• 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) 
  1. DD-214 (Member 4 Copy). 
  2. 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.  
  3.  Official Transcripts from other Institution of Higher Learning must be submitted by the end of your 1^st semester at City. 
  4. 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)

** 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 if needed. 
  • If you are changing your major or you registered for classes NOT already on your education plan, you must see a counselor to get that class put on your education plan if it fits within your major classes.  
• Step #2 Register for Classes (Class Schedule, Registration Guide - PDF, Video)
  • To avoid any certification delay, register for classes as soon as the priority registration dates are open. You can check your unique registration date and time in your myRam Portal. 
• Step #3 Submit Certification Request Form (EVERY Semester)
  • To avoid delay in certification please submit this form immediately after you register for classes.

 *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 
  • This is required.
• Step # 2 Complete the Student Veteran Intake Form if you have not already done so while at CCSF previously.
• Step #3 Submit Official* Transcripts if you attended other college. 
• Step #4 Major can be declared or changed in your RAM Portal
• Step #5 Update Education Plan with a Veterans Academic Counselor
• Step #6 Register for Classes (Class Schedule, Registration Guide - PDF, Video)
• Step #7 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