1. CSUMentor Tutorial – 2017
How to complete the CSUMentor Undergraduate Online Application for Cal State Universities

2. Your Account Name is located on the blue quarter sheet of paper in your folder.
Use forgot password if you
don’t know your password.

6. Choose a CSU and apply for Undergraduate.

7. Application Manager To start an application choose a school
To complete additional applications to other CSU campuses, you only have to complete the first screen of each application.
Start with your two match schools

8. 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.

9. Use Skip if you want to jump screens
Side Menu Bar
Check Marks: Completed screens
Skip to Another Screen: Go to another screen without saving
HELP Video: Link to new online video tutorial
Instructions for this Screen: Text instructions for any screen of the application
Quick link to Student Support page for assistance on completing the application
Save This Screen: Will save the information that has been inputted on the screen
Use Skip if you want to jump screens

10. Application – Screen 1 Fall 2017
If you are unsure or your major is impacted,
consider choosing “Undeclared”
Choose an alternate in case your
first choice is impacted

11. Fall 2017 Term is Fall 2015 Choose Main Campus Choose a Major
BA or BS, one of these should work for your major
Choose Not Interested if You
Don’t Want to be a Teacher
Want to be a Teacher?

12. Entry Status Options for Applicants
Have You Taken a Community
College Class Before? If not, choose
graduating senior with no college credit.

14. Screen 2 – Name and Address
Name(s)
Full Name
Other Names
Current Mailing Address
International state/province
Permanent Address
Contact Information
Phone Numbers
Address
Legal name as it appears on your
social security card.
Your permanent address…it does not
have to match the one BGHS has.
Use your personal . Your .net
will expire upon graduation.

15. Required Required Not Required
If mailing address is the same as permanent address, click here
Required
Not Required

16. bottom of your transcript or on the demographics screen of
Can be found at the
bottom of your transcript or on
the demographics screen of
your Aeries portal.
County = Orange

17. Enter “green card”
information here
if not a citizen No

18. Most students are dependent, unless legal documents state
they are independent.
Make sure this is
accurate. It has to match
the parent income on
Step 12 - Application fee waiver.
Enter numbers with
no comma please.

21. Choose decline if none
of the above applies.

22. Screen 6 – HS Information
Click on the “FIND” Button
and Search for Bolsa Grande
In Garden Grove, CA

23. Other High Schools Attended
This Only Applies if
Students Have Attended
Another High School
Other Than Bolsa.

24. Test Information Enter test taken or will be taken.
Enter Date Only if you
do not have scores yet
Non-native
Speakers of
English Can Take
the TOEFL

25. Current, Previous and Planned Colleges Attended
Screen 7 – College Information only for students who have community college credit
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

26. Colleges Attended for Credit
Click on “Edit”
to modify any
college information inputted.
Click on Trash Can to delete
college information inputted.
Click on “Add a College”
to add your college.

28. Important Information
Important note for summer classes: When entering high school courses taken during the summer, select the grade level AFTER the summer you took the course in. For example, if you took Geometry during the summer between the 9th and 10th grades, list it as a 10th grade class. This is important to ensure that the GPA calculated on is accurate.
Important note honors courses: Select honors courses that are designated honors or advanced placement on the University of California’s A-G list.
If you have repeated a course, list the highest grade you achieved for each semester for the course.

29. Remember that Bolsa is considered a Semester schedule for applications
Remember that Bolsa is considered a Semester schedule for applications. Every year-long course (e.g. English 1) has two “semester” grades. Civics is a semester course, leave the other semester blank.
Use the highest grade if you repeated a course. Do not input the lower grade at any point (eg. If your highest grade was in a summer course, only input that grade and when you took it.)

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

31. Course List. This list contains all Bolsa courses.
Choose the grade level and year you took the course. Follow your transcript!
Select from the
Course List. This list contains all Bolsa courses.
If you can’t find
a course it is most likely in another section (Economics is in “college prep elective”)

32. Use Summer Grades if
Grades were Improved
In Summer

33. Always choose Semester (two grades)!
Some courses like Civics
are only one semester.
It should be
listed as “In Progress” and
leave the other semester blank

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

35. Civics is only one semester. Expository Reading & Writing
Econ will be in Area G.
Senior English is CSU
Expository Reading & Writing

36. Trig and Stats are split into two different
Semester classes. Add one at a time.

37. Warning for Missing Coursework

38. GPA Calculation Self Reported
Link to CSUMentor GPA Calculator.
Use this and only count grades you
Inputted into your CSU application.

39. Additional A-G Courses
One Semester Business
or ROP Courses
May Go Here

40. Screen 11 - EOP
Educational
Opportunity
Program (EOP)
Yes

41. Screen 12 – Fee Waiver Application Fee Waiver Only complete once
Yes
Application Fee Waiver
Only complete once
Financial Information
Calculation of Fee
waiver

42. Make sure your family income is accurate.
You only have one shot at the fee waiver.
Verify and submit. There’s no coming
back to redo the fee waiver after this.

44. Screen 13 – Review Your Application

45. Click to submit your application!

46. 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

47. 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.

49. Application Submitted!
Print Yourself a Copy

50. Go Back to Application Manager to Add Another CSU
To start 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 application

51. Separate Application for EOP