To apply to the CSU, you’ll be required to:

• Complete the Cal State Apply application

• Pay the $70 per campus fee and any other fees (unless fee waiver applies)

• Submit any transcripts and required info when notified by the campus

• If admitted, register for Orientation

• Unofficial transcripts (both high school and college transcripts, if applicable): You'll be asked to enter all the courses you've completed that fulfill A-G requirements; those that are currently in progress; and those that you plan to take.

• Your Social Security Number (if you have one)

• Your Citizenship Status

• A method of payment (e.g., credit card, PayPal): Application fees are due at the time of submission (November 1st-December 4th).

• Your parent's citizenship status

• Your parent's employment background and two recommendations (applies only if you're applying to EOP)

The CSU Educational Opportunity Program (EOP):

• Provides specialized support during your college years.

• Designed to help low-income, first-generation, historically educationally disadvantaged students succeed academically in college and graduate.

  • First-generation: neither of your parents went to college.

  • Meet the EOP Family Income Criteria

• The EOP Application is built into the Cal State Apply application. You can submit the Cal State Apply Application without the EOP portion complete and come back to it.

• For more information, click HERE.

Materials you'll need to apply to EOP:

• Two Recommendations are required

  • One must be from an academic counselor/teacher that can comment on your academic preparedness for university academic work.

  • The other can be from an individual who can comment about your potential to succeed in college.

  • **Recommenders CANNOT be yourself or a family member.

  • **You must include their names and email addresses on the application.

• Family information including

  • Participation in public assistance programs and other publicly funded programs

  • Siblings educational information

  • Household size

• Parent/Guardian Information

  • Occupation information for at least one parent/guardian

  • Estimated and actual income for this and last year

  • Household size

• Prepare to answer some autobiographical questions

• Most official CSU communication come by email, for this reason, use/create a PERSONAL email address.

  • Check your email regulary - consider connecting the email account to your phone to receive notifications.

• Write doen your CAS ID!

  • This is found on the top right of the screen. If you ever need to contact Customer Support or the campus for help, you will be asked to proive this ID number.

Be sure to answer questions correctly. The answers you provide on the Extended Profile determine what question blocks appear for the remainder of the application and what programs (majors) are available for you to choose.

1. Degree Goal

   • Degree applying for: First Bachelor's Degree

   • Current educational status: Graduating High School Senior or equivalent

   • College credits: No if you have never taking any college courses (Yes if you have)

2. Returning: No

3. US Military Status: No

4. Residency:

   • If you require a student (F1) Visa or an exchange (J1) Visa to study, select Yes;

   • Select No if you do not

After completing your Extended Profile, you will taken to the Add Program page. This is where you can select the specific program(s) you will apply to.

• Finding a Program

  • You can begin by typing in a campus name or a program (major) in the search box.

• Selecting a Program

  • Once you have found a program you wish to apply to, click the + (plus) sign to the far left of the program name. This will add it to your application.

  • If you are unsure what program to choose, consider Undeclared/Undecided.

• You can apply to as many campuses as you wish, but note that you can only apply to ONE program per campus.

Before moving on, review your program selections. Make sure you selected the right campus(es) and program(s).

This page will also show you the total fees due. Fees will be paid at the end of the application, once you are ready to submit.

• Release Statement:

  • Review the instructions carefully and respond.

• Biographic Information

• Contact Information

• Citizenship/Residency Information

• Race & Ethnicity

• Parent/Guardian Information

• Other Information:

  • Make sure to carefully type in your SSN (if you have one).

• Financial and Parent Information:

  • Read the Household Income and Size Information carefully, as your answer will determine what other information you will have to provide.

  • Any of the statements apply? You are considered Independent

  • None of the statements apply? You are considered Dependent

• High Schools Attended:

  • Make sure to enter ALL high schools you attended, if you attended more than one.

  • If your school does not auto-populate, you are given the option to manually enter the name of your school as it appears on the transcript. When students manually input the school what will happen is that the course code will not auto-populate and you will have to manually add the course details and then manually match it with any of the A-G requirements.

• Graduation Status:

  • Select: I have or will graduate with my high school diploma

  • Enter the date: June 3, 2021

• Academic Information:

  • Select No unless you have attended another high school and it was outside of the US

• Colleges Attended

  • **This section will only appear if you indicated earlier that you have completed one or more courses at a college/university.

  • Enter the names of the College(s) you attended.

  • If applicable, enter ALL college courses you've ever taken, regardless if they are relevant and even if you transferred them already.

    • This includes courses you took as Dual Enrollment, courses taken during high school for college credit, or during summer school

• High School Coursework

  • What should you report?

    • All high school courses used to satisfy A-G requirements

    • Do NOT include non-college prep courses (e.g., PE, Health, Office/Teacher Aide, Leadership)

    • Middle school coursework exception: Any math (Algebra or higher) and/or languages other than English courses taken in middle school that continues course progression into 9th grade can be entered to receive consideration.

  • Do not enter the repeated course twice. If you repeated a course, enter the highest grade(s) earned for the course. If the repeated course is planned or in progress, enter the original grade earned, as well as the planned or in progress course as a new grade has not yet been earned.

  • Take your time and complete this section carefully.

    • 9th-11th Grade

      • Course Title: Start typing in your class and you will see a list of classes pop up, select your course from the list.

      • Course Type: This will be automatically selected.

      • Input Fall Grade and Spring Grade as seen on transcript.

      • If your class is only for ONE semester: Under the semester grade, you will select "No Grade" for the semester you did not take the class. You will input your grade under the semester grade you did take the class.

      • C&C Seminar is actually named "ROP College and Career Seminar"

    • 12th Grade

      • Do NOT submit any grades for your senior year. You will only select "In Progress", "Planned" or "No Grade" for No class. Even though grades have come out for our first two periods of senior year, your transcript is not updated until the fall semester is completely finished (January) so you do not select any grades for any 12th grade class.

      • The class "American Government or AP Government and Politics United States" is ONLY for ONE semester, pick one of these scenarios:

        • If you are taking the class in the Fall semester = Select "In Progress" for Fall and select "No Grade" for Spring

        • If you are taking the class in the Spring semester = Select "No Grade" for Fall and select "Planned" for Spring

      • The class "Economics or AP Macroeconomics" is ONLY for ONE semester, pick one of these scenarios:

        • If you are taking the class in the Fall semester = Select "In Progress" for Fall and select "No Grade" for Spring

        • If you are taking the class in the Spring semester = Select "No Grade" for Fall and select "Planned" for Spring

    • Summer School (if applicable)

• Grade levels for summer courses should be reported as the grade you were going into after that summer.

• For example, if you took a summer class between 9th and 10th grade, the summer grade level should be set to 10th grade.

• Each summer you have attended should be entered individually by grade level.

• College Coursework

  • **This section will only appear if you indicated earlier that you have completed one or more courses at a college/university.

  • When adding a course, Course Code MUST match official transcript.

  • Course Title will fill in automatically once your select Course Code.

    • If your course does not appear on the drop-down list automatically, manually enter the course subject and number exactly at it is listed on your transcript.

  • Refer to your official transcript for # of credits/units earned for the course. You will enter a full number, including a decimal value.

  • Enter Grade; CAS Grade will be automatically generated.

  • If the course is CSU Transferable, check the Transferable box.

  • Once you are done, click on "Save Your Transcript". If you go back after to make changes, make sure to click on Save Your Transcript again.

• A-G Matching

  • This shows how the high school and college courses you just entered match the A-G requirements

  • Years = how many years you reported for the subject

  • In parenthesis is the minimum years required for the subject

  • You should have the same # or more years for each A-G requirement than is listed in parenthesis next to the subject.

  • If you are missing years for A-G, click the Update A-G and ensure you’ve entered everything correctly.

• Standardized Tests (ACT, SAT, AP, IB, CLEP)

  • For Fall 2021 freshman admissions, standardized tests will NOT be used to determine admissions eligibility.

  • These scores may still be used to help place you in math and English courses by campuses.

  • You can enter your ACT, SAT, AP, IB, CLEP, TOEFL exams either have taken or plan on taking.

  • If you have not taken or are not schedule to take any standardized tests you can opt out.

  • Be sure to accurately report your ACT ID (for the ACT exam) or your College Board ID (for the SAT exam). This is the easiest and best way to ensure your scores will be matched to your application and received by the CSU campus(es) you apply to.

• Educational Programs & Work Experience

  • These responses may be used as supplemental criteria to make Fall 2021 admissions decisions

  • Select Yes or No to indicate your involvement in the programs listed

  • If you worked during the last 12 months, type in the average # of hours worked per week

  • If you were involved in extracurricular activities during the last 12 months, type in the average # of hours per week

• Indicate if you will apply for EOP

  • "Do you wish to apply to EOP?"

    • Not applying to EOP? Click No. You are done with Section 3 of your application.

    • Applying to EOP? Click Yes, I will return later to complete these EOP Questions.

• Overview of the EOP Application

  • Section 1: General Questions

  • Section 2: Parent/Guardian Information & Financial Status

  • Section 3: EOP Biographical Questions

  • Section 4: Contact information for two people who will complete your recommendation

• Depending on the campus and major (“program”) you choose, there may be required items to complete. Check for multiple tabs.

  • *For each program you are applying to, you will see one blue tile. So, if you are applying to two programs, you will see two tiles. If the program has mandatory responses or documents to upload then it will not let the applicant submit without those.

• Once you’ve read through and responded to anything in this Program Materials section, you can exit back to My Application on the top left

Before Submitting

• Check total fees and # of applications ready to submit

  • Fee Waivers: A fee waiver is automatically generated based on the information you provided in the application. You must fully complete the application before the fee waiver eligibility is determined. Select Check My Fee Waiver Status on this Submit Application tab to view your eligibility.

• Reminder: No changes after submission besides EOP application and new test scores

WAIT: Review the SUMMARY PAGE carefully!!!

• Note any warning messages

• Note any red text

• Update/fix and missing or problematic info before processing to submit (in the gray bar on the right, it explains where to make updates to your information if needed)

When you are ready click Submit All

• Be sure to check your email regularly for any updates.

• You can log back into your Cal State Apply application after submitting but may only update limited information.

Where/how will I receive the admissions decision?

• The admissions decision will not be found within Cal State Apply. You will hear directly from the campus (usually via email) regarding your admissions decisions.

What if I’m not admitted to the CSU campus(es) I apply to?

• If you are a first-time freshman, upper-division transfer student or an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) student applying to the CSU and you are a California resident for tuition purposes, CSU-eligible and have not been admitted to any CSU to which you applied, there is the chance that the campus(es) you applied to don’t have the capacity to admit more students.

• If this happens, you will be redirected to an alternate CSU campus. This is called redirection. You would receive the redirection details via email from Cal State Apply. For more information, please visit https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/redirection.