CAL STATE APPLICATION GUIDE

CSU APPLICATION TIMELINE

Fall Semester Admission

Application open from Oct. 1st - Nov. 30th

EOP Recommendation Due Jan. 15th

Admissions Notification Spring 2018

REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY TO A CAL STATECSU GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) BREADTH

❖ GOLDEN FOUR Requirements Must Be Met!!

❖ AREA 1- Oral Communication (Communication Studies 101)

❖ Area 2-Written Communication(English 101)

❖ AREA 3- CRITICAL THINKING (COM 104, ENGLISH 102, 103,

or PHILOS 6, 8)

❖ AREA 4-TRANSFERABLE MATH (LEVEL 200 OR HIGHER)

❖ Blue form at ELAC

WHICH CAL STATE DO YOU WANT TO TRANSFER TO?

HOW TO APPLY????

❖ Log into a web browser and type in

www.calstate.edu/apply

CREATE AN ACCOUNT

❖ You will select the apply now icon located in the center of the page.

❖ It will then move you to a section that requires a username and password.

❖ If you do not have an account, you will select the Create an Account

CREATING YOUR

ACCOUNT❖ When creating an account, you will be

prompted to answer some personal

information about yourself.

❖ Please provide complete and accurate

information about yourself.

❖ As you fill out each section carefully, be

sure to read the terms and conditions.

❖ After you review your information and

create your username & password.

❖ Then you click Create My Account

COMPLETING PROFILE● TO COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE YOU WILL

NEED TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PURSUING AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.

● YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BE TRANSFERRING WITH OR WITHOUT AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE FROM A TWO OR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION.

● BE SURE TO INDICATE IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THE AA-T OR AS-T OPTION IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE BENEFITS AS AN APPLICANT.

● MAKE SURE YOU SELECT GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 60 SEMESTER UNITS OR 90 QUARTER HOURS BECAUSE YOU WILL BE A JUNIOR TRANSFER APPLICANT.

● YOU WILL ALSO INDICATE WHETHER YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED ANY CAL STATE.

SELECTING SCHOOLS/MAJORS

❖ NEXT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT THE CAL STATE INSTITUTIONS AND MAJOR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR.

❖ THEN YOU WILL SELECT THE I AM DONE REVIEW MY SELECTION BUTTON.

❖ TO PROCEED, YOU WILL SELECT CONTINUE TO MY APPLICATION.

APPLICATION HOMEPAGE

❖ YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THE APPLICATION HOMEPAGE WITH FOUR QUADRANTS

❖ THESE QUADRANTS REPRESENT THE SECTIONS OF YOUR APPLICATION THAT MUST BE COMPLETED.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

SECTIONS YOU WILL

COMPLETE

CITIZENSHIP/ RESIDENCY

INFORMATION❖ IF YOU ARE A U.S. CITIZEN OR PERMANENT

RESIDENT, PLEASE SELECT THAT OPTION.❖ IF YOU IDENTIFY AS AN UNDOCUMENTED

OR AB-540 STUDENT, YOU WILL SELECT THE NONE OPTION AND INDICATE WHEN YOUR RESIDENCY IN CALIFORNIA BEGAN.

❖ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WILL SELECT NON-RESIDENT AND WILL SELECT YOUR COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP. THEN THEY WILL INPUT THE NECESSARY VISA INFORMATION.

❖ MAKE SURE TO FILL OUT EACH SECTION CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY.

ACADEMIC HISTORY

SECTIONS YOU WILL

COMPLETE

HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION

❖ AS YOU ENTER THE ACADEMIC HISTORY PORTION OF YOUR APPLICATION, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO INPUT ALL HIGH ALONG WITH THE DATES THAT YOU HAVE ATTENDED.SCHOOLS YOU EVER ATTENDED.

ADD COLLEGES❖ IN THIS SECTION YOU WILL ADD ALL

COLLEGES THAT YOU CURRENTLY AND PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED.

❖ MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE START AND END DATES CORRECTLY FILLED OUT.

❖ CLICK ON ADD ALL COLLEGE ICON AND THERE WILL BE A SEARCH BAR WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH FOR ANY COLLEGE YOU HAVE ATTENDED.

❖ YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO MARK IN PROGRESS IF YOU ARE STILL ATTENDING THE INSTITUTION AND YOU CAN INPUT THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION TERM.

❖ BE SURE TO HAVE ALL YOUR TRANSCRIPTS READY TO INSURE ACCURACY.

TRANSCRIPT ENTRY

❖ YOU WILL CLICK ON TRANSCRIPT ENTRY BEFORE SELECTING GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

❖ ONCE YOU INPUT ALL YOUR COURSES, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO INDICATE WHICH GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE FULFILLED.

❖ INPUT COURSES YOU HAVE TAKEN, CURRENTLY ENROLLED, AND ANY FUTURE PLANNED COURSES.

FINALIZING TRANSCRIPT

❖ ONCE YOU FINISH ADDING ALL COURSES FROM EACH INSTITUTION PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED, YOU WILL SELECT THE REVIEW AND FINALIZE MY TRANSCRIPT ICON.

❖ YOU WILL THEN SELECT YOUR PRIMARY INSTITUTION WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHERE YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR ASSOCIATES OR ACCUMULATED THE MOST UNITS.

❖ YOU WILL IDENTIFY COURSES THAT YOU HAVE REPEATED AND RECEIVED A GRADE FOR. HOWEVER YOU DO NOT MARK THOSE IN PROGRESS OR PLANNED BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE A RECORDED GRADE FOR THOSE COURSES YET.

GENERAL EDUCATION

❖ ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR TRANSCRIPT ENTRY, YOU WILL THEN GO BACK AND SELECT THE GENERAL EDUCATION ICON.

❖ IDENTIFY THE GOLDEN FOUR REQUIREMENTS AND INPUT YOUR CORRESPONDING GRADES.

❖ ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS SECTION BE SURE TO VISIT THE TRANSFER CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS WITHIN CSU APPLICATIONS.

FINALIZING TRANSCRIPT/

TEST RESULTS❖ YOU WILL ALSO BE ASKED ABOUT

STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS. BE SURE HOWEVER, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY OF THE SCORES.

❖ QUESTIONS REGARDING AP, IB, AND CLEP SCORES WILL APPEAR AND YOU ARE ABLE TO OPT OUT FROM REPORTING THE SCORES. AS A TRANSFER APPLICANT, THESE SCORES ARE NOT REQUIRED.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION

ACHIEVEMENTS❖ IN THIS SECTION YOU CAN INDICATE ANY

ACHIEVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

❖ THESE ACHIEVEMENTS CAN BE AWARDS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS, OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.

❖ HOWEVER, THIS SECTION IS OPTIONAL FOR UNDERGRADUATE APPLICANTS.

PROGRAM MATERIALS

PROGRAM MATERIAL

❖ IN THIS SECTION YOU WILL IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND INFORMATION TO THE PROGRAM YOU ARE APPLYING TO.

REVIEW APPLICATION

❖ BE SURE TO CAREFULLY REVIEW AND EDIT YOUR APPLICATION.

❖ ONCE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED YOUR APPLICATION AND FEEL LIKE YOU ARE READY TO SUBMIT, SELECT THE SUBMIT APPLICATION ICON ON TOP OF THE SCREEN.

READY TO SUBMIT!

❖ KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME SCHOOLS WILL REQUIRE YOU TO SELECT AN ALTERNATIVE MAJOR. THE ALTERNATE MAJOR CAN NOT BE IMPACTED.

❖ IN THIS SECTION, YOU WILL SEE IF YOU RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FEE WAIVER.

❖ YOU SELECT SUBMIT ALL.

SUBMIT❖ MAKE SURE THAT ALL

YOUR FEES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. OTHERWISE YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE FULLY SUBMITTED.

PAYMENT SUBMITTED

❖ ONCE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, YOU WILL PROCEED BACK TO YOUR APPLICATION DASHBOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE

SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION!