You support your students step-by-step as they navigate high school. Now, it’s time to get them ready for post-secondary college and careers. Set them up for a successful start at Oakton College.
Routes Students Can Take
Oakton offers two ways for high school students to earn college credit.
Dual Credit: Oakton collaborates with partner high schools across the district area to offer college-level classes to eligible, driven high school students. Our dual credit courses are taught in high school classrooms by Oakton-approved high school teachers.
Concurrent Enrollment: Oakton's Concurrent Enrollment Program allows high school juniors and seniors with a minimum cumulative GPA of C or higher to take one college class per semester on one of our campuses or online.
A great way to explore students' interests, skills and strengths is by taking our Career Coach Assessment. It is a short online quiz, backed by research and connected to Oakton's offerings.
The Office of Admission can support the student, and you (their advocate), with starting and completing their application. For example, they can reset account passwords.
Once applied, the student can reach out to the Enrollment Center to learn more about next-steps, and how to submit documents like the proof of residency, transcripts and test scores.
The student will receive an Application Submission Confirmation Email that contains a link to the New Student Portal.
Within 24 hours lookout for a “Welcome to Oakton” email that contains the student’s ID number (starting with B) and myOakton login information.
Your student's next step will be to complete an online orientation. They will need their student ID number (B number). This entails a 45 minute video and a quiz that requires they pass with eight out of ten (multiple attempts are allowed).
This is required for degree and certificate seeking students. Visiting students are strongly encouraged to complete it.
To help your student determine whether or not they will need to take a placement test, you can view placement testing information. For strategies on how to prepare and ways to test, please visit this page: testing for new students.
Note: Oakton requires a seven semester transcript for placement
Your student will attend an Academic Advising and Registration workshop or appointment to get their classes set-up for their starting semester.
“In high school, I was pretty sure I wanted to continue my education, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do community college. After hearing about how Oakton’s Emory Williams Academy for Black Men program could connect me with people who share similar experiences, Oakton became a ‘for sure’ in my mind.”
Sanele Stewart
“During quarantine, I thought about what I wanted to do after high school and I still didn’t know. I kept seeing a bunch of nursing TikToks and I realized I could really help people and make an impact if I became a nurse. My counselor told me I could enroll in Oakton's Basic Nurse Assistant Training (BNAT) while I was still in high school and really guided me into the path of nursing. I’m so grateful to my counselor."
Elizabeth Perez
"Oakton's a small college where you get to interact with teachers and a lot of them are experienced in a lot of different industries. They love what they do and they have a lot of knowledge to pass on to us. You can learn a lot and have hands-on experience even though it’s not a huge university. There are more opportunities than you think socially for clubs and lots of opportunities for career development and internship opportunities.”
Victor Leca
“The Asian American and Pacific Islander community want to know more about our roots, and we want to connect with our culture. At Oakton, there are so many cultural groups and clubs that help students do just that... Coming to Oakton, I really found my people... I’m still growing and developing, but my experiences here have helped amplify my voice and given me confidence in becoming a leader.”
