Application and Admission Status
Already applied? Review your next steps.
Once you complete and submit your Cal State Apply application, changes or corrections cannot be made to your application. The Office of Admissions will not accept any changes or corrections once the application is submitted.
Next Steps
- Activate your SDSUid account. Within two weeks of submitting your Cal State Apply application, you will receive an email from San Diego State University that includes your SDSUid. Your SDSUid is an identifier to securely access many campus IT services, including my.SDSU, the official online portal for student admissions, student records, financial aid, tuition and fee payment, and more. Please follow the instructions provided in the email.
- Log in to my.SDSU by selecting the red my.SDSU Login square or the my.SDSU - Login Here link. Enter your SDSUid credentials and follow the prompts. You will be required to use DUO Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to login.
- Keep your email address updated in my.SDSU, as email is SDSU's official form of student communication. It is recommended that you check your email account regularly.
- Use the Profile tile to review and update your contact information, if needed.
- Track Your Status in my.SDSU
- Use the Admissions tile to check the status of your application.
- Use the Tasks tile to review any checklist items (To Do’s) you need to complete.
- Dance, music, musical theatre, and theatre arts-performance applicants will receive an email with further instructions from the department regarding the audition requirement.
- Notices of admission will be emailed to you. Fall first-year and transfer applicants will be notified in the spring.
Need Help With Your SDSUid?
If you did not receive the email with your SDSUid or have questions regarding your SDSUid, review the SDSUid Help web page. Learn how to activate your SDSUid on the SDSUid Help web page, or check out the How Do I Activate My SDSUid? video tutorial. Please reach out to the Student Help Resources available to you if you are experiencing difficulties with your account.
For help with my.SDSU, review the my.SDSU Student Guides.
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Keep Your Grades Up!
Admission is based on self-reported information from your Cal State Apply application. Once you are provisionally admitted, we will verify this information against your official transcript(s).
Your admission may be rescinded for the following reasons:
- Your GPA or course grades are lower than what you reported on the application.
- You earned D or F grades and did not maintain your GPA.
- You missed any admission deadlines.
- You misreported or did not complete a required course.
How Long Will it Take to Process My Documents?
Allow up to three weeks for processing after documents have been sent to SDSU. The status of documents and test scores will be updated in my.SDSU after they are received and evaluated by the Office of Admissions.
- If you applied for fall 2025, update your academic course information, including additional colleges attended, courses completed with final grades, courses planned or in progress, and courses fulfilling prerequisites. Submit the mandatory Academic History Update on the Cal State Apply website in January 2025. Review the Fall Transfer Steps to Apply, Step 3 for help and more information.
- If you applied to a major with special instructions:
- Dance; music; musical theatre; television, film, and new media: production; and theatre arts: performance applicants will receive an email with further instructions from the department regarding audition or application requirements.
- Upper-division nursing transfers and second bachelor's in nursing applicants for fall 2025 admission must also complete the mandatory Academic History Update and answer specific nursing questions, including course prerequisites, in January 2025.
Keep Your Grades Up!
Admission is based on self-reported information from your Cal State Apply application. Once you are provisionally admitted, we will verify this information against your official transcript(s).
Your admission may be rescinded for the following reasons:
- You did not update your course information and submit the mandatory Academic History Update on the Cal State Apply website.
- Your GPA or course grades are lower than what you reported on the application.
- You missed any admission deadlines.
- You earned D or F grades.
- You misreported or did not complete a required course.
- You misreported earning an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) similar to your intended major by summer 2024 for spring 2025 admission or spring 2025 for fall 2025 admission.
- You did not complete 60 transferable semester (or 90 transferable quarter) units by the end of summer 2024 for spring 2025 admission or spring 2025 for fall 2025 admission.
Timeline
Learn what the dates and deadlines are for this next year.
Contact Admissions
We are here to help you with every step of the admissions process, we encourage you to contact us.
Appeals
If you are denied admission, or if you miss an admission deadline, it is unlikely that our decision will be reversed with submission of an appeal unless you have serious and extenuating circumstances. Learn about our appeals process.