 Hi and welcome to Highline College. This video will take you to the steps of the online application for admissions. Admissions is open to any individual who is at least 18 years of age. Admissions is granted to those under the age of 18 who have completed high school. Others under the age of 18 are admitted conditionally based upon their participation in one of our high school programs. Admissions is a one-time process. Highline is an open door campus. All are welcome. The admissions department is responsible for all highline admissions except for international students. Pre-college studies which include ABE, GED and ESL as well as continuing education students do not require admission. To begin with the application for admission click on apply for admission. You are now at the Web Admissions Center. Click on the quick start instructions. The quick start instructions is an overview of what to expect. You will need to set up a web admissions account, the six short sections of the application and submit your completed application. Let's get started on creating your account. Click on return to main menu and select set up my web admissions account. Account set up. Enter your name, type in your first and last name, create a user ID. Your user ID can be a combination of letters and numbers but must be at least 4 to 16 characters long. Create a password. Your password can be a combination of letters and numbers but must be at least 8 to 16 characters long. Verify the password. In the event that you forget your user ID or password, entering your mother's maiden name as well as entering your date of birth will recover your information. Click submit. Your account has now been created and you can continue on to the admissions process. Personal information. Recreate your unique student record using the information you provide us in the section. Name. Please make sure to use your legal name. If you currently have a Highline SID, use the same name that is already on your record. Please contact registration and records for name changes. Address. The system only allows 24 characters, spaces included for your address including your apartment letter or number. Phone number. Please enter your day and evening phone number. Email. We encourage you to provide your email address. You'll get your welcome letter faster if you do. Social security number. Highline does not require you to have or provide a social security number or ITIN. If you have one, we encourage you to provide it because it helps us to verify identity. Also, a social security number is required for financial aid. Click save and continue. Course of study. Highline uses the information in this section to know what your plans are as well as to inform our general planning. Please indicate the quarter and year you plan to start as well as the preferred time of class attendance. Intendent major. Please indicate what it is you plan on studying here at Highline and if you are planning on transferring to a four-year university or not. If you are truly undecided at this moment, type Undecided. We encourage you to talk to an advisor or research our available programs at our online catalog. If you are applying for financial aid, the program you tell them must be the same as the program on your student record. Click save and continue. Residency information. The information in this section helps us to determine what tuition rate you are eligible for. Question one. If you've been in Washington for the last 12 months and you don't have conflicting information such as a driver's license that connects you to another state, say yes. Question two. Next we are determining if you are a dependent or independent. If you will be claimed as a dependent on your parents or legal guardians taxes. If you were claimed or you also claimed last year. Finally, is the person who is claiming you a resident of the state of Washington as we described for question number one. Question three. Are you receiving financial support that requires you to be a resident of another state and not Washington? If you are not receiving financial support that requires you to be a resident of that state, say no. Question four. Are you in the US military or Washington National Guard and serving in Washington State? Or are you the spouse or dependent of a US military or Washington National Guard? The next two questions just tell us more about you. The first wants to know if you've been in the Washington State foster care system. And the second wants to know if you want more information about possible benefits as a US veteran and or a dependent of a US veteran. Click save and continue. Race and citizenship. This section reflects the US interest in knowing who by cultural background is accessing and or seeking higher educational opportunities. Question one is voluntary. This form uses the term race when sometimes it probably means ethnicity. However, if you like, tell us which group or groups you most strongly identify with or feel membership in. Question two is voluntary as well. This question asks if you are of Spanish or Hispanic origin. If so, please make sure to identify which Spanish and or Hispanic origins you most identify with. Question three, what is your citizenship status? If not a US citizen, please indicate which option best describes your status here in the US. No matter what your status is, you are welcome to attend Highline. Click save and continue. Testing information. In the US, people complete high school by earning a diploma or by taking a test called GED. If you have taken the GED test, say yes. If you have passed the GED test, please indicate at least the date earned and or place earned. The GED or high school diploma is required to receive financial aid. Some colleges require students to score at a certain level on tests like asset SAT and ACT. Highline doesn't, but if you have taken any of these tests, you are welcome to include it. Click save and continue. Academic history. We need to know if you attended high school and if you did, where, when, and if you completed. For Running Start students, click no and indicate the highest grade completed. We also need to know the same information about any college or university's post-secondary experience you have. Click save and continue. Submit application. You are now presented with a list of colleges. Make sure to find Highline College and click the box to the left. Scroll down and click submit at the bottom of the page. After submitting your application, a message will pop up saying it was sent and your application is now pending for approval. Please allow the admissions up to five business days for processing. After your application has been processed, your welcome letter will be sent electronically if you provided your email address. If not, it will be sent in the mail. Click log out at the top left and click close to exit. If for any reason you will need to access your application again, you can do so by clicking on log in to the web admissions center from this screen. All that's required to log in is your user ID and password. Thank you for watching and welcome to Highline.