Full-time Students
To be considered full-time, a student must register for a minimum of 12 credits. This can be a combination of career training course work and general education classes.
Allied Health Students
Students applying for entrance into the Dental Assisting, Dental Lab Technician, Denturist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Practical Nurse programs are required to submit official transcripts of any college-level credit they wish to transfer to Bates, to the Registration Office. Some of these programs have specific start dates. Contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Enrollment/Registration Policy
Students must enroll by the tenth day of each quarter. Persons over 16 may register subject to the conditions of Bates' enrollment/registration policy. If you are undecided about your program of study, consider attending a Career Education Information Session or contact the Admissions Office. More information: 253.680.7002, www.BatesTech.edu/Information-Sessions.
Placement
There are two basic ways to complete Math and English placement requirements. You can complete Option A: upload documents for previous test scores or unofficial transcripts, or you can complete Option B: complete a self-guided placement process for a current assessment of your skills. Choose one option.
To get started, please complete the Placement Plan Form. After completing this form, return to this page to complete Option A or Option B.
Option A
Upload your documents into the Placement Plan form linked above for previous tests scores (Accuplacer, Smarter Balance, ACT or SAT), unofficial high school or college transcripts, GED certificate in preparation for your mandatory advising appointment. Accuplacer, Smarter Balance, unofficial high school transcripts, and GED certificates are valid within the last 2 years only.
Option B
Depending upon your academic background, you may need to complete a self-guided placement process for Math and/or English for a current assessment of your skills. Note: Each of these resources is designed to assess current skills and will include opportunities to review and refresh your skills.
- Math Bootcamp and Assessment
- English Directed Self-Placement
Once you complete these processes, your results will be forwarded to you and your career advisor who will assist in placing you at the correct level in your required general education courses to receive your degree or credential.
Official college transcripts: This two-part process requires you to submit an official transcript from your previous institutions to have applicable earned credit applied to your career program. See our Transfer Student page for more information including completion of the Credit Evaluation Form.
Attendance Policy
The college retains the right to fill a vacant seat during the first 10 days from the beginning of each quarter. Consequently, if a student fails to attend class during the first three days of the quarter, the faculty member may withdraw that student in order to allow another student to enroll. Bates has a goal of 100 percent attendance, the standard for employees in industry, and students are expected to attend class each time it meets. Individual faculty members will state class attendance expectations in the course syllabi.
If a student has a break in enrollment for a career education program, upon their return, they must complete the requirements for the most recent curriculum. If there is a curriculum change to a program while a student is continuously enrolled, it is the student's choice as to whether they complete the new curriculum or the curriculum they started under.
Withdrawals
Students must self-withdraw in the Registration Office. Students unable to present themselves to the Registration Office must submit their withdrawal in writing. Students can send an email from their Bates email address. The tuition refund policy will be effective when the withdrawal paperwork is received by the Registration Office.
Student Absence for Faith or Conscience
Students are entitled up to two excused absences for reasons of faith or conscience or for organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization during each calendar year.
- Students’ grades may not be adversely impacted by absences authorized under this policy.
- Students must make up the work missed during the absence.
- Students must notify the college in writing within the first two weeks of the course in which they are requesting an absence under this policy.
- Each day taken will be counted as a full day and cannot be divided and taken incrementally over multiple days.
The college shall make no judgement about the legitimacy of reasons of faith or conscience.
Absence for Short-Term Military Assignments
Per RCW 28B.10.270, students called to active duty for a period of 30 days or less may not be penalized for missed class time and must be provided the opportunity to make up work, labs, and exams within a reasonable period of time and without prejudice after they return. The student may not be dropped for non-attendance and no grade for the student’s work may be issued until the student has been given the opportunity to make up the work and/or participation. Written verification that the person is being, or has been, ordered to service must be provided to the college prior to leaving for active duty. If the student is ordered to active duty for more than 30 days is entitled to withdraw from any courses with tuition and fees credited back to their account or receive an incomplete grade and allowed to complete the course upon release from active duty under the college incomplete course procedures.