Dual enrollment is for K-12 students who wish to take college classes in addition to their K-12 courses. The goal is
to provide students who can benefit from advanced scholastic and vocational education the opportunity to take
college-level courses that are not available through their primary school or other alternatives.

• Apply
  • Apply for admission to Ventura College
• Portal & Orientation: Activate your portal & complete orientation
  • Portal
    • Your acceptance email will be sent to the email you used to create your OpenCCC Account when you applied. 
    • The acceptance email contains a link to set up the portal
    • Click on the link to activate your MyVCCCD student portal after your acceptance email is received
    • Sometimes the acceptance email goes to an "Important," "Other," or "Junk" folder
    • View this How-to-Video for assistance setting up your portal.
  • Orientation
    • Complete the orientation online through your MyVCCCD portal under the MySuccess tab
    • https://www.venturacollege.edu/departments/student-services/admissions-and-records/dual-enrollment-k-12

• Apply to the CCCRegistry
• Receive welcome email to your personal email used to apply - (note: do not use a high school emailaccount, it must be a personal email, set one up for free on Gmail, yahoo, iCloud, etc., or you won’t receive the welcome email).
• Set up student portal & access Ventura College
• Apply to Ventura College Link & Video
  • Application - https://www.venturacollege.edu/apply-and-enroll 
  • Video - https://www.venturacollege.edu/video-tutorials

How long does the entire dual enrollment process take from application to registration? The entire process can take anywhere from 24 hours to 7 business days.

• Application – 24-48 hours
• DE Form [submission-processing] 24 hours – 5 business days depending on Counselor\Principal and Parent\Guardian for approvals. Forms are processed in the order received.
• Registration – students register themselves via the MyVCCCD student portal once their Dual Enrollment form has been processed, watch your MyVCCCD student email for a notification.
• Pay any balance due, to lock-in registration.

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