Impaction

At California State University, Northridge (快活林性息), impaction affects only domestic undergraduate students听(first-time freshmen and first-time transfer students) who attend high schools and/or colleges in the state of California.

What are 快活林性息's Impaction Requirements?

Impaction Overview at 快活林性息

For Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Admissions:听

  • Only three majors are impacted.听All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard CSU criteria and the supplementary admission criteria that 快活林性息 has established for each impacted major.

  • There is no local/nonlocal-area impaction. All California applicants will need to meet the same听standard CSU admissions criteria.

For Fall 2026-Spring 2027 Admissions:

  • Only two听majors are impacted.听All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard CSU admission criteria and the supplementary criteria that 快活林性息 has established for each of the two impacted majors.
  • There is no local/nonlocal-area impaction. All California applicants will need to meet the same minimum standard CSU criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions

Impaction means a California State University (CSU) campus anticipates more qualified applicants than available spots for which there is adequate state funding. Impaction can:

  • Affect all undergraduate admissions for a CSU (campus impaction),
  • Give preference admission consideration to freshman or transfer applicants from schools within a CSU鈥檚 local admissions area, and/or

  • Set supplementary admission criteria for specific impacted majors (academic programs).

Learn more at听.

At 快活林性息, impaction affects domestic first-time freshmen and first-time transfer applicants who attend high schools and/or colleges in the state of California.

2025/2026 and 2026/2027 Admissions

Domestic first-time freshmen and first-time transfer students from California will be affected by impaction only if they are applying to an impacted major. Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.

You are听NOT听affected by 快活林性息听impaction if:

  • You are a听graduate听applicant. Visit .

  • You are a听nonresident听of California.

    • are already required to meet a higher听听than freshman applicants in California, even without impaction.
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  • You are a听U.S. servicemember听(active duty or veteran)听applying to 快活林性息.听Visit听.

For fall 2025 and spring 2026 admission, the three following majors are impacted:

  • B.S. in Accountancy
    • Information Systems option
    • Professional Accountancy option
  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts
    • Film Production option
    • Television Production option
  • B.A. in Music

For fall 2026 and spring 2027 admission, the two听following majors are impacted:

  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts. Two of six options are impacted:
    • Film Production option
    • Television Production option
  • B.A. in Music

Read more about the supplementary admission criteria for these impacted majors at:

No, not anymore. Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.*

For the current and coming academic years, you are affected by impaction only if:

  • You are a first-time, domestic undergraduate applicant who has attended one or more high schools and/or colleges in California, and
  • You are applying to one of 快活林性息's impacted majors. If so, you must meet the higher, supplementary criteria required for the impacted major you have chosen.

*Note:听听In the recent past, first-time freshman or first-time transfer applicants from California who attended California high schools and/or colleges outside of the 快活林性息-defined local admissions geographical area were required to meet a higher admissions standard than applicants attending schools within 快活林性息's local admissions area. 快活林性息 has discontinued this kind of "local/nonlocal-area impaction."听

2025/2026 and 2026/2027 Admission

Local/nonlocal-area (regional) impaction听is no longer in effect for admission in the academic years fall 2025-spring 2026 and fall 2026-spring 2027.

快活林性息's supplementary admissions criteria for impacted majors are published well into the admission cycle for each semester of entry.

For details about 快活林性息鈥檚听supplementary听admission criteria for听impacted majors, visit:

  • 听- Admission is based on the applicant's eligibility index.
  • 听- Admission is based on the applicant's GPA.

For the minimum听standard听CSU admission requirements for听all听domestic undergraduate applicants, visit:

Please note that听all听applicants, whether affected by impaction or not, must apply for admission during the听.