Cal Vet College Fee Waiver Submission

 

DO NOT UPLOAD WAIVER APPLICATIONS. WE DO NOT ISSUE WAIVERS OURSELVES. 

 

If you are an incoming student or this is the first time you are using a Cal Vet College Fee Waiver, CLICK HERE to schedule an appointment with Kari Leslie, CMCS Lead Coordinator to better understand your benefits and how they work. 

  • Address on the waiver must match at least one student address in your Cal Poly portal. 
  • The waiver covers the same tuition costs as the Cal Grant Fees (not Cal Grant B), State University Grant,  and Athletic Fee Awards. There is no need to have both - they can not be used together. 
  • You will not receive additional confirmation that your waiver has been submitted. Please review your student account once your state tuition for the quarter has been charged, to see when the waiver is applied. If there is an issue with your waiver, we will reach out to you via your Cal Poly email. 

 

2023-24 Academic year waivers will only upload their approval code (given to you by the approving agency - your county veterans service office - and your social security number. We will access your approved waiver through the state system. Waivers are now school-specific and cannot be used at multiple schools. We can access the state system to download your waiver once with the information you provide below. If you will be attending multiple schools, please request multiple waiver approval codes from your Veterans Service Office. 

NEW, INCOMING STUDENTS FOR 2023-24:

Can turn in documents after July 1st. Do not turn in your waiver until:

  1. The student has scheduled a New Student Orientation with the CMCS Coordinator. This orientation is different than SLO Days and is an individualized meeting to review their benefits and payments expected. 
  2. The student has watched the Cal Vet College Fee Waiver Video
  3. The student has reviewed the Incoming Military-Connected Student page. 
 
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Your EMPLID is your student ID number at Cal Poly. It is found under your Personal Information tab in your student portal.
Enter your Cal Poly email address. If you do not have a working Cal Poly email address yet, please wait to submit your waiver information. New Students: Cal Poly emails generally become active in the July before school starts in September.
Please let us know when you expect to graduate. Example: Spring 2026
I understand that the Cal Vet College Fee Waiver only waives mandatory system-wide tuition at Cal Poly. It does not cover campus-based registration fees or other costs. This program does not cover the expense of Extended Education courses at Cal Poly. The fee waiver approval received from a county veteran service office must be submitted here, each academic year. Waivers cannot be credited retroactively for previous academic years. Waivers must be submitted prior to the tuition due dates and can take several business days to process and be applied. If the waiver is not turned in at least 2 weeks before tuition and fees are due, students may be required to pay those costs and request reimbursement here: https://afd.calpoly.edu/student-accounts/refunds/ YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT YOUR WAIVER HAS BEEN PROCESSED. If there is an issue with your submission, we will reach out to you via your Cal Poly email. To verify that your waiver has been applied each quarter, check out your Money Matters tab in your Student Portal.   NEW STUDENTS USING A WAIVER FOR THE FIRST TIME: I agree that I have scheduled or completed a New Student Orientation with the CMCS Coordinator. This orientation is different from SLO Days and is an individualized meeting to review the benefits and payments expected. Continuing students can bypass this requirement. I have watched the Cal Vet College Fee Waiver Video. I have reviewed the Incoming Military-Connected Student page. Please sign your first and last name in acknowledgment.
If you are turning in a 2023-2024 waiver, you will not upload a copy of the approval letter. Instead, you will provide the approval code here.
If you are turning in a 2023-2024 waiver, you will not upload a copy of the approval letter. Instead, you will provide the approval code above and the student's social security number here. These two items are required for us to retrieve the approval letter from the State of California system.

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