1. CSU Application Workshop
Check-in with your teacher for any work missed during this period
Sign-in before the workshop or you will be marked absent
Pick up a CSU application workshop packet
DO NOT submit applications today!! Go home, have parents review application.
CSU Application Workshop
October 18th

2. If you don’t launch application through CCGI…
There will be a button in the this section that asks if you have a CCGI account and want to migrate your course information into your application.

3. Cal State Apply- Four Quadrants

4. Add High School
SMHS CEEB Code:
Dates of attendance: 08/2014 to 06/2018 (if at SMHS since 9th grade)
Follow the steps below to add your high school(s) to the application. Be sure to add each high school you attended individually. 
Click Add a High School. 
Use the Country, State/Province, and City drop-downs to narrow down your search.
Enter your school's name and click Search for Your School. 
Click This is the My School next to your school name. If your school does not appear in the list, click None of these are my school.
Select your high school's term type from the drop-down. 
Enter the dates of the first and last terms you attended. 
Indicate if you graduated or expect to graduate from this school. 
Click Save This School. 
Add more high schools, as needed. 
You will be asked to confirm if you want your courses to migrate from californiacolleges.edu to Cal State Apply (Not yet available)
You are attending San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Ca NOT Santa Barbara or Texas.

5. Add a grade level Add a Grade Level
Add the grade levels in which you attended this school. 
Select the grade level you took the courses in. The school and year drop-down lists are automatically populated with the information you entered in the High Schools Attended section. 
Click the Include Summer checkbox if the coursework you are entering includes courses taken during the summer before the selected grade level. 
Click the green checkmark to save.

6. Add a course
Enter the course title exactly as it appears on your transcript. 
If the course was completed, enter the letter grade you received for the course during this term. Or, if you received a "pass" rather than a letter grade, enter "Pass." Enter "Planned" if you have not yet taken the course. Enter "In Progress" if you are currently taking the course. If you did not take the course during this term, leave the field blank. 
Select the course type. 
Click the green checkmark to save.
Continue adding courses until all your coursework for the grade level is entered. 
Click Add Grade Level and repeat the steps above to add additional grade levels and courses until your high school transcript is completely entered. 
7th and 8th Grade Coursework- If you took Algebra 1, Geometry, or a Language Other Than English (LOTE) in the 7th or 8th grade, report your course(s) and grade(s) earned as 9th grade.

7. Add an achievement
In this section you can enter any relevant professional or academic achievements, such as awards, honors, scholarships, etc. that you'd like your programs to know about. This section is optional and does not factor into any admissions decisions. 

8. Tips
You will find your SSID on top of your SMHS transcript (called state ID).
Be sure to enter in the high schools that you have attended and Palomar (Under the College Info Tab) if you took a class there.
List additional non a-g courses within grade level
For any course on your transcript without a star select “none” under select a course type (star is to the left of your course title on your transcript)

9. When entering in test information be sure to include scores.
If you are taking a test in the future (Oct/Nov) put that date on your application and leave your score blank
When taking SAT test use the code 3594 to send scores to ALL CSU campuses. Scores must be sent directly from College Board.
If you send your ACT score to one CSU campus, all campuses will have access to your score.
Letters of recommendation are not accepted for the CSU’s.

10. Check your personal professional email accounts every day
Check your personal professional accounts every day. This is the official communication method of CSU. Check your spam folder!!!!!!
Don’t use your SMUSD account
Track application status, “To Do” items, and Due Dates through campus accounts and .
Some CSU’s are now asking for 7th semester transcripts. Do not send transcripts unless requested to do so by a specific campus.

11. Fill out the page and click “Save”, if not you will lose data
Only programs that fall under undergraduate majors qualify for fee waivers
Students can get up to 4 fee waivers. After that, each application is $55.

12. Senior Year Courses
Senior Schedule: Enter in 1st semester courses as “in progress”, 2nd semester as “planned”
12th grade English- CSU Expository Reading and Writing (CSU)
If you listed a course on your application and then drop it, or earn a D or F in any senior year courses, you MUST notify the admissions office at each university to which you applied.
All acceptances are conditional; MUST earn C or better

13. AP Gov’t/AP Econ
If currently enrolled in AP Government/AP Econ list the following:
Select “AP Government and Politics US” under
Fall= Prog
Spring= -- (leave blank)
Select “AP Macroeconomics” under
Fall= --(leave blank)
Spring= Plan

14. Repeated courses
CSU defines repeated courses as the exact same course with the exact same course title taken at the same school at a later time.
 If you repeated a course, enter the highest grade(s) earned for the course.
Do not enter this repeated course twice.
If the repeated course is planned or in progress, enter the original grade earned since a new grade has not yet been earned. 

15. Final Transcript Requests
All processed through Parchment.
DO NOT USE your SMHS .  
Provide a personal .
Request transcripts on the SMHS Counseling Website > Transcript Requests.

16. Live Chat
Questions while completing application? Chat live with a representative who can assist you!

17. EOP
EOP provides orientation sessions, tutoring, advising, transitional support, EOP grants
Admission Materials
Apply for admission electronically at Cal State Apply:
Completed application for admission, including the EOP portion;
Pay the $55 CSU application fee, unless you are eligible for an application fee waiver;
Submit high school and/or college transcripts when notified by the campus; and
Submit SAT or ACT test score when notified by the campus.
EOP Materials
In addition to submitting an application according to the steps above, applicants must complete the EOP portion of the application, including:
Two recommendations
Five autobiographical questions
EOP deadlines vary at each campus (see handout in packet)

18. PACE Promise- Info session TBD
Have you been enrolled in the San Marcos Unified School District all 4 years?
Have you completed the A-G coursework with grades of “C” or better?
Did you meet the CSU eligibility index?
Have you taken the SAT Reasoning or ACT Exam?
You must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Dream Act Application starting October 1st.
PACE $CHOLAR
$tudents must pass the EAP test in English and math during the 11th grade (taken during the STAR tests).
*YOU MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO CSUSM*

20. Eligibility Calculator
California Resident Eligibility Index
GPA
ACT Composite Score
SAT
Total Score
3.0
No Minimum
2.8 14
660
2.6 18
820
2.4 22
980
2.2 26
1140
2.0 30
1300
Once you have calculated your GPA compare it on the Eligibility Index.
If you took the SAT prior to March 2016:  (High School GPA X 800) + (SAT Critical Reading + Math Score) = Eligibility Index
If you took the Redesigned SAT:  (High School GPA X 800) + (SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing (EBRW) + Math Score) = Eligibility Index
If you took the ACT:  (High School GPA X 200) + (10 X ACT Composite Score) = Eligibility Index

21. CSU/UC Applications due Nov.30th
NO APP, NO TURKEY!!