Freshman Impaction

All first-time freshman applicants must meet the minimum听standard听CSU admission听requirements. Additionally, California freshmen choosing one of 快活林性息's impacted majors must achieve that major's supplementary criteria to be considered for admission.

Currently, only a few majors are impacted at 快活林性息, as shown in the table below.

Impacted Majors by Academic Year
Impacted Majors, 2025-2026 Impacted Majors, 2026-2027
  • 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
  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts options in:
    • Film Production
    • Television Production
  • B.A. in Music

Learn More About Freshman Impaction

快活林性息 is Easing Impaction!

快活林性息 is easing impaction for the current and coming academic years听鈥�听fall 2025 and spring 2026 as well as fall 2026 and spring 2027听鈥斕�as follows:听

  • Local/nonlocal-area (regional) impaction is no longer in effect. All California first-time freshman听applicants will need to meet the same听standard CSU admissions criteria. Visit for details.

  • Applicants will also need to meet the supplementary criteria for an impacted major听if they choose one of those majors. Supplementary criteria for impacted majors are published on this page as they become available.

Three majors are impacted for 2025-2026; only two majors are impacted for 2026-2027.

Impacted Majors Overview

The for each impacted major may set supplementary admission criteria for its applicants.

  • If you are choosing an impacted major and you are a student from California, you will need to meet that major鈥檚 supplementary admission criteria.

  • In all impacted majors except Music, this could mean achieving a higher admission eligibility index than is required for a non-impacted major.

  • Space permitting, applicants who meet any supplementary criteria will be admitted first, until the impacted major is full.

The list of impacted majors may change annually in future academic years.

Fall 2025 and Fall 2026 Freshman Admissions

Currently, applications from first-time freshmen are accepted for admission to听fall听semesters only.

No matter when you apply for admission to 快活林性息, be sure to apply during .

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To find out whether or not impaction affects you, take the following steps in the suggested order:

  1. Determine if you will be applying to an impacted major.

    • Choose your major carefully. Ask your high school counselor for tools to explore careers or contact a to talk through options.

    • You can take the free to identify your interests and matching job zones.

    • Explore your options with .

  2. You are NOT affected by impaction if you are a nonresident of California or a U.S. servicemember (active duty or veteran). You'll find application instructions at:

    • . A higher eligibility index must be achieved even without impaction.

    • . A higher admission standard is already required.

    • . While active-duty servicemembers and veterans are not subject to impaction, their dependents are.

Majors Impacted for Fall 2025

For fall 2025 admission, only one business major with two options is impacted. Students apply to the听pre-major听program. Then, after successfully completing the pre-major, students may file for a change of major:

  • Accountancy 鈥� two options:
    • Information Systems option
    • Professional Accountancy option

Applicants to the following impacted major are required to pass an听audition:

  • Music - Refer to听.

Cinema and Television Arts (CTVA) will set supplementary criteria (a higher eligibility index) and admit applicants听directly听to the major program based on their CSU eligibility index.

  • Two of six CTVA options are impacted for fall 2025:
    • Film Production
    • Television Production

Majors Impacted for Fall 2026

For fall 2026 admission, only two majors are impacted:

  • (CTVA): Two of six CTVA options are impacted:

    • Film Production
    • Television Production

    CTVA will set supplementary criteria (a higher CSU eligibility index) and admit applicants听directly听to the major program based on their 听eligibility index.

  • Music:听An audition is required. Learn more at听.

If you apply to one of 快活林性息's impacted majors, you may need to achieve a higher, supplementary eligibility index than the minimum CSU standard to be considered for admission to the program.

The CSU statewide eligibility index for California applicants is based on your high school GPA (HSGPA) and the听multifactor admission criteria published at . Your HSGPA is based on grades earned in college preparatory courses (A to G subject requirements) taken during the final three years of high school.

Check with your high school counselor about possible extra GPA points for Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or honors courses you may have taken. These points are explained at .

The following section describes admission criteria for听fall 2025听impacted majors. Note that first-time freshman applications are currently not considered for spring admission to 快活林性息.

The two tables below describe the admission requirements for听fall 2025听first-time freshman applicants who have graduated from high schools located in California.听Table 1听shows the admission criteria for 快活林性息鈥檚 non-impacted majors and听Table 2听the criteria for impacted majors. Please note:

  • Applicants who meet the minimum eligibility index for their group will be admitted.
  • These impaction criteria were set for听fall 2025听admission only and may vary for future admission cycles.
  • The minimum standard CSU admission requirements are published at听.

California Students Applying to Non-Impacted Majors

Table 1: Minimum eligibility index for听FALL 2025听California freshman admission.
California High School Location Minimum Admission Eligibility Index for Non-Impacted Majors
Anywhere in California 2500

California Students Applying to Impacted Majors

All graduates听of California high schools, regardless of location, who are applying to an impacted major must meet the higher, supplementary requirements for that major.听

Out-of-state students must attain a minimum eligibility index of 3000, but they are not subject to impaction.

Refer to Table 2 below for the minimum Eligibility Index admission criteria for California freshman applicants to impacted majors.

Table 2:听Fall 2025听minimum admission criteria for freshmen applying to impacted majors.
Impacted Major Required Minimum Eligibility Index
B.A. in Accountancy options in:
  • Information Systems
  • Professional Accountancy
 Apply to the Accountancy Pre-Major (minimum eligibility index score 2500).

B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts options in:

  • Film Production
  • Television Production
 2600
B.A. in Music Pass an audition. Visit听.

The admission criteria for听fall 2026听impacted majors will be published here at a later date.

Please note, first-time freshman applications are currently not considered for spring admission to 快活林性息.