1. CSUMentor Mentor Application
CSUMentor Undergraduate Online Application Process

2. CSUMentor.edu

3. Application Filing Status Report

4. Application Filing Status Report

6. Creating An Account Returning users login Forgot your username
and/or password?
Click to create an account

7. Create An Account Unique Email Account Required
Use addresses like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc.
Student Support can assist
Username must be unique
New automated system to check if username is available
Username suggestions are provided to user if desired username is taken
Be aware
Creation of Username
Area Code, initials, Birthday
Ex. 805gr1106
Ventura Area Code: 805
Initials: Ginger Reyes
Birthday: Nov. 6

8. Application Manager To start an application. To resume an application.
To complete additional applications to other CSU campuses, you only have to complete the first screen of
each application.
To resume an application.
To view submitted applications.

9. To begin the application click on the
“Begin Application” button at the bottom
of the introduction screen.
You must scroll down the screen
to view the button.

10. Online Tutorial
Each header bar will also have a link to the online tutorial via the “Play” button. Only videos pertinent to this section will play
You can navigate to other parts of the video using the menu on the right of the video.

11. Side Menu Bar of Application
Push Pin: Current page
Check Marks: Completed screens
Skip & Jump to: Go to another screen without saving
Quick link to Introduction page of campus
HELP Movies: Link to new online video tutorial
Instructions: Text instructions for any screen of the application
Quick link to Student Support page for assistance on completing the application
Quick link to Application Manager
SAVE: Will save the information that has been inputted on the screen
LOG OFF: Log off the application and the CSUMentor site
SUBMIT: To submit the completed application (appears only when application is ready for submission)
Push Pin: Current page
Check Marks: Completed screens
Skip & Jump to: Go to another screen without saving
Quick link to Introduction page of campus
HELP Movies: Link to new online video tutorial
Instructions: Text instructions for any screen of the application
Quick link to Student Support page for assistance on completing the application
Quick link to Application Manager
SAVE: Will save the information that has been inputted on the screen
LOG OFF: Log off the application and the CSUMentor site
SUBMIT: To submit the completed application (appears only when application is ready for submission)

12. Screen 1 – Enrollment Information
Application Information
Term Apply for
Main campus/Off-campus
(Depending upon the campus, this question may or
may not appear on the application.)
Intended Major
Degree Objective
Credential Objective
Campus Housing
Entry Status
Graduating HS Senior with or without college credit
Previous Application
Last Applied
Last Attended

13. Entry Status Options for Applicants

14. Screen 3 – Personal Information
Applicant Information
Social Security Number
Confirm SSN
California Statewide Student ID added (optional)
Date of Birth
Gender
Ward of the court question added
Residence
Place of Birth
Military Information
Optional Information
NCAA Sports
Parents’ Education
Family Income
Q. If my student does not have a Social Security Number, what do they put in for applicant information?
A. Leave the item blank.

15. Screen 4 – CA State Residency Information
Residency Status
Your responses to the following questions are required to make a preliminary assessment of your residency status for admission and tuition purposes. The campus may request additional information prior to making a final residence determination.

16. Screen 6 – High School Information
Current or Last High School Attended
High School Information
Graduation, GED Date or checkbox, if neither
Other High Schools attended
Test Information
Entries for SAT, ACT, TOEFL, IELTS and PTE
EAP scores
Release to CSU campus

17. You can search by a CEEB code.
If you can not locate your school on the list, call GO-TO-XAP.

18. Enter test taken or will be taken
Non-native speakers
of English

19. Screen 7 – College Information
Current, Previous and Planned Colleges Attended
Enter the names and locations of all current, previous and planned colleges and universities even if no coursework was completed. Begin with the last institution attended.
Advanced Standing Credit
All students except Graduating High School Senior with no college credit

20. Transfer Information, RN Question, AA-T / AS-T

21. Screen 8 – High School Preparation 1
Social Science
2-Years
English
4-Years
Mathematics
3-Years

22. Click “Add … Course” to enter a course. Click “Edit” to
modify a course.
Q. Student took Algebra 1 in 7th grade, how do I report it on CSU Application?
Put course as 8th grade course and you can list it in the CSU application.
Per CSU High School Preparation 2 Screen Instructions, if you took Algebra 1 or a foreign language in the 7th or 8th grade, report your grades as grade level 8.
Click Trash Can to
delete a course.

24. Course List. This list contains your school’s actual courses.
Select from the
Course List. This list contains your school’s actual courses.
If class is not in drop down
menu select “Other” and
type in the class.

25. Click “add course” to
save the course.

26. Warning for Missing Coursework

27. Screen 9 – High School Preparation 2
Laboratory Science
1-Year Biological Science with laboratory (D1)
1-Year Physical Science with laboratory (D2)
Language Other Than English
2-Years in same the language
Visual/Performing Arts
1-Year
College Preparatory Elective
Q. I have a student who went right into 3rd year Spanish, how would I report that she meets the 2 years of Language other than English requirement?
A. The student should put the other Spanish courses prior to the 3rd year, but for the grades put in Pass, so it is not counted in the GPA. By putting in the appropriate courses, the total foreign language semesters is now 6.
Q. I have a student who is fluent in another language and waived by my high school of their foreign language. How do they report that on the application?
Insert coursework for 9 & 10th grade and for Title select “Other”. Enter Waiver of LOTE and grades are Pass for 2 semesters.
Q. I repeated a course, do I have to list the “bad” grade and the new grade?
A. No. As stated below, if you have repeated a course by taking the exact course at a later time, list the highest grade you achieved for the term(s) are repeated. Do NOT enter in a repeated course twice.

28. GPA Calculation Self Reported
Links to CSUMentor GPA Calculator

29. Screen 10 – College Courses
College Courses in Progress
List courses
College Courses Planned
CSU General Education Requirements
List A1, A2, A3, and B4 courses

30. Click “Add a Course”
to enter a course
Click “Edit” to
modify a course
Click Trash Can to
delete a course

31. Select Course from
Course List
Click “add course” to
save the course.

33. Screen 11 – EOP Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
New EOP&S Fee Waiver Transfer Students that are enrolled in EOP&S

34. Screen 12 – Fee Waiver Application Fee Waiver Application Fee Waiver
Only complete once
Financial Information
Calculation of Fee Waiver
Now available for students who meet requirements of AB540
Application Fee Waiver
Only complete once
Financial Information
Calculation of Fee Waiver
Now available for students who meet requirements of AB540

36. Sample: Fee Waiver Granted
Sample: Fee Waiver Denied
Fee waiver granted
Fee waiver denied

37. Screen 13 – Review Your Application

38. Click to submit your application!

39. Payment Options Credit Cards Check / E-Checks or Money Order
Visa
MasterCard
Check / E-Checks or Money Order
Fee Waiver
Option only if granted
Apply only once for all CSU Campuses
Applies all academic year

40. Selecting A Payment Sample: Check or Credit Card Sample: Fee Waiver
Instructions on how and where to send your check are on the following screen.

41. Application
Submitted!

42. Who May Apply to EOP?
Historically low-income and educationally underserved undergraduate students who need admission assistance and support services to succeed in college
Students who demonstrate academic potential and motivation

43. Applying to EOP High School Graduate or Equivalent
Meet CSU Eligibility for Regular Admission
EOP considers admission for students who may not meet regular admission criteria on a campus by campus basis

44. Applying to EOP
Students must complete and submit an application for Undergraduate Admission to the campus before applying to the EOP program.
Application to the Educational Opportunity Program includes:
1) Completed Undergraduate Admission application to the campus
2) Completed EOP application with:
Applicant Information form
Two Recommendation forms

45. Separate Application for EOP
Online EOP applications can be started only AFTER submitting an online application to a CSU campus first
To apply for EOP online,
Go to Apply Online, then click link to apply for EOP online.

46. EOP Online Application Form – Completed by student
Opening page for the EOP Application
SAVE: Will save the information that has been inputted on the screen
Many fields are pre-populated from the University application
LOG OFF: Log off the application and the CSUMentor site

47. EOP Online Application Form – Completed by student
Must complete the first application
Additional applications are pre-populated but allow edits
Complete fields that are blank

48. EOP Online Application Form – Completed by student
Two recommendation are required
Students can go to the Application Manager to track the recommendation status and change the recommender if needed
Two names and addresses are needed to process the electronic recommendation forms

49. EOP Online Recommendation Form – Completed by counselor or teacher
Counselors and teachers will receive an message with the web link to the recommendation form
There is a new message for each student application
Unique link for each recommendation

50. EOP Online Recommendation Form – Completed by counselor or teacher
Must complete the initial recommendation form
Additional forms will pre-populate for a student applying to multiple campuses
Counselors and teachers can edit responses before resubmitting

51. EOP Contacts
CSU Bakersfield Mr. Rocky Maraccini 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, CA Phone: (661) Fax: (661) CSU Channel Islands Ms. Leah Alarcon One University Drive Camarillo, CA Phone: (805) Fax: (805) CSU Chico Ms. Victoria Bass First and Normal Streets Chico, CA Phone: (530) Fax: (530) CSU Dominguez Hills Ms. Katrina Hermoso 1000 E. Victoria Street, WH D-350 Carson, CA Phone: (310) Fax: (310) CSU East Bay Mr. Emmanuel Lopez EOP Admissions, LI Carlos Bee Blvd. Hayward, CA Phone: (510) Fax: (510) CSU Fresno Ms. Irene Perez 5150 North Maple Avenue, M/S JA62 Fresno, CA Phone: (559) Fax: (559) CSU Fullerton Ms. Willie Bugaoan 800 North State College Blvd. EOP Admissions, UH-231 Fullerton, CA Phone: (657) Fax: (657) Humboldt State University Ms. Denise Negrillo Ms. Maria Elena Whaples One Harpst Street Arcata, CA Phone: (707) (toll free) Fax: (707) CSU Long Beach Ms. Gail Walters EOP Admissions, LA Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA Phone: (562) Fax: (562) CSU Los Angeles Ms. Maria Laines 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) Fax: (323) CSU Monterey Bay Ms. Carina Cisneros 100 Campus Center Seaside, CA Phone: (831) Fax: (831) CSU Northridge Ms. Doris Clark Bayramian Hall Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA Phone: (818) Fax: (818) Cal Poly Pomona Ms. Leticia Guzman Scott EOP Admissions and Enrollment Building West Temple Avenue Pomona, CA Phone: (909) Fax: (909) CSU Sacramento Mr. David Ortega 6000 J Street Lassen Hall, Rm Sacramento, CA Phone: (916) Fax: (916) CSU San Bernardino Mr. Mario E. Baeza 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, CA Phone: (909) Fax: (909) San Diego State University Ms. Cynthia Torres EOP/Ethnic Affairs Student Services Bldg. East # Campanile Drive San Diego, CA Phone: (619) Fax: (619) San Francisco State University Ms. Renée Stephens 1600 Holloway Avenue, SSB 201 San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) Fax: (415) San José State University Ms. Debra Y. Griffith One Washington Square San Jose, CA Phone: (408) Fax: (408) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ms. Kathleen A. Castillo Student Academic Services, Bldg. 81 San Luis Obispo, CA Phone: (805) Fax: (805) CSU San Marcos Ms. Norma Larios 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. San Marcos, CA Phone: (760) Fax: (760) Sonoma State University Ms. Lisa Brooks 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Salazar 1060 Rohnert Park, CA Phone: (707) Fax: (707) CSU Stanislaus Ms. Serah Martinez 801 West Monte Vista Avenue Turlock, CA Phone: (209) Fax: (209)

52. Additional Information About EOP
CSUMentor site:
California State University site:
Individual campus EOP department websites

53. 2013-14 Undergraduate Application Updates

54. Screen 2 Require applicant to confirm email address

55. Account Creation – How Did You First Hear About CSU and CSU Mentor
3 types of validation you see on the slides

56. Screen 3 Modified foster youth question (3 check boxes)

57. Screen 6 Update date to full format mm/dd/yyyy

58. Screen 7 AA-T / AS-T Questions (SB1440)
Split previous box “For California Community College Students Only” into 3 separate boxes
Added text re: SB1440
Dropdown Boxes – if select “yes”, prompts you to next step.
3 BOXES IF
THEN
SB1440

59. Screen 8 9th-11th Grades – Student required to enter grade

60. Screen 10 Allow entry of course units <1 (0.5 increments)

61. Screen 12 Fee Waiver – California Dream Act (qualification for exemption for non-resident tuition-ab540)
US Citizenship Status = “None of the Above” OR
US Citizenship Status = U.S. Citizen
US Citizenship Status = Immigrant I-551 Green Card
AND
High school attendance = High school in California for three or more years
High school of graduation = Graduation or expected graduation from a high school in California
Current family size and income criteria are met
If above criteria included US Citizenship = None of the Above, generate pop-up (informational only): 

62. Questions?
For Applicants that have questions about CSUMentor and the Online Application, please have them contact:
Xap Technical Support
1-800-GO-TO-XAP