Welcome toSonoma State University Your Future, Your Destination,

Your University

Discover the Sonoma Experience

Why Students Love SSU• With an enrollment numbering 8,746 students this fall

2011. Sonoma State continues to remain a small, affordable, student friendly PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in California with an emphasis on community building & leadership development.

• One of the most residential campus in the CSU, with almost 50% of our undergraduate population living on campus.

• Once again, the Princeton Review's New "Green" Rating Places SSU Among the Top Environmental Campuses in U.S

• Academic Excellence! Pre Health Professions, Engineering Science, Wine Business, Teacher Preparation Programs, Business & Social Sciences

Early Start ProgramEarly Start Program (ESP): In June 2010, Executive Order (EO) 1048 established the Early Start Program (ESP). This program is for CSU admitted freshmen who have not demonstrated college ready proficiency in Mathematics and/or English. As of summer 2012, incoming freshmen who have not demonstrated proficiency in English and/or Mathematics will be required to begin remediation prior to the term for which they have been admitted, e.g., summer prior to fall.

•Sonoma State will be communicating with students on their expected Early Start Participation•ELM/EPT must be taken as early as possible•Students may complete Early Start at Sonoma State, other CSU’s or CCC’s

Fall 2011 Admissions Re-Cap

Impacted For Freshman Admissions– 12,100 applications– 10,300 admitted– 1,800 enrolled

Eligibility Index of 3200

Sonoma State is a competitive impacted campus admitting a diverse class of well

qualified students

Fall 2011 Admissions Re-Cap

Transfer Admissions4000 Applications

1370 Admitted700 Enrolled

All Fall transfer applicants must complete all admissions requirements by end of Spring

Sonoma State is a competitive impacted campus admitting a diverse class of well

qualified students

How SSU Admits Students• Freshman Admissions

– Lake, Mendocino, Marin, Napa, Solano, & Sonoma Counties admitted at 2900

– Ranking of out of area applicants at end of application period & eligibility index determined based on pool of applicants and enrollment targets

• Transfer Admissions– Students must submit ALL official

transcripts prior to evaluation– Students applying to impacted majors

must meet required criteria

How SSU Admits Students• Impacted Majors

– SSU has seven impacted majors for freshmen. A student must meet the impacted major criteria in addition to campus admissions criteria.

– See Website for criteria:• Transfer:

http://sonoma.edu/admissions/ts/highdemand.html#f2012

• Freshmen:• http://sonoma.edu/admissions/ftf/

freshmenhighdemand.html#f2012

Timelines & Deadlines• November 30th Application Deadline for fall 2012

• December 1st Rolling Admissions decisions begin

• December Apply for Housing after admitted

• March Take EPT/ELM tests

• May 1st Enrollment Reservation Deposit Deadline

• May 20th Orientation Sign Up Deadline

• July 10th Final Transcript due

Must Know Info!• Indicate an alternate major that is NOT impacted or

undeclared. Students will NOT automatically be admitted as undeclared if they don’t meet impacted major criteria.

• Students applying to impacted majors must wait until a department review is complete before an admissions determination can be made

• Self Service- Check It!• Email-Use it!• Deadlines are ENFORCED! If students do not meet

required deadlines the application process may be stopped and or admission offer rescinded.

• Orientations are MANDATORY for both Freshmen & Transfers!

Appeal ProcessIf a student is denied, but feels that a mistake was made or that they erroneously completed their application, they are eligible to a second review.

Please submit the following documents:• Request for 2nd Review Form (on website)• Official 7th semester high school transcripts with

grades posted and work in progress listed. • Official Test Scores.

Requests for 2nd reviews will be processed between March 1, 2011 and April 1, 2011 and are subject to space availability.

2011/2012 Cost of Attendance

Cost Item At Home On Campus

Off Campus

Fees $6862 $6862 $6862Books & Supplies 1,746 1,746 1,746Food & Housing 4,346 10,961 12,276

Transportation 1,362 1,266 1,326

Personal & Miscellaneou

s3,288 3,096 3,054

Total $17,604 $23,931 $25,264

*fees subject to change

Check out SSU’s Seawolf Pride!

Student Outreach & Recruitment707 664 3029

Student.outreach@sonoma.eduwww.sonoma.edu