Pre-Health New Student Information

Official Transcripts
Now that you have been admitted to the program, you need to send official transcripts from all colleges or universities you attended to the Division of Graduate Studies, as outlined in your admission offer.

Electronic transcripts must be sent directly from your institution to SFSU Graduate Studies at graddocs@sfsu.edu. Transcripts sent by you as attachments are considered unofficial and will not meet the requirement.

Send official, sealed transcripts to:
Division of Graduate Studies
1600 Holloway Avenue
Administration 254
San Francisco, CA 94132
U.S.A

For more information, please visit Graduate Studies - Prepare to Apply.

Applying for Financial Aid
You are welcome to apply for federal student loans by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). If you are eligible, you may receive aid to help fund your post-baccalaureate education. Visit the Financial Aid page for more information.

SFSU ID
Your SFSU ID is a nine-digit number assigned to you during the application process. Your SFSU ID is a crucial number that will allow you to access webpage services, such as Canvas, Gateway and your Student Center. In addition, this is required for all University business.

The Division of Graduate Studies has emailed you your student ID but if you are unable to find these digits, you can look up your SFSU ID by visiting Look up SFSU ID.

Gateway
Using your SFSU Student ID, you must create your password to login to SFSU Gateway. For instructions on creating your password, visit Student Account Help.

Upon creating your password, you can log in to SFSU Gateway. SFSU Gateway will give the student access to SFSU services including their email, Canvas and Student Center. Details on the SFSU email can be found by visiting Quick Admit.

Multi-Factor Authentication
For added security, all students will be required to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to login to the SFSU Gateway. Further instructions can be found by visiting Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

We will hold a mandatory orientation that will cover topics such as financial aid, SFSU services, available resources and more. It will be a great opportunity to interact with your fellow classmates and program staff.

Please keep a look out for an email from pbadmit@sfsu.edu with the time and date of this orientation.

After attending the orientation, you will be assigned an academic advisor.

Making an Appointment
Our admissions coordinators will send you a link to book your initial advising meeting with your advisor. Advising meetings will be conducted online via the Zoom video conferencing platform.

Preparing for the Meeting
Prior to your advising meeting, please confirm that you included all of your unofficial transcripts in your Cal State Apply application. This includes any courses you have taken at the college level, even if you were in high school and it was a PE or art class.

If your application is missing any unofficial transcript, please send it to pbadmit@sfsu.edu and ask for it to be uploaded to your application file.

During the Meeting
Please arrive to the Zoom meeting at least 5 minutes early. You and your advisor will work together to establish your academic plan and timeline.

New Students
Courses offered through our program are not published online and are not searchable in the Student Center. Rather, you will receive an email from the program with a schedule of our courses and their course numbers that you may use to register. New students should wait until after they meet with their advisor to register for courses.

Dates and Logistics
Registration dates can be viewed on the Calendar. Please refer to the column for Academic Credit, Semester Length. Follow the instructions to register for your courses using their class numbers.

Troubleshooting
If you have any problems with the registration process, such as receiving a message that your prerequisites have not been met for the class that you wish to register, please contact our Program Specialist, Baseemah Rahman at brahman@sfsu.edu. Please provide a screenshot, your SFSU ID and details about the error message.

For more information on registering for classes, visit the Course Enrollment page.