1. Look for your Palomar Student ID number, over email, 24 - 72 hours after your Palomar College application is complete.

2. Activate your Palomar student email in the MyPalomar student portal.

How To Videos:

• • How to Login to MyPalomar
  • How to find your Palomar email
  • Written Instructions on how to access your Palomar email

3. Download the Palomar College Mobile app to add/drop classes, pay fees, and find your textbooks.

• • Android
  • Apple

Important:  Financial Aid and Promise will only send emails to your Palomar student email account. Please check this email account frequently for important updates.

Complete the FAFSA or the California Dream Act application and include Palomar College school code 001260. You must have an official financial aid application on file with the college.
•Log on to your MyPalomar student portal to track your financial aid status
•For quick questions, email finaid@palomar.edu
•Visit our Financial Aid website or check out our Financial Aid TV video selections for general information.

Orientation is mandatory for all new Palomar College students. Visit www.palomar.edu/orientation to complete your orientation online.

• Login to the MyPalomar student portal and look for the Orientation link in your To-Do list.
• Click here for instructions on how to complete the Online Orientation.

Contact the Promise Office or Counseling Services to schedule  an appointment with  a counselor to help you select classes. Students participating in other special programs may also schedule a counseling appointment with their respective programs. Counseling appointments are available in-person, telephone and via Zoom.

Additional Resources:

• Complete the Education Planning Checklist for New Students.
• Review the Palomar Pathways Mapper for your major. Palomar Pathways mapper is an  interactive tool to view semester by semester roadmaps for general education and major coursework. Watch this video on how to use the Palomar Pathways Mapper.

Use your priority registration date to register for classes on MyPalomar student portal (Click here for instructions). With priority registration, you have a better chance of getting the classes you want, when and where you want them.

Additional Resources:

• How to Find Your Registration Date/Time
• Attend a registration help session to get help registering for class.
• Registration Help Information and Videos
• Guide to Preparing for Fall Registration (Coming Soon)

Reminder: In order to be eligible for Palomar Promise, you must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 units (or approved DRC units) by the required deadline (waitlisted classes do not count towards full-time status).

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Download the Palomar College Mobile app to add/drop classes, pay fees, and find textbooks.

Students may track their Palomar Promise status by visiting their MyPalomar student portal.

There will be two rounds of notifications sent to Palomar Promise applicants regarding their status. Please keep in mind that spaces are limited and priority will be given on a first-come, first served basis to students who have met all requirements.

Eligible students who have submitted their Palomar Promise application and have completed, submitted and have on record with Palomar College their official  FAFSA or California Dream Act will be notified in mid-April that their status has been updated from Promise Applicant to Prospective Promise student. If you are missing certain eligibility requirements, your Promise application will be placed on HOLD.

In order to maintain eligibility and be considered for Palomar Promise, Prospective Promise students must enroll in a minimum of 12 units (or units approved by DRC) for fall 2023 by the stated priority deadline. Waitlisted classes do not count. 

Prospective Promise students who meet all eligibility requirements by the priority deadline date and have been accepted to participate in the Palomar Promise program will receive a confirmation notification in July. Students who have been confirmed  will be provided with information about accessing Promise benefits in late-July.

*All communications will be sent to the students' Palomar student email account. It is important to check your Palomar student email frequently for updates and deadline reminders.