New Student Running Start (RS) Admissions Process

• On the Admissions Application when prompted, select “First Year” not “Running Start”. 
• Do not select “Transitional Studies”.
• Do not use your High School email for the application.
• Use this link to Start Your Application .
• Note: You apply only once – current students do not need to reapply. 
• After the college processes your application, you will receive an email with your ctcLink student ID number and the next steps needed before you can enroll for classes. This includes:
  • Creating your NetID and BC email.
  • Completing the English and math placement process. 

Use this link for Step-by-Step Help with the Application process.

This step alerts the RS Office of your intent to join the RS program. This important step ensures our staff connects your admission application to your RS account. Use the button below to start the form.

All RS students must complete the Intent Form. Private and homeschool students must also take additional steps. See below.
*ATTENTION: It can take up to 10 business days for our office to process the form.

Use this Button to Access the RS Intent Form

Note: After you complete this step and step two below, the RS office sends you an email with information about your next steps. Allow up to ten business days for the office to send you this email – see step three below.

After you submit the RS Intent Form and the General Admission application, the RS Office sends you an email from our Running Start New Student email address. Check your junk mail or spam folder to make sure you do not miss it.

Allow ten business days for our office to send you this email and to process your forms after you complete both steps one and two.

You must complete all the steps listed in the email before you can enroll for classes.

• Your high school and the college use this form to track the number of credits you take.
  • Without this form the college charges you the full rate of tuition and fees, and
  • We cannot count you as a RS student. 
• Use this link to download the EVF in PDF Format.
  • Meet with your high school counselor to complete the EVF each quarter.
  • Make sure you complete all parts of the form, including all required signatures.
    • Leave the RS advisor signature blank
• Submit the form online using the link below. This process requires you to login with your NetID, and upload your EVF in PDF format.
  *ATTENTION: It can take up to 10 business days for our office to process the form.

Use this Button to Access the Site to Upload the EVF to the RS Office

Congratulations! You are now a Running Start Student.

• You must submit a completed and signed RS enrollment verification form each quarter, RS Enrollment Verification Form.
• Check your Bellevue College email account often (this is not your Canvas email). Your Bellevue College email account is the way we communicate all information to you.
• Remember, RS does not pay for classes below the 100 level (i.e., Math 099), or classes that exceed the number of allowed credits on your EVF.
• Fee Waiver: A Running Start student is considered low income and eligible for a fee waiver upon proof that the student meets federal eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price school meals, verification on the quarter RS enrollment verification form. Acceptable documentation of low-income status may also include:
• Student has been deemed eligible for free-reduced-price lunches in the past five years.
• Family income is equal to or less than 50 percent of the state median.
• Family income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
• Student receiving any state or federal assistance funds.
• Youth in Care
  Consumable supplies, textbooks, and other materials retained by the student are not within the definition of fees and therefore not subject to the mandatory low-income waiver provisions. Running Start Fee Waiver Form :: Running Start Forms (bellevuecollege.edu)
• Use this link for step-by-step instructions on How to Enroll for Classes. 
• After you enroll for classes, remember you must pay fees connected to the classes you take.
  • You must pay these fees by deadline for when tuition is due.
  • Check the Academic Calendar for deadlines to pay tuition and fees.
  • Some students may qualify for a fee waiver. See the fee waiver information above or in Step 1.

First Year Seminar (FYS) Transfer Degree Graduation Requirement

Advising Note: FYS is a graduation requirement for students who plan to complete an AAS-DTA (Associate in Arts and Sciences – Direct Transfer Agreement), and the transfer Associate Science Track I and II degrees. The college expects students to complete FYS in their first two quarters of enrollment.