2022 Fall Oakland Technical Early College Application Process

After you submit your email address, you will receive an email from communicationsservices@oakland.k12.mi.us. The email reply will include a link to what you need to complete for TASK 1 - Oakland Technical Early College General Application with Essay and links to two forms that you will use in TASK 2 - the Counselor Recommendation Form and the HS Authorization Payment & FERPA form.

Please enter your email in the form to receive a reply email from communicationsservices@oakland.k12.mi.us.
 

Both parts in this section require your school counselor or another school official.  These two forms were emailed to you in TASK 1 after providing your email address 

• TASK 2, Part 1 - Oakland Technical Early College Counselor Rec Form. 
  • Open using DocHub or Adobe Reader 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.
• TASK 2, Part 2 – OCC Dual Enrollment School Payment & FERPA Authorization Form 
  • Open using Dochub or Adobe Reader to fill out and complete Part I and II with a parent guardian
  • 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 (This will take place in TASK 3)

Go to the OCC Dual Enrollment Page and begin with Step 2. Step 1 was already completed in TASK 2 of the Oakland Technical Early College program 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.
Select the following choices related to these questions:

• What student type best describes you: I will be attending OCC while still in high school
• What semester do you plan to start: Fall 2022
• Career Clusters/Pathways: Choose what is closest to OSTC program
• Which degree program/certificate: High School Dual Enrolled
• What campus will you most likely attend: 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 Dual Enrollment Payment & FERPA Form. In your Admissions profile, click on MyAdmissions Profile at the top of the webpage. Next to your application you will see the status ACTION REQUIRED. If you do not, refresh your page. Click on the action VIEW. You will upload your completed High School Dual Enrollment Form or you can send to the email listed on the top of that form.

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 Pre-Registration Steps, then New Student Orientation. Sign in using your MyOCC username and password and click on New Student Orientation/Title IX. 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 and Sending Screenshots (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. The only course recommendation that will qualify a student for enrollment in the OTEC program is English 1510, Composition I. Upon completion of the self-placement module, the system will provide an English course recommendation.

• Log into MyOCC, select Pre-Registration Steps, select English Placement“
• Sign in using your MyOCC username and password.
• Click on the English Placement Module. Plan on taking about about 30 minutes to complete.

Assessment Screenshots Needed

• 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 after each assessment and save it.
• Be sure to complete the placement module and “Mark Course Completed” at the end.

Important: After assessment 2, which is 4 questions to complete, save a screenshot of the English course recommendation. After assessment 3, which is 10 questions to complete, save a screenshot.
 
Send the 2 screenshots (1 after assessments 2 and 1 after assessment 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.