Apply for TOP

Please return the completed form to the TOP Office in one of the following ways:

• In person: Learning Resource Center, 2nd Floor.
• Via email: TOP@oit.edu
• Fax: 541-885-1126
• Mail: Oregon Institute of Technology, TOP Office, 3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, OR 97601.

Eligibility

Students must qualify in ONE of the following categories:

• Low Income: Your and your family's taxable income falls below the Department of Education's current low income levels.
• First Generation: Neither of your parents or legal guardians have obtained a Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Student with a disability: You have a documented physical or learning disability.

AND

Students must demonstrate an academic need by meeting one of the criteria below:

• High school GPA of 2.75 or below or
• any SAT subtest score of 500 or below or
• any ACT subtest score of 19 or below or
• placement into any remedial course or
• college cumulative GPA below 2.5, or below level needed to maintain any academic scholarship, or below major program requirements or
• have not attended school for five years or more.
• were former participants is a TRiO program
• other

Note: The above list does not include all possible criteria. Other factors may apply and a student may be deemed eligible at the discretion of the Program Director. 

Additionally, students who meet two or more of the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• deficits in computer literacy;
• admitted to Oregon Tech as a special admit;
• commute more than 12 miles round-trip to campus;
• four or more withdrawals in the last 3 terms or 2 or more incomplete grades in the last 2 terms;
• course completion ratio of 75% or less over the last 2 terms.
• other

If you are not sure whether you qualify for TOP, please submit the application, and we will be glad to check your eligibility.