1. Featuring Cal State Apply Transfer Applicants
Fall 2018
SDSU Application
Featuring Cal State Apply Transfer Applicants

2. CAL STATE APPLY—The new way to apply to SDSU

3. WHAT IS CAL STATE APPLY?
Click Apply Now.

4. TRANSFER APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Before you begin your application, make sure to have the following items on hand:
Unofficial transcripts. You'll be asked to enter all courses you've completed, those currently in progress, and any you plan to take.
Your Social Security Number, if you have one.
Your citizenship status.
Credit card. Application fees are due at the time of submission and are paid by credit card.
Annual income. If you are a dependent, then report your parents income. If you are independent, then report your income.
If you are applying to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), then you’ll need your parent's employment background and two recommendations.

5. CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT
Once you’ve selected Transfer from the Apply screen, select Create an Account on the welcome screen.

6. CREATE AN ACCOUNT—CONTACT INFORMATION
Under Your Name, type in your first and last name as stated on your driver’s license, passport, or birth certificate. Add your contact information and create a username and password for your Cal State Apply Profile.
Once you are finished with this screen, click on Create my account.

7. COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE Select Level of Degree: Undergraduate
Since you are applying as a transfer student, select one of the following options that best describes you: Transferring with an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T, AS-T), from a California Community College OR Transferring from a California community college or from another two-year or four-year institution

8. Additional questions appear based on the transfer description selected
COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE—CONTINUED
Additional questions appear based on the transfer description selected

9. COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE—MILITARY & U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Use the drop-down menu to select a U.S. Military Status and one of the following U.S. Citizenship Status options:
U.S. Citizen:
An individual born in the United States
An individual who has been naturalized as a United States citizen
An individual born in Puerto Rico, Guam, or in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Permanent U.S. Resident: an individual admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident
Temporary U.S. Resident: an individual admitted to the United States as a lawful temporary resident
Non Resident:
An individual who is not a United States Citizen and will study at SDSU on an F-1 or J-1 Visa
None: an individual without a legal status in the United States (including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students, Dream Act students)

10. START YOUR APPLICATION
Click on Start Your Application! on the bottom of the page.
You will receive a confirmation of saved information as you complete each section.
Your application will be completed online and submitted electronically once you have entered the required information.

11. SELECTING YOUR PROGRAMS
Use the drop-down menus to select the Campus and Location.
SDSU Location Options:
Georgia Campus: The Georgia Campus is located in Tbilisi, Georgia
Imperial Valley: The Imperial Valley Campus is located in Calexico, California, U.S.
Main Campus: The Main Campus is located in San Diego, California, U.S.

12. SELECTING YOUR PROGRAMS
Start Term:
Use the drop-down menu and select Fall.
Select the program (major) to which you want to apply by clicking on the plus sign on the left-hand side.
Once you are done selecting your program (major), click on I am Done, Review My Selections to continue with your application.

13. THE APPLICATION DASHBOARD
The Application Dashboard will help you access different parts of your application:
Personal Information
Academic History
Supporting Information
Program Materials

14. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Click on the Personal Information quadrant to begin the first part of your admission application.

15. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Click on the first section called Release Statement to enter your information.

16. RELEASE STATEMENT
Carefully read each statement under Certification, Release of Contact Information, and Additional Information Release and check the boxes beneath the text.
When you are finished, click on
Save and Continue.

17. BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Carefully complete the information on the Biographic Information section. You can edit this information prior to submission, but once you submit your application, this information can no longer be edited.
Mary
Student

18. CITIZENSHIP/RESIDENCY INFORMATION
Use the drop-down menu to select a U.S. Citizenship Status:
U.S. Citizen:
An individual born in the United States
An individual who has been naturalized as a United States citizen
An individual born in Puerto Rico, Guam, or in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Permanent U.S. Resident: an individual admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident
Temporary U.S. Resident: an individual admitted to the United States as a lawful temporary resident
Non Resident:
An individual who is not a United States Citizen and will study at SDSU on an F-1 or J-1 Visa
None: an individual without a legal status in the United States (including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students, Dream Act students)

19. RACE AND ETHNICITY
To conform to federal guidelines, CSU campuses must collect information on ethnic and racial backgrounds for all applicants.
This information will not affect your application for admission.

20. OTHER INFORMATION
If you have a Social Security Number (SSN), enter it here. If you do not have an SSN, leave this part blank.
At the bottom of the screen, select your Native Language from the drop-down menu.

21. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (EOP)
If you wish to apply to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), select Yes under EOP Information, and answer the questions that will follow.

22. APPLICATION DASHBOARD—ACADEMIC HISTORY
After you finish entering your Personal Information on your application, you will complete your Academic History.
Click on the Academic History icon to continue.

23. ENTERING YOUR ACADEMIC HISTORY
In this section you will:
List the high school program you have completed.
List ALL colleges and universities attended, even if no course work was completed.
Complete the Transcript Entry section, entering ALL courses.
And lastly, in the General Education section, assign transfer courses to the required CSU GE subject categories.

24. HIGH SCHOOLS ATTENDED—GRADUATION STATUS
Indicate if you have received a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency and the date completed.
Click Save and enter the name and location of your high school. You can enter the text or use the search feature. Add additional schools or Click on Colleges Attended from the side bar.

25. COLLEGES ATTENDED
Enter information for ALL colleges and universities attended, even if no course work was completed. For each institution, enter the degree awarded or in progress, type of term system, and dates of attendance. Include international post-secondary institutions and U.S. institutions you attended
that are not regionally accredited.
Begin typing the full institution name. The system will display results that match the information. Select the correct matching college. This feature includes all institutions, domestic and international with a College Board CEEB code.
If you are unable to find your institution, verify the name is entered without abbreviations and that it matches the official name on the transcript.
If the institution is not found select Can’t find your school? and complete the degree, term and attendance information.

26. COLLEGES ATTENDED
Identify whether or not you completed or will complete an associate degree or other degree prior to transfer. If Yes, degree information is asked. ADT applicants select either an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science and the major/discipline.
Select the term system the institution follows, either semester, quarter or trimester. Identify first and last terms attended.
First semester: select term, month and year classes started.
Last semester: If you are still attending at the time of the application check the box indicating you are still attending. If you are no longer attending, select the term, month and year courses ended.
Once all information is complete select Save This College.
Continue to add a new college if you have attended more than one. You must enter ALL colleges and universities attended, even if no course work was completed.

27. COLLEGES ATTENDED
After you have saved your college information, verify that the information is displaying correctly on the screen. If you need to edit the information, simply click on the blue pencil located on the right hand side of the screen.
If the college information is displaying correctly, then you are ready to continue.

28. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY
Initially, admission is based on the courses and grades that you report. As an undergraduate degree applicant, you are required to enter all college coursework based on transcript information as it appears on the transcript. Transcript entry for foreign institutions is not required. On the Transcript Entry screen, select Start to begin entering course information.

29. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
Term: Select the term, beginning with first term attended at that institution.
Year: Select the year that corresponds to the term. Only years identified in the Colleges Attended page will appear. If you are still attending the institution, future years display to allow entry of in-progress and planned courses.
Academic Status: Select the status that corresponds to the number of credits completed at the time you began that semester. Academic status is defined as follows:
Freshman 0-29 semester credits
Sophomore semester credits
Junior semester credits
Senior 90 or more semester credits
Select Completed for terms that are graded. You will be prompted to enter grades. Select In-Progress / Planned for courses that you are currently enrolled in, or planned for the future term. Enter these courses without grade information.

30. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
Enter course information for the term line by line, following the sequence of the transcript you are using for reference. Complete all fields for a course before adding another course. After each line, select ‘Add A Course’ to continue entering courses for the specified term.
As you type in the course, those listed in the ASSIST course tables appear in the drop-down list. Select the course from the list. If the course does not appear on the list or the list does not exist, manually enter in the course code.
In order to find courses in the table, enter the number after subject code without a space.
Title and Credits will pre-populate if selected from the Course Code results list. If you manually entered a course code, you must manually enter a course title. The box allows for entry of the full title even though only part of the title is viewable.

31. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
SUBJECT: Select the subject area. In most cases it is the same as the course subject code. This field does not default with a value at this time. Make sure to select a subject for each course line. The system will not let you save the page without a subject identified for each course. If there is no corresponding subject select Special Topics.
In the COM ST11 Elements of Public Speaking example, the subject area could be either Communications or Public Speaking. The preferred subject selection is Public Speaking.
The recommendation is to select the more specific subject if available.

32. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
CREDITS: Assign credit for each course, entering values for both boxes. In the first box enter whole credit values. In the second box, select a fractional credit value from the drop-down list.
GRADE: Enter in the grade as listed on your transcript. All attempts and grades should be included.
If credits automatically populate from Course Code drop down selection, double-check the values match what is listed on your transcript.
If you manually enter in credit, remember to select a value for the fractional credit box, even if that value is 00.
Enter repeated courses noted on the transcript with a grade of RP. Enter Academic Renewal courses with a grade of AR.

33. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
TRANSFERABLE: Check all courses that are transferable. Box may default as transferable from ASSIST tables.
Tips for determining if courses will transfer:
California Community College students can use ASSIST.org to view CSU transferability.
Course numbering system on the back of the transcript or in course catalog often indicates college level, bachelor degree applicable courses.
CCC course catalog may indicate CSU in the course description.
Does not include college preparatory or remedial level coursework.
Check with transfer counselor at community college.

34. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
Test Credit and CSU GE
Credit awarded for AP and IB exams noted on the primary college transcript that is used to fulfill one or more of the four required General Education subjects is entered as coursework. This allows the credit to be assigned to GE categories where eligible. Only enter credit awarded from exams at your transfer institution. Add test credit to first term of attendance.
Course Code: Enter test + abbreviated subject Course Title: Enter test + full subject description
Subject: Select Test Credit – No Subject
Credits: Enter credits awarded by transfer institution.
Grade: Enter “C” grade for all tests no matter the passing score
**Transfer: Do not check Transferable box. This excludes the “C” grade from GPA but allows eligible credit for GE designation.
You will still need to enter in AP and/or IB test information in the corresponding tiles in the Academic History quadrant. Test credit is calculated based on reported test scores and not what is awarded by another college or university.

35. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
Review entry for college, making sure all courses are listed and transferable status noted. Use the pen icon to edit your entries.
Verify all courses for the term are listed with the correct credit, grades and transferable status before saving. If you are unable to select Save All, double-check entry, making sure all fields for each course entry have information, including the Subject field.
Select Add Semester to add courses for another term. Repeat steps until all terms have been entered.
When adding terms that are in-progress or planned, select In Progress/Planned in the drop-down box in the term header. Grades are not required for in progress or planned terms.

36. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
Review entries and compare them to your transcript. Make sure all of your courses are entered with correct unit and grade values.
The Transferable box should be selected for all transferable courses, regardless of grade entered.
Non-transferable courses should also be entered.
When coursework has been repeated, both attempts are listed but the attempt with the replaced grade is entered with RP.

37. TRANSCRIPT ENTRY—CONTINUED
After entering and verifying course entry for a college, return to the Transcript Entry screen by selecting the button on the left-hand of the screen.
Select the next institution to enter. Repeat until all college coursework has been entered for all required institutions.
Fall 2017 and spring 2018 are listed as in progress. No grade information is recorded.

38. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW
Each institution should have a full green status bar and check mark.This means that the college entry is completed. The information can be reviewed by selecting: Preview this Transcript. Information can be edited by selecting Edit.
Preview transcript entry for all institutions. When done, select Review & Finalize My Transcript to complete the review process.

39. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW—CONTINUED
Select Primary College
For transfer applicants, the primary college is where you will earn or have earned the Associate degree,
or where the majority of credits have been completed.
Identify Repeated Courses
Select yes if you repeated a course at the same institution to improve/replace a grade and this repeat is reflected on your official transcript. You will be prompted to identify the specific courses.

40. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW—CONTINUED
Select repeated courses by clicking on the plus icon next to the courses. Selected courses are highlighted in green with a check mark.
Do not mark repeats for in progress courses, ungraded courses.
To unselect a course, click on the red X to the right.
Make sure the grade entered for the replaced/repeated course was entered with RP. If not, go back to the Transcript Entry screen and edit the grade.
When done, select I am Done, Continue.

41. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW—CONTINUED
Answer remaining review questions. The questions will prompt you to identify credit earned by AP or IB tests, honors courses and study abroad courses. Then select Continue to Next Section.

42. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW—CONTINUED
After reviewing all transfer credit, go to the General Education screen and complete the required GE course identification.
Designate courses for each of the four categories. Select a course from the drop-down list for each subject. Courses may pre-populate.
The drop-down selection of courses includes course titles for all courses with letter grades of C or higher. Select a course that meets the GE subject category.
Use ASSIST.org or GE category notations on your transcript for help matching California community college courses. Go to for help with courses completed outside of California.
Verify each category has a designated course and select Save and Continue.
Transfer applicants must complete transferable courses with a letter grade of “C” or higher in the four GE categories listed. DO NOT select I am not adding any General Education Courses. DO NOT leave one or more subject areas incomplete.

43. STANDARDIZED TESTS & ADVANCED STANDING CREDITS
Enter any advanced standing credits earned in Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams.
If no credits were earned, select No. Then select the Save button at the bottom of the screen to move to the next section
Here you have the option to add standardized tests (SAT/ACT). As a transfer applicant to SDSU, you will not be required to submit test scores. Use the I Am Not Adding Any Standardized Tests button to proceed.

44. ADD ACHIEVEMENTS
If you are applying to the EOP program, enter your achievements and create your recommendation request.
If you are not applying to the EOP program, select I Am Not Adding Any Achievements. These are not taken into consideration for admission to SDSU.

45. ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOR TRANSFER
Applicants who earn an Associate in Arts for Transfer or an Associate in Science for Transfer degree (AA-T/AS-T) in one of the SDSU-approved majors, will be given admission priority.
Indicate on this screen if you have completed or plan to complete your AA- T/AS-T degree by the end of spring 2018.

46. EOP RECOMMENDATIONS
If you are applying to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) complete the Recommendation Request section.

47. CHECK YOUR PROGRESS AND SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
Use the My Application tab to check your progress. Once you have reviewed your entries for accuracy and all parts of the application are complete, you are ready to submit your application with payment.

48. SUBMITTING YOUR PAYMENT
Click Submit and enter your payment information.
Mary Student

49. CONFIRM YOUR ORDER DETAILS
Mary Student

50. VIEW YOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION
Mary Student

51. ADDITIONAL SDSU RESOURCES
SDSU Office of Admissions
SDSU Admission Online Application
SDSU WebPortal Application Status Check
SDSU General Catalog
ASSIST
Transfer Admission Planner
Associate Degree for Transfer
Cal State Apply Customer Support
CSU Admission Information (23 Campuses)
SDSU Campus Tours
SDSU Housing Information
SDSU Financial Aid
SDSU Honors College
SDSU Scholarships