You must complete each of the following requirements by their respective deadlines (listed on the scholarship application):

1. Apply for admission to South Seattle Community College online at https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx and receive your SID (Student Identification Number)
2. Complete the 13th Year Promise Scholarship application form
3. Attend the SSCC Financial Aid/FAFSA literacy workshop at your high school
4. Attend the College Goal Sunday ( FAFSA filing assistance) event at your school to submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
5. Complete your SSCC Financial Aid File by the Fall Quarter deadline
6. Attend a Seattle Community College COMPASS Prep Workshop
7. Complete the COMPASS placement test
8. Schedule an appointment to meet with an Advisor and register as a full-time student for Fall Quarter during New Student Enrollment
9. Graduate from Chief Sealth or Cleveland High School in June 2012
10. Attend the SSCC Bridge Orientation from September 11th - 13th, 2012

The scholarship covers tuition for one year (fall, winter, and spring quarters).  The 13th Year Scholarship is a "last dollar scholarship," meaning that any eligible financial aid will be applied first, and then the 13th Year Scholarship will cover any remaining unpaid tuition.  The scholarship only covers the first three quarters (fall, winter, and spring) attended at South Seattle Community College and cannot be dispersed or "saved" for summer quarter or future quarters at South.  If you do not attend South during any of the three quarters, the scholarship cannot be recovered.

Note that the scholarship does not cover additional fees or textbooks.  You can see current tuition and fee rates listed at http://www.southseattle.edu/services/tuition.htm.  Note that these expenses may be covered by financial aid or other resources available at SSCC.

The scholarship will cover credit-bearing programs at South Seattle Community College such as college transfer, technical/professional programs, as well as non-credit ESL ABE.  As long as you are enrolled as a full-time student between 12 and 15 credits each quarter and maintain satisfactory academic progress you may receive the scholarship.  The scholarship will not cover apprenticeship programs.

If you are a student that is participating in running Start, you may still apply for the 13th Year Scholarship and can receive it until you earn your Associate's Degree.

Running Start students must complete all scholarship requirements including taking the COMPASS Placement test if you tested over 2 years ago or if you did not test into college-level English or Math courses.  Please see Program Coordinator for more details.

The COMPASS is a computer-based test that is used to place you in the appropriate level courses based on your reading, writing, and math skills.  You must take this test in order to attend South Seattle Community College (similar to taking the SAT or ACT to attend universities).  To receive the 13th Year Scholarship, you must complete the test by the deadline (to be announced).

To receive the scholarship you must attend a COMPASS Prep workshop before you take the COMPASS test.  Free waivers for the COMPASS test are available after you attend the COMPASS Prep workshop.  If you do not place into college-level courses your first time testing, you must enroll in a series of COMPASS Improvement Workshops and retake the COMPASS after you complete these workshops.

You are saving time and money by preparing for the COMPASS test.  If you score into college-level courses, you will not have to take remedial courses which may take multiple quarters to complete before reaching college-level courses and you will save that much more in tuition costs.   For more information regarding the COMPASS Test and study resources, please see the SSCC Student Assessment Office's website
http://www.southseattle.edu/sas/placement.htm#COMPASS and http://beforeyoutest.org/.

Contact Chase Magliocca (13th Year Promise Scholarship Coordinator) with any of your unanswered questions regarding the 13th Year Scholarship.

Phone (206) 934-5204
Fax (206) 934-7947
Email Chase.Magliocca@seattlecolleges.edu