New Student Onboarding Checklist

Let’s dive in and get you ready for campus!

Welcome to the Dolphin Pod!

New Student Onboarding is your go-to guide for tackling key tasks before the start of your fall semester! Over the summer, you'll complete a series of simple steps designed to help you settle in and get connected with our community.

Important First Steps

New Student Onboarding Checklist

Use this checklist as your guide to complete your next steps. Click on each to-do item for further instruction. Each step brings you one closer to an exciting experience at CSUCI!

Sign-up for Academic Advising and Course Registration

  • New students enrolling for Fall 2025 must choose their Academic Advising & Course Registration session. Learn more about advising.

    • For transfers these sessions will take place throughout May, June, and July.
    • For first year students these sessions will take place in July.

    Register for advising

  • First-year students at Cal State Channel Islands participate in our Learning Communities (LC) program involving General Education and/or academic program requirement classes in both Fall and Spring semesters. 

    For incoming students who were not able to indicate their Learning Community preferences in the Joining the Pod survey by June 16th, you may be placed into a Learning Community prior to your Academic Advising & Course Registration session.  All Learning Community classes meet major and/or graduation requirements with the added benefit of a peer mentor to connect you with campus resources and support your first-year success!   

    For questions regarding Learning Communities, contact learningcommunities@csuci.edu.   

     

Summer Orientation

Complete Your Admissions Checklist

  • You must complete all steps of the admission process by the designated deadlines to secure your enrollment. We recommend checking your email regularly! Our number one form of communication is email.
     
    You must submit your final transcripts and test scores by July 15.
     
    To access your to-do list log into your myCI portal (CI Records) and click on the gray button labeled “CI Records”. CI Records will be your main go-to button during the admission process. Here you will have access to update your address, see your holds, view your To-Do list, and any important student messages under the Student Message Center. Access myCI portal
  • Every student attending a California State University must be classified as either a California resident, or as a nonresident, for tuition purposes. For additional information, please visit go.csuci.edu/CAresidency or e-mail registrar@csuci.edu for questions.

Complete Your IT Checklist

Tasks for Students Living On-Campus

Tasks for Students Living Off-Campus

Pay Tuition Fees

Tuition and other fees are due in full by the published Tuition Payment Deadlines.

All account activity and balance information can be found through myCI. The navigation to check financial information is: myCI > CI Records > Student Ctr > Campus Finances > Account Inquiry 

Pay your fees

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