Concurrent enrollment, for the purpose of financial aid, is to allow students to have units concurrently taken at another institution considered in addition to their units at Cal State San Marcos when calculating eligibility for the Pell Grant or Cal Grant B. To be eligible for concurrent enrollment for financial aid purposes, a student must meet the following:

1. Courses taken at other institutions are NOT offered at Cal State San Marcos and ARE required to meet your degree objective (either general education or academic major/minor).
2. Courses required to meet your degree objective will NOT be offered at Cal State San Marcos PRIOR to your scheduled graduation date.
3. Students MUST have this form signed by their academic advisor verifying that either # 1 or # 2 is the reason you are requesting concurrent enrollment.
4. You must be registered in at least 6 units and no more than 11 units at Cal State San Marcos during the term you are requesting concurrent enrollment.
5. Requests for FALL 2004 must be submitted by November 1, 2004.  Requests for Spring 2005 must be submitted by April 1, 2005.

You MUST be registered in your courses at the concurrent institution NO later than Cal State San Marcos’s add/drop deadline for the term.          

If you are attending concurrently, but do not meet the above criteria, there is no reason to complete a financial aid concurrent enrollment form. You will want to confirm with your advisor the transferability of the courses, and have official transcripts sent to Registration and Records at the point grades are posted, but it will not affect your aid at Cal State San Marcos.

To apply for concurrent enrollment, you must complete a concurrent enrollment form, which is available in the Cal State San Marcos Financial Aid and Scholarship Office and on our website. This form is completed by you, your academic advisor and by the Financial Aid Office at the concurrent school. The completed form is returned to the Cal State San Marcos Financial Aid and Scholarship Office, along with a copy of your concurrent college course registration, so that we can confirm the transferability of the coursework. If the concurrent enrollment request is approved, your Pell Grant will be adjusted and a revised award letter will be sent to you.

At the end of the semester, you must submit a copy of your grade report indicating the result of your enrollment at the other institution. The information can be submitted in the form of a grade postcard from the professor, an unofficial printout of your grades, or an official transcript. We prefer the printout, now available at most community colleges. Failure to provide this information will result in the assumption that you did not complete the units and you will be either placed on financial aid probation, or disqualified from further financial aid, as outlined in our satisfactory academic progress policies later in this handbook.

Colleges with which Cal State San Marcos has consortium agreements:

 

Cerritos Community College	Palomar College
Coastline Community College	Saddleback College
Cuyamaca Community College	San Diego Mesa College
CSU, Fullerton	San Diego Miramar College
Grossmont College	San Diego City College
Irvine Valley College	San Diego State University
MiraCosta College	University of San Diego
Park College*	Rio Hondo Community College

*Park College courses that are offered at Camp Pendleton