FAFSA (do next January)
3.Scholarships
District Scholarship Website!
www.wois.org•Career Info •College searches
•Scholarship searches
You Do It
www.wois.org
1. Click on schools (left side of screen)
2. Click on scholarships3. Create an account – write the log-
in info in your packet!
Help is Available!
Your Counselor and Career Center are
great resources 4 U!
Don’t be shy about asking questions.