2021 Fall Oakland Technical Early College Application Process

Please enter your email in the form to receive a reply email from communicationsservices@oakland.k12.mi.us. The email will include a link to the Oakland Technical Early College General Application with Essay form and the Counselor Recommendation form you will need for Task 2 of the Process.

Both parts in this section require your school counselor or another school official.

• Part 1 –You will receive an email after submitting the form in TASK 1 that includes both the general application and the Oakland Technical Early College Counselor Rec Form. Use Adobe Reader or DocHub to fill in the areas marked for the student. Send/bring this form to your high school counselor and have your counselor complete their portion. They will then email or send back to Ben Morin at Oakland Schools with a copy of your transcript.
   
• Part 2 – Go to the *OCC Dual Enrollment Page*
  • Complete Step 1: The Dual Enrollment School Payment & FERPA Authorization Form for High School Sponsored Students by:
    • Clicking Complete Part I & II of the High School Dual Enrollment Form with a parent/guardian.
    • Filling out the required information on the form
    • For courses – list other and then write in Applying for OTEC, Courses TBD
    • Print out the form and take it to your high school counselor to sign, or save it as a PDF to have them electronically sign – you need to get this form back from your counselor
    • Once the form is signed by a school official - Take a picture of the document or use the signed electronic PDF and either add it to your application or email it to the address listed at the top of the page (STEP 3 of OCC Process.)

Go back to the OCC Dual Enrollment Page and complete the New High School Dual Enrolled Student Steps 2 and 3. Assistance for completing parts of the application is provided below.
 
Step 1 – This step was already completed in TASK 2 of the Oakland Technical Early College program process/Step 1 of the New High School Dual Enrolled Student Process.

Step 2 - Create an OCC Admissions Profile and Online Application. When entering contact information, be sure to enter an email address that is accessible and frequently checked. Email is the primary method of communication by both OTEC and OCC.

• When you reach the “Academic Plans” section:
• Admit Type: “I will be attending OCC while still in high school.”
• Entry Term: Winter 2022
• Career Pathway: Choose what is closest to OSTC program
• Academic Program: Choose what is closest to OSTC program
• Location: Choose any OCC campus. Your choice does not limit you to one campus. It is merely to select the campus to which your records will be assigned and is typically the campus closest to your home or high school.

Step 3 - Upload the High School Dual Enrollment Payment & School Authorization Form that you completed previously in the process and saved or took a picture of.
 
NOTE: Within a few days after completing this step, you will receive an automated email message from OCC welcoming you to the college and providing you with your OCC ID number. This does NOT mean that your enrollment in the Oakland Technical Early College program is complete. You must complete the following steps as well. Do NOT make a counseling appointment at this time. OTEC students will receive separate instruction when it is time to make counseling appointments.

The remaining steps for completing the OCC application process are required for all new OCC students, whether they are early college students or high school graduates. The purpose of these steps is to get the student set up in the OCC email systems, get familiar with OCC’s services and supports, and guide them through mandatory English placement. Note: many of the instructions on the OCC site are meant for traditional OCC students and do not apply to early college students. For example, Oakland Technical Early College applicants should not make an OCC counseling appointment until directed to by OTEC program staff, should not take the math placement test, should not complete a FAFSA form or seek other financial aid, should not attempt to register for OCC classes, and should not buy textbooks.

Revisit the OCC Dual Enrollment Page site and complete:

Step 4: Set Up a MyOCC Account & OCC Email. Once the applicant receives an email message from OCC containing their OCC student number, they can proceed to this step. Applicants set up an Admissions Profile in an earlier step using a personal email account. From this step forward, OCC will only communicate with students through an assigned OCC email account. Follow OCC Step 4 instructions for setting up the account. Be sure to make a note of the password that you choose.

Step 5: New Student Orientation – Online. Log into your MyOCC account and select “Student” and then “New Student Orientation.” Work your way through all the lessons. When finished, including the brief Student Survey, be sure to click “Mark Course Completed.” Failure to do so will prevent you from moving on to the next step.

Step 6: Mandatory English Placement (Students do NOT need to take the Aleks Math Placement). One of the final requirements to determine eligibility for enrollment into the OTEC program is a demonstration of readiness for college-level reading and writing. Usually, a test is taken at OCC to determine an applicant’s English placement. However, testing is currently suspended at OCC. In place of the test, a self-placement process has been set up. Upon completion of the self-placement module, the system will provide an English course recommendation. The only course recommendation that will qualify a student for enrollment in the OTEC program is English 1510, Composition I.

• Log into MyOCC and select “Student” and then “English Placement.” Under Pre-Registration Steps
• Sign in using your MyOCC username and password.
• Click on the English Placement Module. Plan on taking about an hour to complete.
• After Assessment 2 and 3 in the module, the system will provide an English course recommendation. If the recommendation is for English 1510 Composition I, take a screenshot and save it.
• Be sure to complete the placement module and “Mark Course Completed” at the end.

IMPORTANT: Send these screenshots after assessments 2 and 3 in the module to ben.morin@oakland.k12.mi.us with your name and OCC Student ID number.

REMAINING STEPS 7-11: These steps will be talked about if students are eligible for the early college program.