Impaction

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

What are jmcomicÂþ»­N's Impaction Requirements?

Impaction Overview at jmcomicÂþ»­N

For 2025-2026 Admissions:Ìý

  • Only three majors are impacted. All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard jmcomicÂþ»­ criteria and the supplementary admission criteria that jmcomicÂþ»­N has established for each impacted major.
  • There is no local/nonlocal-area impaction. All California applicants will need to meet the same standard jmcomicÂþ»­ admissions criteria.

For 2024-2025 Admissions:

  • Only four majors are impacted. All undergraduate applicants from California will need to achieve both the standard jmcomicÂþ»­ admission criteria and the supplementary criteria that jmcomicÂþ»­N has established for each impacted major.
  • Local/nonlocal-area impaction has been removed for both first-time freshmen and first-time transfer students. All California applicants will need to meet the same minimum standard jmcomicÂþ»­ criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

  • Affect all undergraduate admissions for a jmcomicÂþ»­ (campus impaction),
  • Give preference admission consideration to freshman or transfer applicants from schools within a jmcomicÂþ»­â€™s local admissions area, and/or
  • Set supplementary admission criteria for specific impacted majors (academic programs).

Learn more at .

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

Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Admissions

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 Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.

Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Admissions

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 Local/nonlocal-area impaction is no longer in effect.

You are NOT affected by jmcomicÂþ»­N impaction if:

For fall 2024 and spring 2025 admission, the four following majors are impacted:

  • B.S. in Accountancy
  • B.S. in Business Administration, options in:
    • Financial Analysis
    • Financial Planning
    • Risk Management and Insurance
  • B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts
  • B.A. in Music

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

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 jmcomicÂþ»­N's impacted majors. If so, you must meet the higher, supplementary criteria required for the impacted major you have chosen.

*Note:Ìý 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 jmcomicÂþ»­N-defined local admissions geographical area were required to meet a higher admissions standard than applicants attending schools within jmcomicÂþ»­N's local admissions area. jmcomicÂþ»­N has discontinued this kind of "local/nonlocal-area impaction." 

Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Admission

Local/nonlocal-area (regional) impaction is no longer in effect for admission consideration to the fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters at jmcomicÂþ»­N.

Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Admission

Local/nonlocal-area (regional) impaction is no longer in effect for admission consideration to the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters at jmcomicÂþ»­N.

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

For details about jmcomicÂþ»­N’s supplementary admission criteria for impacted majors, visit:

For the minimum standard jmcomicÂþ»­ admission requirements for all domestic undergraduate applicants, visit:

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