College in the High School Admissions

All students need to fill out a CiHS registration request each academic year that they are enrolled in CiHS articulated courses with SPSCC. The registration request opens in September each academic year for students, see the important dates above for specific deadlines. If you are taking more than one SPSCC CiHS course, you will fill out this form for EACH course you are enrolled in.

CiHS Registration Form

If you have completed CiHS courses with SPSCC in the past, you can skip this step. If you will be a brand new CiHS student at SPSCC (or have taken CiHS classes with other colleges other than SPSCC), you need to fill out an Admissions Application to create your student account with us. We cannot register a student for CiHS classes without an active SPSCC application.

Admissions Application

Need help filling out the Admissions Application? View our College in the High School Admissions Application Guide.

CiHS Admissions Guide

Once your registration request (and admissions application) has been processed, we will notify your CiHS instructor and they will have access to your CTC Link ID number.

If this is your first SPSCC dual-credit class, you need to activate your two student accounts: your ctcLink account and your ClipperID.

These accounts give you access to resources and support virtually and on the SPSCC campus, including the ability to view your college transcript once you complete classes.

Activate Your Student Accounts

If the course you have applied for has a prerequisite, you must meet this prerequisite before we can enroll you.

We will check with your high school for any acceptable documentation. If you do not have any documentation we can use, you will need to place by taking the appropriate English Guided Self Placement (English GSP) or Math Placement WAMAP exam.

Placement Options

We will register you for any CiHS courses you have applied for and meet the prerequisite for.

Your high school instructor will receive a list of registered students prior to the registration deadline. If you have not completed all the necessary steps by the deadline, you will not be enrolled for college credit. You will still receive high school credit for the class and will only be graded toward the high school rubrics for the class.

If you have questions about things like which courses to take, pathways, prerequisites, and credit transferability, please talk to your Educational and Career Planner at SPSCC or your high school counselor. You can meet with your Educational Planner during walk in advising (Zoom or in person) or by scheduling an appointment.

CiHS Drop Requests

The student, high school instructor, or high school CiHS coordinator can request a course drop via the CiHS Drop Request form online. This must be completed by the drop deadline.

Exception to Drop

Students may request an exception to drop after the Census Day only when the circumstance for the request is one of the following:

• Student is moving and/or withdrawing from the high school
• Student is suspended from the high school and not allowed access to the high school campus for more than two weeks.
• Circumstance is due to extended illness, death of an immediate family member, military service, hardship or when there is documented evidence of institutional error.
• Circumstance is due to a health pandemic or natural disaster forcing closure of the high school for more than two weeks.

If an exception to drop is approved, the student’s enrollment will be dropped and they will not receive a transcribed grade from SPSCC. The student’s high school transcript will be impacted based on the local high school policies for grades. 

As a CiHS student you have access to all the same resources and support that our regular college students do! All services and resources are FREE to you as a student and many can be accessed virtually as well as in person. You can use the Library Learning Support Centers (tutoring centers), meet with an Educational Planner and more. Check out all your resources on the Services & Support page.

Students have two accounts that they need to activate and use as a CiHS student.

ctcLink account:  Your ctcLink account is accessed by using an nine-digit number that is assigned to you when you apply to SPSCC or any community college in Washington state.  CiHS students use this account to look at their course history and unofficial transcript.  You can also update your email and mailing address from this account.

If you do not know your ctcLink ID number, you can email runningstart@spscc.edu and provide your first and last name, date of birth and name of the high school you attended (or are currently enrolled in).

If you need to reset your ctcLink password, you can do so by following the instructions on the Reset my ctcLink Password page. 

Clipper ID:  Your Clipper ID is your SPSCC email address.  CiHS students use their Clipper ID to take the SPSCC English Guided Self Placement and WAMAP math exams for placement in CiHS courses with English and Math prerequisites.

If you are unsure of your Clipper ID, you can email runningstart@spscc.edu and provide your first and last name, date of birth and name of the high school you attended (or are currently enrolled in).

If you need to recover your Clipper ID password, you can do so by entering in your Clipper ID on the Password Recovery page.  

Need more help?  Connect with the IT Services Help Desk

Students can access their unofficial transcript at any time after their first course is completed and graded at SPSCC. To get to your unofficial transcript, you will log into ctcLink. Unofficial transcripts are free and a great way to look at your CiHS course history.

In order to have official transcripts sent to other colleges and universities, military recruiters or employers, you will need to order your transcripts through the National Student Clearing house (NSC). Official transcripts cost money to send, so please wait until your final grades have posted for your last class(es) before ordering!

More information and links to log in for unofficial and official transcripts are available on the Transcripts page.

As a college student there are other important things to know about how your parents can access your records, services you have available to you and more!  Please check out the Dual Credit Programs FAQs & Records Information page for more detailed information.