National Student Exchange


Information for Incoming FALL NSE Students


Admission to the University

You should already have received notification of your admission from the Admissions Office by mail.

How to find your CSUN username and password

Locate the "Activate CSUN User ID and Password" letter sent to you by Admissions and Records. The "Activate CSUN User ID and Password" letter contains your CSUN User ID* and Initial Password as well as your 9-digit student ID number.

*Your user ID will resemble the following if your name is Joe Bob Schmo:
joe.schmo.### or jbs#####

  1. Visit the CSUN Login page, and enter your User ID and Initial Password.
  2. Follow the subsequent instructions to activate your User ID and Password.

If there is not a password listed, please call IT Helpdesk (818) 677-1400 and provide them with your CSUN ID to receive a password. When you call the IT Help desk, you need to select Option 2, and then Option 2 again.

After you have activated your account, you will be assigned an automatic CSUN email address. Be sure to check that email frequently because the university will communicate with you through that email address once you are admitted to the university.


Registering for classes

After you have activated your account, you can access all the information in your records via the SOLAR student center. In SOLAR you can:

  1. Access the schedule of classes.
  2. Register for classes – You can ONLY start to register on your registration date (not before). ALL students must click to confirm they have read the payment information. Students on Plan A (paying tuition to CSUN) MUST pay close attention to the payment deadlines, as you WILL get dropped if you fail to pay by the due date.

IMPORTANT – Please read the pre-requisite information HERE - Remember you MUST be flexible with your class selection as NO CLASS CAN BE GUARANTEED..


Do you have a question about on-Campus Housing?

If you have applied for on-campus housing, move-in date will be from 9:00am on Saturday, August 25. For ALL other housing questions please call (818) 677-2160, or email davon.r.henson@csun.edu.

Do you have a question about your Meal Plan?

If you are assigned a room with no kitchen, you MUST purchase a Meal Plan. You are also welcome to purchase a Meal Plan if you have a kitchen. For more details, please see Fall/Spring 2012-2013 Meal Plan Website. If you are only going to be at CSUN for one Semester, note that on your application and remember that you will only need to pay half the cost.

Arriving at LAX

Those of you who do not have friends or relatives to pick you up at the airport can use the Flyaway bus service that stops every half hour right outside the baggage claim area. Please note:, there are THREE destinations, so make sure that your bus is going to Van Nuys (and not Union Station or Westwood). The departs regularly and goes non-stop to the Flyway Bus Terminal at Van Nuys. Travel time is 50 minutes (depending on traffic) and costs $7.00 one way. Please note that you can only pay by credit card when you arrive at Van Nuys flyaway terminal. Please visit http://www.lawa.org for more information.

You will then need to take a taxi from the Van Nuys Terminal to your final destination.

If you are staying in on-campus dorms, the address is 17950 Lassen Street, Northridge. This is the address you will need to give the Taxi driver. Do not have your cab wait for you while you check in. One student from New York had the driver wait, and he kept his meter running and the cab fare was $75.00!

The taxi fare from Van Nuys to the campus should cost approximately $15.00, depending on traffic.

NSE Orientation

NSE Orientation will be held at 3.30pm on Monday August 27, Room TBA. It is strongly advised that you attend Orientation as it designed to help you find your way around CSUN and the local area. Please RSVP to juliet.aylmer@csun.edu NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1.

I look forward to meeting you.

Juliet Aylmer
NSE Advisor
juliet.aylmer@csun.edu

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