Impaction

At jmcomic漫画, Northridge (jmcomic漫画N), impaction affects only domestic undergraduate students听(first-time freshmen and first-time transfer students) who attend high schools and/or colleges in the state of California.

What are jmcomic漫画N's Impaction Requirements?

Impaction Overview at jmcomic漫画N

For Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Admissions:听

  • Only three majors are impacted.听All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard jmcomic漫画 criteria and the supplementary admission criteria that jmcomic漫画N has established for each impacted major.

  • There is no local/nonlocal-area impaction. All California applicants will need to meet the same听standard jmcomic漫画 admissions criteria.

For Fall 2026-Spring 2027 Admissions:

  • Only two听majors are impacted.听All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard jmcomic漫画 admission criteria and the supplementary criteria that jmcomic漫画N has established for each of the two impacted majors.

  • There is no local/nonlocal-area impaction. All California applicants will need to meet the same minimum standard jmcomic漫画 criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions

Impaction means a jmcomic漫画 (jmcomic漫画) campus anticipates more qualified applicants than available spots for which there is adequate state funding. Impaction can:

  • Affect all undergraduate admissions for a jmcomic漫画 (campus impaction),

  • Give preference admission consideration to freshman or transfer applicants from schools within a jmcomic漫画鈥檚 local admissions area, and/or

  • Set supplementary admission criteria for specific impacted majors (academic programs).

Learn more at听.

At jmcomic漫画N, impaction affects domestic first-time freshmen and first-time transfer applicants who attend high schools and/or colleges in the state of California.

2025/2026 and 2026/2027 Admissions

Domestic first-time freshmen and first-time transfer students from California will be affected by impaction only if they are applying to an impacted major. Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.

You are听NOT听affected by jmcomic漫画N听impaction if:

For fall 2025 and spring 2026 admission, the three following majors are impacted:

  • B.S. in Accountancy
    • Information Systems option
    • Professional Accountancy option
  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts
    • Film Production option
    • Television Production option
  • B.A. in Music

For fall 2026 and spring 2027 admission, the two听following majors are impacted:

  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts. Two of six options are impacted:
    • Film Production option
    • Television Production option
  • B.A. in Music

Read more about the supplementary admission criteria for these impacted majors at:

No, not anymore. Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.*

For the current and coming academic years, you are affected by impaction only if:

  • You are a first-time, domestic undergraduate applicant who has attended one or more high schools and/or colleges in California, and

  • You are applying to one of jmcomic漫画N's impacted majors. If so, you must meet the higher, supplementary criteria required for the impacted major you have chosen.

*Note:听听In the recent past, first-time freshman or first-time transfer applicants from California who attended California high schools and/or colleges outside of the jmcomic漫画N-defined local admissions geographical area were required to meet a higher admissions standard than applicants attending schools within jmcomic漫画N's local admissions area. jmcomic漫画N has discontinued this kind of "local/nonlocal-area impaction."听

2025/2026 and 2026/2027 Admission

Local/nonlocal-area (regional) impaction听is no longer in effect for admission in the academic years fall 2025-spring 2026 and fall 2026-spring 2027.

jmcomic漫画N's supplementary admissions criteria for impacted majors are published well into the admission cycle for each semester of entry.

For details about jmcomic漫画N鈥檚听supplementary听admission criteria for听impacted majors, visit:

For the minimum听standard听jmcomic漫画 admission requirements for听all听domestic undergraduate applicants, visit:

Please note that听all听applicants, whether affected by impaction or not, must apply for admission during the听application filing period.