Early College Application Process

You will need time to submit a complete Early College application. The application includes a student-written essay for each school, recommendations from the ELA teacher, the math teacher and a school administrator or school counselor, plus two years of prior grades, current grades, and two years of prior standardized test scores.  

Application Process

1. The application period begins on Oct. 14 and ends on Dec. 14. Applications are not first-come, first-served.
2. If you are not already enrolled, you need to enroll in your base school for your address. Find your base school.
3. You can start your enrollment forms online at wcpss.net/enroll
4. Once enrolled, create your parent account at earlycolleges.wcpss.net/apply. You must have an active student ID number to create an account. 
5. You will complete your application in the parent account. You may apply to any early college for which you are eligible.
6. You will be notified of the results in mid-February 2022. View Early College selection priorities.
7. If you are selected you will be automatically assigned to that school. If you are not selected, you will be placed on a non-numeric waiting list, known as an applicant pool, for your first-choice school only. 

Information About Magnet and Early College Applications

• You may apply to both Early Colleges and magnet and year-round schools.
• The Early College application will be processed first.
• If the student is selected for the Early College, the student will be assigned to the Early College and the magnet/year-round applicaton will not be processed.
• If the student is not selected for the Early College, the student will be assigend to the applicant pool (a non-numeric waiting list) for the Early College and the magnet/year-round application will be processed.
• You may be seated at your first choice magnet school and that would be your new assigned school.
• If not, it is possible to be placed in the applicant pool for both your first choice Early College and your first choice magnet/year-round school. You will be notified if you receive a seat at either. 
• Applicant pools will be processed in the spring to fill any vacant seats.