Summer Running Start
Earn college credits when you take SPSCC classes this summer. Current and new Running Start students are welcome to join!
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two opportunities available for currently enrolled (2022-2023 academic year) Running Start students to receive summer Running Start funds:
1. Non-graduating 11th and 12th-grade students who have not reached the combined 1.20 AAFTE limit during the 2022-2023 school year can register for credit equivalent to the remaining FTE available. To see if you qualify, work with your high school counselor to fill out the Summer Running Start Enrollment Verification Form.
Summer Running Start Enrollment Verification Form
Once completed, the Summer RSEVF must be turned into SPSCC for processing. Forms are due by June 13, 2023 to qualify for funding. Students that qualified during this academic year for fee waiver will have their fee waiver applied for summer.
2. Graduating 2023 seniors who reached the 1.20 AAFTE limit during the 2022-2023 school year and are within 15 credits or less of completing an associate degree may register only for those courses needed to complete their degree. Students qualify if they took 15 credits every quarter (fall 2022, winter 2023, and spring 2023) at SPSCC or if they took a combined 1.20 FTE between the high school and the college. To have your FTE evaluated, fill out the “After-Exit” Running Start Declaration of Intent Form and the Dual Credit Residency Update Application.
After-Exit Running Start Declaration of Intent Form
Once completed, the “After-Exit” and Dual Credit Residency update forms must be turned into SPSCC for processing. Email completed forms to runningstart@spscc.edu or bring them to the Start Here counter in Building 22 on the Olympia Campus. Forms are due by June 13, 2023 to qualify for funding. Students that qualified during this academic year for fee waiver will have their fee waiver applied for summer.
There is no summer assistance available for incoming new Running Start students for summer 2023. New Running Start students are welcome to take summer courses paying tuition and fees out of pocket.
SPSCC registers summer and fall quarter together, so make sure you are planning and registering for both quarters.
Students do not need to do the Under Age 18 enrollment request for summer when they will be a Running Start student for the fall. Follow the admissions and registration steps for Running Start to register for both your summer and fall classes.