9.2 OAAP Running Start Application without a Fee

Purpose: Use this document as a reference for completing an Online Admission Application Portal (OAAP) Running Start application without a fee in ctcLink.

Audience: Admissions staff, Running Start applicants

You can find the link to the Online Admissions Application on your college's website.

If you have already created a User Name and Password for the Online Admissions Application Portal (OAAP), you can enter your User Name and Password and finish completing your application.

If you have not created an account for OAAP, follow the instructions in the first two foldable sections of Users may not register more than one account per email address. Students can apply to more than one college using the same OAAP account.

If you are a returning student logging in with your ctcLink credentials and need to make corrections to your address, email, and phone information, you will need to do this in ctcLink before applying for admissions. If you do not remember your ctcLink account information, please contact the college directly.

Images shown in this reference guide may not reflect the current product as software updates may slightly alter these views.

  1. The Online Admissions Application Portal login page displays.
  2. Select the Login button.
Online Admissions Application login page
  1. The Login page displays.
  2. Enter your Username.
  3. Enter your Password.
  4. Select the I'm not a robot Captcha checkbox.
Login page
  1. The Captcha window displays.
  2. Select the correct images, then select the Verify button.
Captcha window
  1. The Captcha window disappears.
  2. Select the Login button.
Login page
  1. The Start A New Application page displays.
  2. Enter the appropriate information for
    1. College
    2. Admission Type - select "Running Start"
    3. Program
    4. Term
    5. Plan
    6. Sub-Plan  Sub-Plans are optional and not required to submit an Online Admissions Application successfully.
  3. Select the Apply button.
Start a New Application page

If you are a returning student logging in with your ctcLink credentials and need to make corrections to your address, email, and phone information, you will need to do this in ctcLink before applying for admissions. If you do not remember your ctcLink account information, please contact the college directly.

  1. The Personal Information page displays.  Review and update, if needed.
  2. Select the Next button.

The Legal Definition of Sex

Please enter the legal sex as denoted on this person's birth certificate or driver's license per WAC 246-490-075 or WAC 308-104-0150

Once the Personal Information section has been populated
  1. The High School Information page displays.  Review and update, if needed.
  2. Select the Next button.
Enter your highschool information and select Next in the lower right corner of the page
  1. The Ethnicity page displays.  Review and update, if needed.
  2. Select the Next button.
Enter ethnicity information
  1. The Supplemental Question page displays.
  2. Select your answer to each question via the drop-down.
  3. Select the Next button.
Populate Supplemental Questions fields
  1. The Review and Submit page displays.  Review it.
  2. Select the Yes, I accept checkbox.
  3. Select the Submit Now button.
Select the Yes, I accept checkbox before Submit Now
  1. A status window displays.
  2. Select the OK button.
Select ok after submission
  1. The Submitted Applications page displays.  Congratulations!
  2. Select your name in the upper-right hand corner of the page.
Submitted Applications page
  1. An actions menu displays.
  2. Select Log-out.
actions menu
  1. The Online Admissions Application Portal login page displays.
  2. Close all browser windows.
Online Admissions Application login page
  1. Process complete.

Please get in touch with your college if you require immediate assistance with ctcLink. Check out the contact information and highlights for each community and technical college.