Enrollment Process

• Schedule an Appointment: Call 248-341-2270 to schedule an appointment with an OCC counselor. This appointment must occur between March 13 and March 20.

• Complete the Registration Form: Your registration form must be filled out, signed, and sent to Dr. McKay by March 20, 2026, to qualify for priority scheduling

• During Your Appointment: At your counseling appointment, you will complete an "OCC Registration/Adjustment Request" form.

• Form Submission: Either the student or the OCC counselor signs the form, then emails it to amanda.mckay@oakland.k12.mi.us.

• Processing: Dr. McKay will forward the Registration/Adjustment Request form to OCC registration for final processing

• Watch the ACE Registration Video

• Next Steps After the Meeting:
  Using the information provided in the meeting, complete the OCC Registration/Adjustment Request form.

• Once filled out and signed, email it to amanda.mckay@oakland.k12.mi.us by March 20. You are not registered for OCC classes until you hear back from Dr. McKay via email that registration was successful.

When registering for OCC classes you will need to know your high school, activities, family schedule, and which Seminar you will attend.

High School Schedule

11^th grade students attend high school hours 1-3 and are typically done with high school by 10:30AM.

Activities

If you participate in clubs or sports determine practice and game times to the best of your ability.

Student and Family Schedule

You may have a job or participate in activities that constrain your time for OCC classes. If you are dependent on your family for rides to OCC then ask them in advance what times, days and locations they cannot transfer you to.

Overall Schedule

Create a weekly schedule for your Fall 2025 (late August-mid December) Junior school year given the commitments of which you are aware. Use the template below to block out times you are not available.

Choose Seminar Locations and Times:

A requirement of the program is that you attend Seminar one day per week. See the example Seminar schedule from 2025-26 school year below:

Select which Seminar you will attend using the seminar selection form.

Seminar times and locations for Fall 2026 will come soon.

Note that once a Seminar section is full (25 students) it will be removed from the form.

*The OSTC SW Seminar location is available to students from Clarenceville, Farmington, Huron Valley, Novi, South Lyon, Walled Lake, and West Bloomfield districts who are affected by the OCC Highland Lakes closure.

Choose classes that are of high interest to you and align with your preferred career and college and that will transfer to a four-year university.

Oakland ACE students traditionally begin their experience taking classes that meet the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) and in an Associates of Arts Degree.

Review the MTA classes and consider those that align with your future interests

You will take 6-7 credits per semester in the 11th grade year.

If you want to take Math during your first year of the program, you must take the OCC ALEKS placement test. You will need several weeks to take the ALEKS practice test and take ALEKS. This must be done prior to registering for classes.

When possible, you must take 15-week classes. If the course is not offered in a 15-week format you may register for a 12-week course. 12-week courses are the same amount of material but with three less weeks to complete. Courses that are 10 or 8 weeks in length are not options for first year ACE students.

Choose classes from OCC’s Schedule of Classes

You may take courses at any OCC campus or online. Be mindful of the course you are choosing as the location of the course is in the course number. For example:

ENG 1510-A1501:  

ENG 1510 is the course code.
A1501 is the section number.
The 15 means the course is 15 weeks (full semester) in length.
The A stands for Auburn Hills (O-Orchard Ridge; R-Royal Oak; S-Southfield)

Students are encouraged to take in person classes unless you have a history of successful online learning.

Once you select the classes you want to register for, you complete the “OCC Registration/Adjustment Request” form.

Once the form is complete, email it to Dr. McKay at amanda.mckay@oakland.k12.mi.us

Please note that there will be a pause in enrollment from March 1 to March 22 as we process priority registration students and assess the remaining seat availability. Students may continue to submit enrollment online during this period. After March 23, we will notify students if we are able to proceed with their enrollment based on available seats. Enrollment decisions will follow a first-come, first-served process and are contingent upon meeting all enrollment criteria, with a maximum of 150 seats allocated for the program.