New Transfer Admits

Your MyCalStateLA ID is required to log in to the myCalStateLA portal - your access to a range of University services, including your student email and GET (Golden Eagle Territory).

GET is where you view updates from University offices, register for classes, check your financial aid status and handle other student business.

More information about GET is available on the Registrar's GET webpage. 

Transfer admission offers are usually based on self-reported information provided in the Admission Application. This is why most admission offers are provisional until the University verifies that a student meets all admission requirements.

To confirm your provisional admission offer, please submit official transcripts from each and every college/university attended, within 30 days of the admission offer for Fall admission, or by November 1st for Spring admission. If you received, or are requesting credit based on test scores (e.g., AP, CLEP, IB, etc.), official results must be submitted as well.

• For Fall admission, transcripts must include grades earned through the preceding fall term, and if applicable, include in-progress spring courses.
• For Spring admission, transcripts must include grades earned through the preceding summer term, and if applicable, include in-progress fall courses.

For more information about official academic records, and how to submit them, visit the Submitting Documents webpage. To view which documents are needed, please visit your GET Self-Service Student Center To Do List. Once in the To Do list, click on the "To Do Item" name for more details, including the name of the specific school for a required transcript.

Once all items are received, we will ensure that you reported accurately, and is on-track for meeting the admission requirements. Additionally, we will begin the official evaluation process of all transfer credit in preparation for advising at orientation.

Admission offers will be withdrawn for students who do not provide the required information by the deadline, or for whom we cannot confirm the admission offer.

Accept our offer of admission by submitting your $100 (USD) Enrollment Confirmation Deposit (ECD).

ECD Deadlines

• May 1 for fall admission
• November 1 for spring admission

For more information, visit the Enrollment Confirmation Deposit webpage. 

Admission offers are usually provisional because most decisions are based on self-reported information and some admission requirements are still in-progress.

All admission requirements must be satisfied by the end of the preceding Spring term for Fall admission, or the preceding Summer term for Spring admission.

Admission offers are provisional until it is verified that all of the following requirements are met:

Your admission may be finalized after we verify your official final transcripts (and test scores). If you do not end up meeting all admission requirements, the offer of admission may be rescinded.

Expenses vary from student to student.

• Cost of Attendance
• One-Stop Financial Services-Student Fees

Financial aid is available to eligible students. 

If you have not already done so, submit the FAFSA (or the CA Dream Act) application. The priority application deadline is March 2nd of the current year, for the following academic year. For more information, visit the Financial Aid webpage. 

If you are a CA Dream Act applicant, please also submit the CA Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Eligible High School Graduates (AB-540) form, with supporting documentation, to the Office of Admissions and Recruitment.

Make the most of your college experience! Living on campus offers numerous opportunities for students to build lifelong friendships, develop as leaders and achieve academic success. We offer apartment-style residence halls that are a short walk to class, the University-Student Union, and various campus resources. Learn about Housing and Residence Life.

Be aware: Before you apply for Housing, you must first submit your Enrollment Confirmation Deposit (ECD).

Send us your official final transcript(s) and, if applicable, any test scores. We require an official transcript from every institution attended, even if an institution's courses are also reported on another institution's transcript.

• To be considered final, a college transcript must include courses/grades completed as follows:
  • For Fall admission, transcripts must include grades earned through the Spring term.
  • For Spring admission, transcripts must include grades earned through the Fall term.
• If you are a lower division transfer (will have less than 60 semester units by the time you attend Cal State LA), please also send your official final high school transcript with high school graduation date.
• If you are using test credit to meet a transfer admission course or unit requirement, you must also submit official test scores (e.g. AP, CLEP, IB, etc.) to Cal State LA.
• If you are using an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) to meet Major-Specific Criteria for Admission, a final transcript with the posted AA-T or AS-T degree earned by the end of the preceding Spring term for Fall admission, and by the preceding Summer term for Spring admission.

Final document deadlines

• For Fall admission, final transcripts (and test scores) are due July 15th. If you take college courses in the summer prior to enrolling at Cal State LA, you must submit another set of final transcript(s) with summer grades posted, by September 1^st.
• For Spring admission, final transcripts (and test scores) for required fall coursework/ADT are due the first Friday in January (except for January 1st). If the fall coursework or ADT does not affect admission, the final transcript is due by February 1^st.

How to submit: For more information about how to submit official academic records to the Cal State LA Admissions Office, visit the Submitting Documents webpage. 

GET To Do List

The GET To Do List will list all transcripts, test scores, and any other documents that we need to complete your admission file. Click on the “To-Do Item” name for details, including the name of the specific school for a required transcript. Please turn in the requested documents by the stated deadline.

New and returning undergraduate students are required to attend First Flight Orientation. The experience will prepare you for the transition to the University and includes academic advisement and help registering for classes.

Invitations will be sent out to admitted students who have submitted their Enrollment Confirmation Deposit (ECD). Fall students will be notified beginning in February (with Orientation sessions in the summer); spring students will be notified beginning in mid-October (with Orientation sessions in January). All Orientation reservations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Visit the First Flight Orientation webpage. 

Cal State LA students may use an Affirmed (Preferred) First Name, instead of their legal name, to identify themselves. 

If you would like to request to use an Affirmed First Name, learn more here.