Student Resources

Log into Canvas using your Bates Network Credentials

• • Your user is usually your first initial + your last name OR your first initial, middle initial + your last name.
  • If you need to look up your username, you can user our Credential Lookup Tool.
  • Your password is usually “Btc” + ctcLink ID Number

Log into Canvas using your Bates Network Credentials

If you run into any difficulties logging in, please contact IT at studenthelp@batestech.edu or (253) 680-7055. You will need to provide your first and last name, ctcLInk ID#, and date of birth. IT will then email your credentials to you.

Still need help?  Email us at olc@batestech.edu

Online:
Online payments are made through ctcLink, Click here to see How to Make a Payment Online. If you are having difficulties making your payment online, please try a different browser. If you still cannot pay online, please email us at Cashier@batestech.edu

Mail:
If you are mailing a check, please include your Student ID number. If you owe fees for multiple quarters, please specify which quarter you are paying. Make checks payable to Bates Technical College.
Send check payments to the following address:
Bates Technical College
Attn: Finance
1101 S Yakima Ave
Tacoma, WA 98405

In Person:
Payments can be made at the Cashier’s office in the Downtown Campus Registration Office, Room A210D.
1101 S Yakima Ave.
Tacoma. WA 98405
See our hours of operation above.

Phone:
Payments can be made over the phone using most major credit/debit cards.
To make a payment, please call 253.680.7018.
See our hours of operation above.

Note: The Cashier’s Office is currently processing all refunds as checks, sent directly to the address the student has on file with the college. Checks are processed twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The exceptions are the students who paid online through the college website, those are refunded back to the same credit or debit card used on the website. Again, this is only web payments, through our partner, CyberSource.

Current students

1. Register for your classes in ctcLink, and check out our guide to ctcLink registration
2. Meet with your Retention Specialist to review resources and get assistance registering for classes if needed.
3. Meet with your Career Advisor if you have questions about understanding degree or certificate requirements, appropriate placement in general education classes, or need support in exploring your career pathway. Schedule an appointment with your Career Advisor.
4. View the Class Schedule.
5. Attend your classes

New, Transfer and Returning Students

1. Apply for admission to Bates Technical College
2. Complete your placement
   1. Math Boot Camp and Assessment
   2. English Guided Self-Placement
3. Enroll in classes with your advisor
4. Attend New Student Orientation
5. Attend your classes

Do you have any credits to transfer?

Official College Transcript Submission: This two-part process requires you to submit an official transcript from your previous institutions to have applicable earned credit applied to your career program. Transfer Student has more information including completion of the Credit Evaluation Form.

The Bates Tech Foundation’s mission is to provide resources to support students and college success and our donors want to help you!  The Emergency Assistance Fund provides support to students who are most at risk of abandoning their education because of financial hardship. The funding can be used to provide essential needs such as rent, food, transportation, etc. Visit the Foundation for more information and the application.

Questions? Contact Foundation@batestech.edu.

When a class has met its capacity during or after priority registration, a waitlist is started. The waitlist is a list of students who would like to join the class and are willing to wait and see if a spot opens. When enrolled students drop out of the class, people on the waitlist are moved up on the list during the open waitlist period. Not all class sections have waitlists.

The waitlist process runs several times a day, Monday through Friday, checking for open capacity. As spots become available in a full class, students on the waitlist will automatically be enrolled in the class in the order they appear on the waitlist. Students will receive a Message Center message on their Student Homepage that they have been enrolled in the class section.

The waitlist runs for the last time shortly before the quarter starts. If you are on a waitlist and do not get on the class roster by the first day, you will need the instructor’s permission to overload into the class.

Contact Registration@batestech.edu with questions.

Useful link: 

• ctcLink Student Help Guides and Tutorials