University of California Admissions Checklist
¨ Get a separate and PROFESSIONAL email address.
¨ GET ORGANIZED! Have a separate folder for all college-related documents.
¨ Get an estimate of your financial aid package, visit FAFSA4caster (fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?excecution=e3s1)
¨ Work on the personal statements. Make sure not to mention any school in them.
¨ Use the “Additional Comments” section to explain a bad grade (s), difficult circumstances, extra honors and/or activities, a bad semester, etc.
¨ Get your personal statements edited twice
¨ The high school academic term used is “Semester.” Select this on your application when inputting courses and grades, not “Quarter”
¨ Our CEEB School Code is: 051520
¨ Request a copy of your transcript to record your courses in the application. Courses being taken in fall semester are “In progress”
¨ Ask your academic counselor about what courses you will take in the spring so you can include them in your application as “planned”
¨ Begin the admissions application starting October 1, open one application at a time, www.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply (the application cannot be submitted until November)
¨ Click “Yes” on applying for EOP in the application. If accepted to EOP, it helps in admission, academic support services, and sometimes extra $
¨ Submit your application to the UC beginning November 1st and BEFORE November 30th. You can request a fee waiver online at the end of the application. If granted, you can apply to up to four campuses.
¨ Apply to each school’s available scholarships (if applicable), see university website
¨ If there are any changes (schedule, grades, etc.) to what you reported on your application, call the office of admissions to make those changes.
¨ If requested by the university, request a 7th semester (end of first semester of senior year) transcript with Geri Valles in room 124 to be sent immediately!
¨ Submit your housing application (if applicable)\
¨ Request that your SAT/ACT test scores be sent to the colleges to which you applied by December 15th through the websites.
¨ The district submits your Cal Grant GPA verification to the California Student Aid Commission.
¨ Open FAFSA application (fafsa.ed.gov) after January 1st. Complete your FAFSA by March 2nd! Email your confirmation number to your email account.
¨ AB 540 students (students that have no Social Security number) go to the California Dream Act Application (dream.csac.ca.gov/) fill it in before March 2
¨ A few weeks after submitting the FAFSA, set up an account (mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov) to see your Cal Grant award status
¨ The admissions office will communicate a lot to you via the portal and email
¨ Register for the English/Math placement tests ASAP!
¨ Review your admissions letters
¨ Review your financial aid award letters to help you make a decision
¨ Accept/Reject your offers by May 1st
¨ Ask the admissions office if you can use your financial aid to pay for your enrollment deposit
¨ Register early for the earliest Orientation date possible
¨ Are you AB 540? Pick up a residency declaration form to submit to the admissions office. Without it, you will be charged out of state tuition!
¨ Requested a final official transcript with Geri Valles in room 124 to be sent the University of your choice
¨ DON’T MISS YOUR DEADLINES NOR GET Ds OR Fs DURING SENIOR YEAR!!! YOUR ADMISSION WILL BE WITHDRAWN!!! GET COLLEGE READY!!!