First-Year Checklist

To log into your UCI Applicant or Admitted Student Portal, you must first activate your UCInetID. You received an email in December with the information required to activate your UCInetID, which is your key to many online services at UCI. Activate yours now. 

Your admission status update will be available on your UCI Applicant Portal homepage when it's released.

Your admission to UC Irvine for fall 2023 is provisional and subject to your admission conditions. Please access and read your contract in your Admitted Student Portal before submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). Submitting a positive SIR and accepting your offer of admission certifies that you understand and comply with all of the conditions of your provisional admission contract.

Log into MyAid to view and accept any financial aid or UCI scholarship offers you may have received if you completed the Federal Student Aid FAFSA or California Dream Act application by the March 2 deadline.

You will need to have an activated UCInetID to access MyAid.

Visit the Celebrate tab in your Admitted Student Portal to find events applicable to or near you! Admitted student events are your opportunity to learn more about attending UCI, hear from current students, talk one-on-one with our admissions counselors, and meet other future Anteaters.

• Virtually: Join a livestream campus tour led by a current student or use our self-paced virtual tour anytime of day.
  
  
• In-person: Sign up for an in-person campus tour here. Please note that campus tours do require advanced registration and space is limited.

Accept your offer of admission by submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) in your Admitted Student Portal by May 1.

Your SIR and a nonrefundable $250 deposit (if requested) is the key to reserving your space at UCI. If you don’t see a request for a deposit fee, then you qualify for a deposit waiver based on the information submitted with your UC application. Accept your offer of admission in your Admitted Student Portal.

If you plan to live on campus, you must submit your SIR by May 1 and housing application by May 2. Your SIR must be submitted prior to your housing application. Please be advised, the housing application can take 24 hours to become available after submitting your positive SIR.

First-year students enrolling for fall 2023 will be guaranteed two years of on-campus housing if the Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) is completed by May 1 and a housing application are completed by May 2, 2023. The fall 2023 housing application opens on March 1, 2023. Housing contracts must be completed by the stated deadline, and students must live on campus the first year to qualify for guaranteed housing in the second year.

Learn more about applying for housing and the options available to you here.

Make sure to stay up to date with your personalized pending tasks on your Admitted Student Portal homepage.

• All transcripts must be received by July 1, 2023
• All AP/IB test scores must be received by July 15, 2023.
• Your final official transcript must have a date of graduation.
• If you are attending summer session, an official transcript is still required by July 1 showing all coursework through spring 2023.
• Official college transcripts for any courses taken during summer 2023 must be sent to the UCI Office of Undergraduate Admissions and received by September 15, 2023.

UCI's Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be accepting documents in an online format. Please find a list of vendors and methods here.

International students are encouraged to request official transcripts early because it may take some time for schools outside of the U.S. to send your official transcripts to UCI. Failure to submit official documents may result in the cancellation of your offer of admission.

(Note: students who did not attend three years at a high school in which the language of instruction is English must submit official test scores for an exam that clears the English Language Proficiency requirement by July 15, 2023. Find means to clear this requirement under "English proficiency requirements" here.)

UCI admission decisions are based on the information submitted on your UC application and/or have reported as planned.

Admitted students are responsible for reporting any changes to the class schedule you listed on your application. Admitted students planning to drop a course should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the "Conditions" tab in the Admitted Student Portal.

Notify our office about any course changes or withdrawals by submitting the “Report Change to Course Schedule Form” found under the “Reporting Changes” section of your portal.

The CFS form will be submitted through your Admitted Student Portal. If you do not need to apply for a visa document, proceed to iNavigateUCI.

You will need an F-1/J-1 student visa to study in the U.S., if you do not have a visa status that allows you to attend school in the U.S. A visa document will allow you to apply for an F-1/J-1 student visa. If you are already in the U.S. with a student visa status, you must request a visa document from UCI.

Go to your Admitted Student Portal account to access the CFS. Follow the instructions to complete the CFS form as soon as possible. Obtain required signatures with dates, and upload the signed financial documents, including current bank letter/proof of funding at http://admissions.uci.edu/portal.

If you live outside of the U.S. and need to obtain a F-1 or J-1 student visa, you must also: 

1. Know that once your CFS, financial documents, and passport biographical page have been received and verified as complete, the International Center will process and mail you your F-1/J-1 visa document.
   
   
2. Apply for the F-1 student visa. Students without an F-1 visa need to apply for one. After you receive your I-20 visa document, you may apply for an F-1 visa. Visit the U.S. Department of State website. 

If you are currently in the U.S. and have an F-1 or J-1 visa, you must also: 

1. Request an electronic release of your SEVIS record from your current school to UCI. Follow the instructions on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Record Transfer to UCI form. The form is available on your Applicant Portal and on the International Center website. Note: Failure to follow the instructions will delay the processing and mailing of your visa document. 
   
   
2. Once your CFS, financial documents, and passport biographical page have been received and verified as complete and your SEVIS record has been released to UCI from your current school, the International Center will process and mail you your F-1/J-1 visa document. 

If you live in the U.S. and plan to change to F-1/J-1 visa status, you must also:  

• Plan to travel outside of the U.S. for an F-1/J-1 visa, or you must file a change of status application with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

As a new F-1/J-1 international student, you must complete the International Center Visa Check-In process at the start of fall quarter. iNavigateUCI is the International Center’s electronic visa check-in process and it is required for all new international students; it is used to report your arrival to the Department of Homeland Security and to “activate” your SEVIS record. For more information, click here.

Learn more about the International Center and the programs it offers at the International Center website.

Many important courses require placement test results to register. In particular, writing courses often require a writing assessment. Many placement exams take place during the mandatory first-year summer orientation, but please visit the Academic Testing Center website to obtain information about tests, testing dates, and a guide to which placement tests you may need.

Student Parent Orientation Program, or SPOP, is the mandatory orientation program for first-year students offered several times July through August. You will receive an email with your assigned SPOP date and instructions in June.

During SPOP, you will register for classes through academic advising, learn more about UCI and important campus resources, and meet other new students and start building your Anteater network.

While SPOP is mandatory, there are additional opportunities to get acclimated to college life, connect with other students and campus resources, and start earning credits before fall quarter.

• Freshman Edge, July 31 – September 9, gives you the opportunity to start college early with a small cohort of highly motivated students. Participants earn UCI units toward their degree, gain confidence through meeting and speaking with faculty, and connect with other incoming students and peer mentors in a supportive environment. A limited number of scholarships are available to first-generation and/or income-eligible students.
• Summer Session - Summer is a great time to learn! UCI Summer Session makes it possible for students to make progress toward their degree year-round. Choose from over 800 courses across 70 academic disciplines, including an extensive selection of online classes, general education requirement classes, and coursework for your major or minor. For Summer Session 2023, all UC students who enroll in 8 or more units will pay for only 8 units in per unit course fees.

If you took courses at a college or university, official transcripts from those schools are required even if the courses appear on your high school transcript. Please let us know as soon as possible if you have enrolled at a college or university not originally listed in your application. If you completed college coursework in the summer 2023 term you must send us an official transcript with your summer grades by September 15, 2023.

Your ZOT account is the portal for fees and credits assessed to your school account. Check your account to see your registration fees and other charges, as well as any financial aid, waivers, or payments credited to your account.

Payments can be made:

• Electronically via e-check or Credit Card (non-refundable fee will apply when using a credit card), *Payments made online through CashNet, credit to your ZOT account immediately*, or
• By check, money order/cashier’s check, or
• In cash
• International Student payments can be made through Flywire or Western Union, the UCI portal for each can be reached at fs.uci.edu/payments/international-payments.php

Newly admitted students must adhere to the University of California’s immunization requirement. Review and learn more about completing the immunization requirements before submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).

Applicants who submit their SIR must complete the UC Immunization Requirement by October 22 or an academic hold may be placed on your account by the Student Health Center.

To log into your UCI Admitted Student Portal, you must activate your UCInetID. 

Visit the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships website to access your financial aid files through MyAid. This is where you’ll find and accept any financial aid or UCI scholarship awards.

The ZOT Account system is a smart way to check your tuition and fees payment status. This is also where you’ll access CASHNet to pay your UCI tuition and fees.

PACE is a payment plan that lets you spread the costs of your registration fees over the quarter, in three monthly installments. Just remember to apply for a new PACE Plan Agreement each quarter and activate it by paying your entire first installment.