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Requirements for admission to Cal Poly Humboldt are in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 1, Subchapter 3, of the California Code of Regulations. Complete information is available on the California State University (CSU) website.
All CSU applications must be submitted online on the Cal State Apply website. An acknowledgement will be sent to the applicant when the online application has been submitted.
Importance of Filing Complete, Accurate, and Authentic Application Documents
Cal Poly Humboldt advises prospective students that they must supply complete and accurate information on the application for admission, residency questionnaire and financial aid forms. Further, applicants must, when requested, submit authentic and official transcripts of all previous academic work attempted. Failure to file complete, accurate and authentic application documents may result in denial of admission, cancellation of registration or academic credit, suspension or expulsion (Section 41301, Article 1.1, Title 5, California Code of Regulations).
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Undergraduate Application Procedures
Prospective students applying for part-time or full-time undergraduate programs of study must submit a completed undergraduate application. The $70 nonrefundable application fee should be paid online at the time of application via credit card or PayPal and may not be transferred or used to apply to another term. An alternate major may be requested on the application if desired by the university. The applications of persons denied admission to an impacted university may be redirected to another university at no cost, but only if the applicant is CSU eligible.
Impacted Programs
The CSU designates programs as impacted when more applications from regularly eligible applicants are received in the initial filing period (October and November for fall terms, June for winter terms, August for spring terms, February for summer terms) than can be accommodated. Some programs are impacted at every campus which they are offered; others are impacted only at a few campuses. Candidates for admission must meet all of the campus’ specified supplementary admission criteria if applying to an impacted program or campus.
The CSU will announce during the fall filing period those campuses or programs that are impacted. Detailed information on campus and program impaction is available on the Impaction at the CSU website.
Each university will communicate supplementary admission criteria for all impacted programs to high schools and community colleges in their application service area and will disseminate this information to the public through appropriate media. This information will also be published on the Cal Poly Humboldt website at https://admissions.humboldt.edu/apply/impaction.
Applicants must file applications for admission to an impacted program during the initial filing period. Applicants who wish to be considered for impacted programs at more than one CSU should file an application at each university for which they seek admission consideration.
Supplementary Admission Criteria
Each university with impacted programs or class-level admission categories uses supplementary admission criteria in screening applicants. Supplementary criteria may include rank-ordering of freshman applicants based on the combination of student’s “A-G” GPA and supplemental factors or rank-ordering of transfer applicants based on verification of the Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T) or Associate in Science Transfer (AS-T) degrees, the overall transfer grade point average (GPA), completion of specified prerequisite courses and a combination of campus-developed criteria. Applicants for freshman admission to impacted universities or programs may need to have a higher “a-g” GPA . In no case will standardized test scores be utilized in making freshman admission decisions.
The supplementary admission criteria used by individual CSUs to screen applicants are made available by the universities to all applicants seeking admission to an impacted program.
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Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Application Procedures
All graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants (i.e., doctorate, joint Ph.D. applicants, master’s degree applicants, those seeking educational credentials or certificates and, where permitted, holders of baccalaureate degrees interested in taking courses for personal or professional growth) must file a complete graduate application as described in the graduate and post-baccalaureate admission materials on the Cal State Apply website. Applicants seeking a second bachelor’s degree must submit the undergraduate application for admission. Applicants who completed undergraduate degree requirements in the preceding term are also required to complete and submit an application and the $70 nonrefundable application fee. To be assured of initial consideration by more than one CSU, it is necessary to submit separate applications (including fees) to each. All CSU applications must be submitted online via the Cal State Apply website. An acknowledgement will be sent to the applicant when the online application has been submitted.
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CSU Application Filing Periods
(Not all campuses/programs are open for admission to every term.)
Application Filing Periods
| Terms |
Applications First Accepted |
Initial Filing Period |
| Fall Semester or Quarter |
October 1 |
October 1 to November 30 |
| Winter Quarter |
June 1 |
June 1 to June 30 |
| Spring Semester or Quarter |
August 1 |
August 1 to August 31 |
| Summer Semester or Quarter* |
February 1 |
February 1 to February 28 |
*Most CSUs do not admit students to summer term.
Filing Period Duration
Each non-impacted university accepts applications until capacities are reached. Many universities limit undergraduate admission in an enrollment category due to overall enrollment limits. If applying after the initial filing period, consult the university admission office for current information.
Apply to Cal Poly Humboldt as early as possible to be considered for campus housing. The deadline to apply may occur any time after the initial filing period of October 1 to November 30 for fall term; August 1 to August 31 for spring term.
Cal Poly Humboldt may stop accepting applications in certain enrollment categories any time after November 30 for fall term and any time after August 31 for spring term. Additional information is available on the Office of Admissions website or by phone at (707) 826-4402.
Some graduate admission categories remain open later than others. However, no applications will be accepted later than one month prior to the beginning of the term. Contact the Office of Admissions-Graduate at (707) 826-6250, or the individual program office.
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Transcript Requirement
Cal Poly Humboldt requires official transcripts from every institution an applicant has attended, even if the applicant completed no courses there. Once all necessary transcripts and other documents are received, an applicant’s file is considered complete. Completed files are evaluated on a “rolling” basis in the order in which they were completed. All applicants are notified by email of Humboldt’s admission decision.
Admitted applicants are sent an email of admission and information about Cal Poly Humboldt’s orientation programs and on-campus housing. All new freshman and transfer students register through our orientation programs, which are mandatory and designed to acquaint new students and their families with the university and community.
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Hardship Petitions
The university has established procedures for consideration of qualified applicants who would be faced with extreme hardship if not admitted. Petitioners should write to the university Admission Office regarding specific policies governing hardship admission.
Information regarding the appeal policy for admissions denial may be found on the Cal Poly Humboldt Admission Appeal website.
Special Admission /Appeal of Admission Decision
Section 89030.7 of the California Education Code requires that the CSU establishes specific requirements for appeal procedures for a denial of admission. Each CSU campus must publish appeal procedures for applicants denied admission to the university. The procedure is limited to addressing campus decisions to deny an applicant admission to the university.
Admission appeal procedures must address the basis for appeals, provide 15 business days for an applicant to submit an appeal, stipulate a maximum of one appeal per academic term, provide specific contact information for the individual or office to which the appeal should be submitted and indicate a time estimate for when the campus expects to respond to an appeal. The appeal procedures must be included in all denial of admission notifications to students, and must also be published on the campus website.
Applicants who are denied admission to Humboldt can appeal the decision. For information, see the appeal policy on the Office of Admissions website.
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Use of Social Security Number
Applicants are required to include their correct social security numbers in designated places on applications for admission pursuant to the authority contained in Section 41201, Title 5, California Code of Regulations, and Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6109). The university uses the social security number to identify students and their records including identification for purposes of financial aid eligibility and disbursement and the repayment of financial aid and other debts payable to the institution. Also, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires the university to file information returns that include the student’s social security number and other information such as the amount paid for qualified tuition, related expenses and interest on educational loans. This information is used by the IRS to help determine whether a student, or a person claiming a student as a dependent, may take a credit or deduction to reduce federal income taxes.
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Reservation
The university reserves the right to select its students and deny admission to the university or any of its programs as the university, in its sole discretion, determines appropriate based on an applicant’s suitability and the best interests of the university.
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