Admission Guidelines

• Residency: students must reside within one of our seven associate school districts. Please contact us for more information.

• Students who have completed one year of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum must have earned five overall credits prior to starting at Tolles, with a minimum of four Ohio Core Credits, which must include Algebra 1.

  Students who have completed two years of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum must have earned ten overall credits prior to starting at Tolles, with a minimum of seven Ohio Core Credits, which must include Algebra 1.

  Students who have completed three years of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum must have earned twelve overall credits overall prior to entering Tolles, with a minimum of ten Ohio Core Credits, which must include Algebra 1.

  Ohio Core Credits include all academic courses specified as Ohio minimum graduation requirements in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

• Confirmation Letter: students must receive a Confirmation of Acceptance Letter, notifying them a seat has been secured within their Primary Program of Choice.

Students are required to complete our online application system. The online application is simple and brief, but students must:

• Have a parent/guardian or counselor/transition coordinator present to complete the application;
• Select only ONE (1) Program of Choice

While Tolles accepts applications on a rolling basis, students are encouraged to apply within the Priority Enrollment period of Dec. 1, 2022 - Jan. 16, 2023. This will increase your chances of being accepted, and it will also allow you to plan your schedule in February with your counselor after you receive notification of acceptance. Students are strongly encouraged to apply during the priority application window as there are limited spots available per program. Please note, it is not first to apply, first to be accepted. All applications will be processed at the same time after the January 16th priority window deadline.

Students complete and submit an application online at TollesTech.com. Partner schools provide the transcripts for applicants.

Application Timeline: 

Notification: 

Any application submitted within the Priority Application Window will receive an admission decision for enrollment in the CTE program by mid-February. Any applications submitted after January 16 will receive an admission decision as soon as all priority applications have been processed. Students will receive one of the following decisions:

Lottery System Process/Oversubscribed Program Procedure:

The lottery system will go into effect if eligible applications for a program go over the number of seats available. Tolles will use an electronic system to randomly select eligible applications. If the applicant earns a spot in the program, they will be notified and must claim their seat within two weeks.

Once seats are filled in a program eligible applications will be on a waitlist. Students on the waitlist will be in the order of their lottery number. Any student that has applied during the Priority Application Window will hold their placement on the waitlist and it will not change as other students apply after the priority application window closes.

Priority Application Acceptance:

Acceptances to CTE programs will be processed in the following priority order. Tolles will utilize the Oversubscribed Program Procedure when necessary:

1. Current students enrolled in the Tolles Sophomore Academy program on main campus earning a “C” or better and meet the credit requirements corresponding to their years enrolled in high school.

2. Students who have completed two years of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum and meet the corresponding credit requirements. (Incoming juniors)

3. Current Level 1 students enrolled at the Tolles campus applying to a new Program, are passing their current program, and meet credit requirements corresponding to their years enrolled in high school. 

4. Students who have completed one year of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum and meet the corresponding credit requirements. (Incoming sophomores)

5. Students who have completed three years of full-time enrollment in an approved high school curriculum and meet the corresponding credit requirements. (Incoming seniors)

Additional Information:

Cosmetology: Students may only enroll in this program in 11th grade due to licensure requirements.

Firefighting/EMT: Students may only enroll in this program in 11th grade due to licensure requirements.

Lottery System Process/Oversubscribed Program Procedure:

The lottery system will go into effect if eligible applications for a program go over the number of seats available. Tolles will use an electronic system to randomly select eligible applications. If the applicant earns a spot in the program, they will be notified and  

 must claim their seat within two weeks.

Once seats are filled in a program eligible applications will be on a waitlist. Students on the waitlist will be in the order of their lottery number. Any student that has applied during the Priority Application Window will hold their placement on the waitlist and it will not change as other students apply after the priority application window closes.

1. Applications submitted after the Priority Application Deadline and meet a credit status in the Application Process list, will be ranked by highest-to-lowest cumulative grade point average (GPA) and processed by a date established by Tolles.

2. Applications submitted that do not meet a credit status in Application Process list will be ranked by highest-to-lowest cumulative grade point average (GPA) and processed by a date established by Tolles according to program availability.

We encourage students to make the decision to attend Tolles for the following reasons:

• You want to get a jump start on college or career;
• You want to develop a hirable skill to help you work through college lowering student debt;
• You want to be able to work on real-life projects on a daily basis in our career-tech labs;
• You enjoy working with your hands and movement in the classroom and you are bored with desk learning;
• You want to have the opportunity to develop leadership, public speaking, teamwork, and workplace skills to prepare you for the future;
• You want to save money on college or earn a higher wage while entering the workforce;
• You want to have the opportunity to earn college credits or industry credentials while in high school.

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