Summer 2024 Running Start (RS) Program

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 5 business days for our office to process the form.

Use this Button to Access the RS Intent Form

Emails will be sent out during the week of March 4th 2024*

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 5 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 Summer EVF in PDF Format.
  • Meet with your high school counselor to complete the Summer 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.

After submitting the RS Summer EVF you should receive a email directed to your BC email confirming your submission.

*It can take up to 5 business days for our office to process the form.

ATTENTION:

For Fall, Winter, or Spring Quarter Submissions please refer to these procedures. This submission form is only for Summer Quarter.

• New Student Procedures
• Current Student Procedures

Our Running Start New Student Orientation (RS-NSO) is designed to help students achieve success at Bellevue College. This is a one-time, mandatory requirement to be completed before a student can enroll/register for classes.

There is a block/hold on the students account which prevents enrolling/registering for classes until the
RS-NSO step is completed. The Running Start Office will review the students completed RS-NSO within a week’s time after completion and then remove the block/hold. 

New students will need to self-register and complete the RS-NSO. Please access this link to register for the RS-NSO https://bc.instructure.com/enroll/YXPGH9.

The RS-NSO course modules will appear in your CANVAS classroom shell once registered. If you need help on how to access CANVAS, please look to https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/canvas/.

• 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 Summer 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 and Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL).

Acceptable documentation of low-income status may also include:

• Student has been deemed eligible for free/reduced 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 Two

• 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 Summer EVF in PDF Format.
  • Meet with your high school counselor to complete the EVF each Summer Quarter you plan to attend.
  • 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 Summer EVF in PDF format.

After submitting the RS Summer EVF you should receive a email directed to your BC email confirming your submission.

*Specific eligibility will be determined after the Running Start Summer EVF is submitted and processed. Please allow 5 business days for processing. Responses will begin being sent out by March 8th 2024.

Summer quarter Running Start is available at all post-secondary institutions
offering Running Start for 10th, 11th grade students who will be considered 11th and 12th grade students the following school year.

All students must completed a RS Summer EVF in order to qualify for funding.

Funding for Summer Quarter is based on if the student have not reached the combined 1.4 FTE limit and the 1.0 FTE limit at the High school in the previous school year prior to the Summer Quarter the student plans to attend.

The student high school counselor will determine if the student has any funding available for the Summer Quarter by completing the RS Summer EVF. Once the students high school has closed for summer break The student will not be able to attend for Summer Quarter.

Graduating and non-graduating 12th graders eligibility will be determined after the Running Start Summer EVF is submitted and processed. Please allow 5 business days for processing. Responses will begin being sent out by March 8th 2024.

See below for specific guidelines for eligibility

New students or returning students currently in the 10th or 11th grade becoming 11th graders or 12th graders the following school year are eligible for a maximum of 10 college credits. Specific funding amount is dependent on the RS Summer EVF submitted.

12th Graders graduating or not from their high school will need to be review after the student submits the RS Summer EVF.

Below is some specific guidelines for each situation.

10th Graders

• Follow the new student process located on this webpage.

11th Graders

• If Summer Quarter is the students first quarter enrollment follow the new student process
• If the student attended Running Start in a previous quarter follow the Returning and Continuing Student Process located on this webpage

12th Graders

• If Summer Quarter is the students first quarter enrollment follow the new student process located on this webpage
• If the student attended Running Start in a previous quarter follow the Returning and Continuing Student Process located on this webpage
• If the student does not qualify for the traditional funding the student may be eligible for “After-Exit” Funding. Review After-Exit Seniors below

*Specific eligibility will be determined after the Running Start Summer EVF is submitted and processed. Please allow 5 business days for processing. Responses will begin being sent out by March 8th 2024.

Who Is Eligible?

• Graduating Class of 2024 Seniors who have graduated high school by end of June 2024  and are within 15 credits of an associate degree may enroll in summer quarter Running Start. For graduating students, enrollment is limited to community and technical colleges and only the courses required to complete an associate degree, up to a maximum of 15 college credits.
• Non-graduating students who have met the 1.40 Annual Average Full-Time Equivalent (AAFTE) limit during the standard school year or non-graduating 5th year (or beyond) seniors who have reached maximum enrollment over multiple 12th grade years are also eligible and may enroll at any institution offering Running Start for a maximum of 10 college credits.

Forms Needed to Request Funding:

• “After-Exit” Running Start Declaration of Intent Form | Summer 2024 must be completed by the High School or District Designated Staff.
• Graduating Seniors within 15 credits of earning Associate degree must also include a Degree progress report showing student is within 15 credits of completing degree by end of Summer 2024. 

Both completed and signed forms must be sent to runningstartsummer@bellevuecollege.edu. Please note once your high school is closed for summer break you will not be able to complete the process. The deadline to submit all Running Start summer quarter forms is June 10, 2024, by 5pm.

Please allow 3 business days for our office to review and process forms submitted – a response will be sent to students’ BC email account.

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.

Use this link to access a list of all available Resources and Services

Running Start student are welcome to view our Advising and Educational Planning webpage to get assistance with academic advising and educational planning.

Please review and understand the RS General Rules and Information by reviewing the webpage

For questions about the summer RS program, please email us at: runningstartsummer@bellevuecollege.edu.

Bellevue College and our office are open all summer. This includes our support services.