Student Veteran Checklist
Are you a New Student, Continuing Student, or a Returning Student? Chose a dropdown option below:
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New Student
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Continuing Student
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Returning Student (away for 2 or more semesters)
- Step #1 Apply for VA Benefit
- Step #2 Apply to CCSF via CCC Apply website. Save Student ID and set up myRam Portal account , and student email (Gmail).
- Step #3 Complete New Student Veteran Orientation (Online)
- Step #4 Complete the Online Assessment Form to get Math and English Placement. This is not an actual test but a self-report form.
- Step #5 Fill out the Student Veteran Intake
- Step #6 Provide required Documents. (Click hyperlink respectively to upload file)
- DD-214 (Member 4 Copy).
- Certificate of Eligibility (COE) if using Post 9/11 GI Bill®, If using VR&E there is no COE, your Rehabilitation Counselor will send your authorization (VA Form 22-1905) to our School Certifying Officials and Bookstore.
- Official Transcripts from other Institution of Higher Learning must be submitted by the end of your 1st semester at City.
- Other Documents, to include Marriage Certificate or Birth Certificate if using Ch.35 DEA.
- Step #7 Declare major at CCSF. Do this step in your RAM Portal before seeing a counselor.
- Step #8 Develop an Education Plan with a Veterans Academic Counselor. If Official Transcripts are submitted, you will get a full comprehensive education plan, if you have not submitted Official Transcripts, you will be give a shortened 1 semester Education Plan until the Official Transcript have been submitted.
- Step #9 Register for Classes (Class Schedule, Registration Guide - PDF, Video). Only classes on you educational plan developed by a Veterans Academic Counselor will be certified.
- Step #10 Submit Certification Request Form (EVERY Semester)
- If a student veteran using VA Educational Benefits adds or drops any class after they have been certified for the semester, the VA requires the student to inform the School Certifying Officials. At CCSF student veterans do this by completing the: Change of Enrollment form found on at www.ccsf.edu/veterans under the Certification Forms page.
** Post-9/11 GI Bill® students attending IHL facilities who receive Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payments are required to verify enrollment at the end of each month.
** Not using VA education benefit but would like to get Priority Registration date, please complete steps 2,3,4,8 and provide DD214.
- Step #1 Update Education Plan with a Veterans Academic Counselor
- Step #2 Register for Classes (Class Schedule, Registration Guide - PDF, Video)
- Step #3 Submit Certification Request Form (EVERY Semester)
* Post-9/11 GI Bill® students attending IHL facilities who receive Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payments are required to verify enrollment at the end of each month.
- Step #1 Reapply to CCSF
- Step #2 Submit Official* Transcripts if you attended other college.
- Step #3 Major can be declared or changed in your RAM Portal
- Step #4 Update Education Plan with a Veterans Academic Counselor
- Step #5 Register for Classes (Class Schedule, Registration Guide - PDF, Video)
- Step #6 Submit Certification Request Form (EVERY Semester)
*Please send official transcript to Admission and Record Transcript Department and request Domestic Transcript Evaluation
**Post-9/11 GI Bill® students attending IHL facilities who receive Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payments are required to verify enrollment at the end of each month
Quick Links
CalVET Benefits Overview
Fall 2023 Important Degree and Degree Petition Deadlines
Stay updated by self-enrolling into our Veterans Services Canvas account!
We post announcements weekly via our Canvas!!
Contact Information
Phone: 415-239-3486
Email: veterans@ccsf.edu
Use the VHC link to speak to our staff. If you need to see a counselor via Drop-in, come into the Veterans Resource Center on campus or use the Virtual Help Counter link to get added to the Drop-in list, to have a counselor call you when you are next. Priority is given to in-person veterans.
San Francisco VA Student Veteran Health Program (SVHP)
Need assistance enrolling in VA Health Care? We encourage you to contact Bridget Leach and Dennis Moore, our two SF VA Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) who are housed out of our VETS Office. This SF VA and CCSF VETS Office collaboration was established in 2010.
Location: | Cloud Hall #333 |
Hours Available: | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Contacts: | Bridget Leach, LCSW - 415-200-6933 / Dennis Moore, LCSW - 415-845-0996 |