Multi-Factor Admissions Criteria & Special Considerations for Fall 2021-2022
Multi-Factor Admissions (MFA) Criteria will be used for the 2021-2022 Academic Year for Incoming Freshman. SAT or ACT scores will not be used to determine admissibility. The criteria below will be used to determine admission requirements. If your GPA is below a 2.5 additional admission verification points may be used to meet the minimum eligibility criteria. Impacted programs have an additional Math GPA that may be met in addition to the MFA admission criteria. Details on impaction can be found below.
A-G High School Prepwork: High schools offer many different courses that can be used to meet our required courses for admissions. For the specific A-G areas in which your high school’s courses fall, please refer to the UC/CSU Approved A-G course list. Additional Admission Eligibility Points: N/A Additional Info: Includes CSUMB Local Service Area (Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito Counties and Gilroy area schools) and Non-local Service Area students. For impacted majors refer to impacted majors category below. Local service area students will receive additional admissions eligibility points. The local service area is Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, San Benito County & Gilroy area schools.
A-G High School Prepwork: High schools offer many different courses that can be used to meet our required courses for admissions. For the specific A-G areas in which your high school’s courses fall, please refer to the UC/CSU Approved A-G course list. Additional Admission Eligibility Points: -First Generation College Student
-Considered Low Income Student (based on application income information)
-Courses taken beyond the minimally required A-G requirements
-Local service area (Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Cruz County, Gilroy Area schools)
A-G High School Prepwork: High schools offer many different courses that can be used to meet our required courses for admissions. For the specific A-G areas in which your high school’s courses fall, please refer to the UC/CSU Approved A-G course list. Math GPA Must meet a Math GPA of 2.5 or greater. Impaction does not apply to local service area students. Additional Admission Eligibility Points if GPA range is 2.00 - 2.499: -First Generation College Student
-Considered Low Income Student (based on application income information)
-Courses taken beyond the minimally required A-G requirements
Additional Info: Review more details on impaction for First Time Freshman below, impaction does not apply for local service area students. A-G High School Prepwork: High schools offer many different courses that can be used to meet our required courses for admissions. For the specific A-G areas in which your high school’s courses fall, please refer to the UC/CSU Approved A-G course list.
Additional Admission Eligibility Points: N/A
General Impaction Details & Info
In the California State University system, a campus is designated as “impacted” when the number of applications received from qualified students exceeds the number of available spaces. It also means that a campus has exhausted its instructional resources and physical capacity. The final admissions thresholds are determined after the application period has been closed and after receiving all of the undergraduate application for admissions.
Those campuses are permitted to use supplementary admission criteria to screen applications.
CSU eligible freshmen applicants are admitted based on a combination of their self-reported GPA (at the time of application), A-G college prepwork, additional admissions eligibility criteria and Math GPA.
Please visit the CSU website for more information about CSU Impaction and Redirection.
Updates for the Fall 2021 application cycle are available on our impaction public hearings page.
For information on Transfer specific Impaction criteria, please visit our Impaction page.
Fall Semester
Impaction criteria applies to first-time freshmen from outside of our local service area (Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties and the city of Gilroy). First-time Freshmen within our service area (Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties and the city of Gilroy) must meet the minimum CSU eligibility and are not required to meet impaction criteria.
All deadlines are taken seriously, applicants must adhere to and meet all admissions deadlines for consideration.
Who will be affected by the impaction?
- Out of area First Time Freshmen (Non-local service area residents only)
- The following lists the impacted programs and Math GPA that may be used to determine eligibility
- The final impaction admissions thresholds are determined after the application period has been closed and after receiving all of the undergraduate application for admissions.
Major Math GPA Biology 2.5 or above Business 2.5 or above Computer Science 2.5 or above Kinesiology 2.5 or above Marine Science 2.5 or above Psychology 2.5 or above Undeclared 2.5 or above