Applying to a school: the form, the questions and what happens next
No account, no paperwork to print — an online application that ends with a code you keep.
Applying to a school on Ekati is a form you fill in online, in about ten minutes, without creating an account. You open it from the school’s own admissions page, you answer the questions that school has set, you attach the documents it asks for, and you submit. That is the whole process from your side.
What you get at the end is an applicant ID — a short code, shown once on the confirmation screen, that is the key to your file. With it you can check where your application stands at any time, read any message the admissions team has left you, and answer a request for extra information. There is no password and nothing to remember.
Everything happens from the school’s own pages: open its Enroll button, choose the right intake, then fill the form. If you want the whole journey explained in one place, start at how to apply to a school on Ekati instead.
Five steps from the Enroll button to a submitted file
Nothing on this list requires an account or a printed document.
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Step 1
Open the admissions page
Click Enroll on the school’s profile. You land on a page that says the same thing for every school: choose an intake and apply online, no account needed.
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Step 2
Pick the right intake
Each card shows the academic year, the class or group, and the date it closes, with the number of days left. Check the class before you click.
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Step 3
Fill in the form, one step at a time
Start with About you — name, email, phone. Then the school’s own questions, grouped: student information, academic information, parent or guardian information, supporting documents.
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Step 4
Review and submit
The last step shows every answer you gave. Use Back to correct anything, then press Submit application.
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Step 5
Save your applicant ID
The screen says Application received and shows your ID with a Copy ID button. Save it somewhere safe — it is the only key to your file.
Choosing the right intake
Wrong intake, right school — the most common avoidable mistake.
Open intakes and closed ones
The admissions page separates what you can apply to now from what you cannot. Open intakes carry an Applications open badge, the academic year, the class, the closing date and how many days remain. Underneath, Other enrollments lists intakes that have not opened yet or have already closed, with the date — so you can see at a glance that a school is running admissions rather than not running them.
Read the class, not just the year
An intake is a specific class for a specific year. Applying to “Sixth year” when you mean “First year” costs you a week at best, and the school will send you back to the correct form. If two intakes look similar, the school’s own description under each title is the tie-breaker.
If nothing is open
The page says plainly that no enrollments are open right now and suggests checking back later or contacting the institution. That is not a dead end: it is the moment to write to the school, ask when the next intake opens, and put the date in your own calendar.
Before you start, have these ready
A birth certificate or identity document, the previous school’s report cards or certificates, and — if the school asks — a photo. The form tells you which documents it expects and how large each file may be, so nothing is rejected for size on the day you submit.
Filling in the form
One question group per step, so you always know where you are.
Step 1: about you
The first step asks for your full name — the only field marked as required — plus an email address and a phone number. The page states it plainly: No signup required. Fields marked * are required. Give an address you actually read, because that is where the school’s answers and requests will go.
The school’s own questions
Each school designs its own questions and groups them: additional information, student information, academic information, parent or guardian information, and supporting documents. The fields can be short answers, choices, dates, or files. Because the school sets them, one school’s form is never identical to another’s — read each question rather than assuming.
Moving between steps
A progress line at the top reads Step 2 of 5 and shows every step as a labelled chip. Continue moves forward and checks the current group as it goes; Back returns to the previous one and never loses what you typed. If something is missing, the page takes you back to the exact field at fault rather than sending you to the start.
The review step
Before submitting, the form shows your answers grouped the same way, with anything you left empty marked as not provided. Use Back rather than starting again, then press Submit application. On a slow connection, wait for the confirmation screen before closing the tab — submitting twice is the only way to end up with two files.
Attaching documents
Give each file the name the school expects — the admissions team sees that name, not your file’s name. While an upload is running, the submit button is held back, so a half-finished attachment cannot slip through.
After you press submit
Two buttons and one code. Do not lose the code.
Application received
A green panel confirms that the admissions team will review your application, and below it your applicant ID appears in large type with a Copy ID button that copies it to your clipboard. The page tells you plainly: anyone holding this ID can see your file and answer requests on your behalf, so keep it to yourself.
Two ways forward from there
View application status opens your file immediately, with the code already filled in — the fastest way to confirm it landed. Back to enrollments returns you to the school’s list of intakes, which is where to go if you want to apply to another class or another year in the same school.
What the school does next
Your file enters the queue of the school’s admissions team. They read the answers, they check the documents, and they either approve it, ask you for a correction or additional information, or decide not to take it. None of that needs you to be online; your file simply moves along.
If the form was closed when you arrived
Instead of a form you see the reason — applications have not opened yet, with the opening date, or applications are closed, with the closing date — plus links to explore the other intakes and to check an application you already submitted. Late is late, but the next intake is usually already listed.
School application questions
Asked by parents filling in a form for the first time.
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Do I need an account to apply to a school?
No. The application form asks for your full name and how to reach you, then the school’s own questions. In exchange you get an applicant ID, and that ID alone is enough to follow your file and answer any request. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to remember.
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What is an applicant ID and where do I find it?
It is the short code shown on the confirmation screen after you submit, with a Copy ID button beside it. Copy it into a message to yourself, a note, or your phone’s notes — it is the only key to your file and nobody at Ekati can send it back to you.
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Can I apply to more than one class in the same school?
Yes, provided the school has an open intake for each class. Submit a separate application for each one and you will receive a separate applicant ID for each. Applying to the same intake twice does not strengthen a file — if you mistyped something, use the tracking page to send a correction instead.
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I sent the form but heard nothing. Should I apply again?
Do not submit a second file yet. Open the status page with the ID you were given: if the application is there, it is with the school, and re-sending only creates confusion. If the ID finds nothing, check that you copied the whole code, then contact the school or write to the Ekati team with the school’s name and the date you applied.