admissions FAQ

Applying and Registering for Courses 

The application to SD Mesa is a two step process.

Click this link and you will be taken to Open CCC Apply.  After creating your CCC account, log back into Open CCC and submit a SD Mesa application. 

You can also follow our College Student Guide on this link. 

Your student ID is in the welcome letter that was sent to the email you entered on the application when applying to the college.

Your Student ID is also known as your CSID, and User ID. 

If you can't locate it, you can submit a ticket on our MySDCCD Support Desk with a Government Issued Photo ID. 

Once you receive your welcome email with your 10 digit student ID (User ID, CSID), you can go to the mySDCCD account creation page.

You can also follow our College Student Guide on this link to create your portal account. 

Active student portal users (MySDCCD) can access the class schedule under “My Classes” 

If you are not a current student, you can access the class schedule through this link. 

Typically within 2 weeks of the class semester going live, registration appointments are posted on the College Student Dashboard in MySDCCD Portal. It'll be an orange row with a date and time when you can begin to register for the next term.

Look at our guide  

Through your MySDCCD student portal >My Classes> Enrollment Add Classes> Enter class number or look up classes through “Class search”

You would follow the steps for adding a class. On the 1st step of the enrollment, enrollment preferences, you would click on the "Waitlist if class is full" box. Click on this link to look at our guide. 

You must drop yourself from the wait list in order to use the permission number once the class has started.

Login to MySDCCD portal, navigate to My Classes> Enrollment: Add Classes. From your shopping cart, enter the five-digit class number and then it will prompt you to enter the permission number (add code). Continue to Next, then step 2 out of 3 to fully enroll in the course.

The Waitlist will automatically move you up on the list. You will receive an email notification when you have been enrolled into the course. 

If you want to be dropped from the Waitlist: MySDCDD> My Classes> Enrollment Drop Classes> select class

The add/drop deadlines are the last day students can add a course (once the semester has started) or drop with no “W” on record and qualify for a full refund. The class deadlines are available on the class schedule. For 16 wk courses, there is a 2-week period to add/drop. For short term courses, the dates are different. It is important that students pay attention to the start/end date of the course and note the important class deadlines for that class.  Look for the calendar icon.

During COVID- 19, to crash a course, you’ll need to email the instructor to request a permission number (add code). Here is the link to the faculty directory: https://www.sdccd.edu/mysdccd/faculty-directory.aspx 

It can take up to 48 hours for the application to process and for students to receive an invitation email with ID number. If it has been more than 48 hours and a student has not received an email, they are encouraged to submit a help ticket with a government issued photo ID to https://mysdccd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals - so we can retrieve that information.

For help swapping a Chemistry course, complete the Registration Worksheet found on this site: https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx and email to the Admissions office at sdmesaadmissions@sdccd.edu 

Students need to email an unofficial transcript to prereqinquiry@sdccd.edu along with name, student ID number and the class for which you want to clear. 

OR

If you are a SD Mesa student, you can send an email to sdmesaprereqs@sdccd.edu with your name, student ID number, the class for which you want to clear pre-requisites for with your unofficial transcripts. 

Due to the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the office closure, we are not currently accepting hard copy transcripts; however, we are accepting electronic transcripts (PDF format).

When ordering a transcript, if the sending institution has partnered with Credentials/E-Scrip-Safe, the transcript will be sent as a PDF directly to the San Diego Community College District for City College, Mesa College, or Miramar College.

We are currently working to establish direct accounts with Parchment and the National Student Clearinghouse.  In the interim, regardless of the institution you are sending from, request to send the transcript to the following email address:

tinquiry@sdccd.edu 

Students are responsible for requesting official transcripts from each institution attended to be sent to SDCCD.

Transcripts from foreign institutions are not required.

Transcripts are only accepted from one year after issuance.

Please note that transcript evaluation is not automatic. Transcripts from ALL colleges/universities attended after graduating from high school need to be requested, received by SDCCD prior to the student requesting an official  evaluation. 

 Current students with an active MySDCCD account can request official transcripts through their "College Student Dashboard"  by selecting "Request Official Transcripts" in the "My Classes" folder. 

Former students can access our SDCCD Transcript Ordering Services on this link

All coursework completed at San Diego City, Mesa or Miramar College is included on one transcript. There is no need to request a transcript from each (City, Mesa, Miramar) college. The first two transcripts issued are free of charge. Thereafter, transcripts cost $5.00 each.

Current students with an active MySDCCD account can view their unofficial transcripts through their "College Student Dashboard"  by selecting "View Unofficial Transcripts" in the "My Classes" folder. 

Former students may view their unofficial transcript through: https://unofficialtranscript.sdccd.edu

General Q&A

Please visit the following page for access and instructions regarding Name, Date of Birth and Social Security Changes: https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx

When submitting the Update SSN, Name, Birthdate form to the support desk you will need to submit the following documentation via scan or photo:

 Name Change:

• Federally Issued Photo ID (Driver's License, State ID Card, Passport, etc)
• Legal Documentation for the change (Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree, Naturalization/Citizenship, Petition for Name Change, etc)

Visit the website listed below. Download and fill out Update SSN, Name and DOB form. Submit the form along with

• Federally Issued Photo ID (Driver's License, State ID Card, Passport, etc)
• Signed Social Security Card

https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx

Visit the website listed below. Download and fill out Update SSN, Name and DOB form. Submit the form along with a picture of Government issued ID and SSN card. 

https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx

Visit the website listed below. Download and fill out Update SSN, Name and DOB form. Submit form along with Marriage certificate or Divorce decree and Government-issued photo ID with new name. 

https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx

Visit the website listed below. Download and fill out Update SSn, Name and DOB form. Submit form along with copies of Naturalization certificate, Court order name change form and Government issued photo ID with new name.

https://www.sdccd.edu/students/forms-and-documents.aspx

The residency staff is here to help. They can be reached at sdmesaresidency@sdccd.edu please include your name and student ID in your email. Please note that only the staff on that email address can support you to determine your eligibility for California residency. 

If you are a current 11th or 12th grade student, wanting to take a college course at SD Mesa, please complete the Supplemental Application for High School Students via this link, the application process is fully online.

https://mysdccd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/4/group/11/create/77 

SDCCD does not have an age requirement for enrollment, 

To change your home school, you will need to contact our counseling department to change your educational plan and secondly,  submit a "Other Miscellaneous (College of Record-COR- statement on the Financial Aid MySDCCD Support Desk. 

The first step in being readmitted after a disqualification, is to reach out to Counseling at mesacoun@sdccd.edu 

All high school students will have a high school hold on their account, preventing them from self-enrolling in classes. This hold remains on the student’s account, until proof of high school completion is provided to the college. High school students are enrolled by the College Admissions office, and are only allowed to drop classes.

To clear this hold, please contact the Counseling office. Email: sdmesafollowup@gmail.com or call 619-388-2672

Once the hold has been released, you’ll have to submit an online application to active your account: http://www.sdmesa.edu/apply/index.shtml

For questions regarding SD Promise, email sdpromisemesa@sdccd.edu or Google Voice Phone: (619) 800-2246 or (619) 800-2632

To contact Student Accounting, email mestuact@sdccd.edu or call (619) 354- 1103 (M-R 8 am - 6 pm; Fridays: Fall & Spring Standard Friday Hours 8:00am - 1:00pm.

After completing a payment, the hold is not removed automatically. It takes a couple of hours for the hold to be released.

It takes about 4 hours for Canvas to reflect the recently added course. 

Students should drop courses via mySDCCD until the posted deadline. Find the important deadlines for dropping without a "W" and with a refund as well as the deadline to drop with a "W" by clicking the calendar icon next to the course information .

Students are responsible for dropping a course that they no longer wish to attend by the posted deadline or a letter grade will be assigned. Non-attendance WILL NOT guarantee that a student will be dropped from a course.

To change the campus of record, please submit an “Other Miscellaneous (College of Record- COR- Statement” on the MySDCCD Support Desk located at: https://mysdccd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/4/group/34/create/75

With a photo of a government issued ID. 

After submitting a ticket with Financial Aid, contact the Counseling office for a drop-in to update your student education plan. Email: sdmesafollowup@gmail.com or call (619) 388- 2672 

This is the process to change college, or campus or record.