Apply to UC and Cal State checklist
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Printable checklist
My UC and Cal State application checklist
Before I start
- I know my Social Security number or ITIN, or I will leave the field blank
- I will use the same number on my CA Dream Act Application
- I will never check "U.S. citizen" or "permanent resident" if it is not true
UC application (October 1 to November 30, 2026)
- Citizenship: "No Selection" (or my true status)
- Parent citizenship questions: optional
- Fee waiver applied, up to four campuses. Extra campuses: $80 each
- Submitted on: __________
Cal State Apply (priority through November 30, 2026)
- Citizenship answered truthfully
- Fee waiver considered automatically. $70 per campus otherwise
- EOP section if I qualify
- Submitted on: __________
After I apply
- CA Dream Act Application with AB 540 affidavit by March 2, 2027
- Final transcripts sent where asked
- Cal State Nonresident Tuition Exemption form, if my campus asks
- UC Statement of Legal Residence after I accept
- Accept by May 1, 2027 (UC first year) or June 1, 2027 (UC transfer)
From Apply to UC and Cal State. Facts checked October 21, 2026. Free information, not legal or medical advice.