Applications for the 2020-2021 school year will be available online mid-October 2019. An applicant’s placement activity will be scheduled in the order that applications are received, so please consider applying as soon as you are able. Placement activities are held in January and February.

Should the number of applicants exceed space available, a lottery will be held to determine enrollment by conservatory, grade, and level. Our placement activities are designed to ensure that every applicant is placed appropriately in this lottery. The lottery will occur during the first week of March, and applicants will be notified of their enrollment status via their applicant portal in mid-March. Email notification will be sent to the primary email address used to set up the applicant portal. Please use a parent or guardian email address when setting up your applicant portal.

No. CSArts-SGV does not provide I-20 paperwork necessary to support student visas.

All students who have a passion and/or interest in the arts are encouraged to apply. If a student or their guardian requires translation in order to best understand CSArts-SGV’s admission processes, please contact admissions@sgv.csarts.net or call 714.560.0900 Ext. 5510 to receive support. Applicants who have received or are currently receiving special services are encouraged to request any necessary accommodations to support them during the admissions process. Students and families who require technology assistance in order to complete their application or first round placement activity are welcome to use one of the school’s open computer labs during any Preview Day. If a student or their parent or guardian does not have an email address, CSArts-SGV invites the student or their parent or guardian to call 714.560.0900 Ext. 5510 to obtain information about registering for a Preview Day.
 

Students may apply for up to two conservatories. If it is determined through their two placement activities that they could be appropriately placed in either program, they will be placed in the lottery for their first choice conservatory. Students who apply for more than one conservatory are not placed in the lottery twice.

Applicant status information can be viewed in your applicant portal. If additional information is needed, you will be contacted via email. The email address used to set up your applicant portal is the primary email and will be used for all communication from the Admissions Department. Please use a parent or guardian email address when setting up your applicant portal.

Placement activities may only be rescheduled due to a serious emergency. Placement activity dates are limited. All placement activities take place in January and February. Applications are processed in the order received. Submitting your application early will provide you the opportunity to receive your date far in advance.

Yes. A new application and placement activity are required. 

Yes. Current CSArts-SGV students are welcome to apply for a conservatory transfer, once a year. Current students wishing to apply to a new conservatory must submit a complete conservatory transfer application and participate in a new placement activity.

The school is forecasting enrollment space for approximately 250 new students for the 2020-2021 school year.

Preview Days are held on the school’s campus three times each year. Prospective students and families will receive an overview of the academic and arts programs, and will have the opportunity to meet with conservatory directors and take a self-guided campus tour. Private tours are not available.

No. CSArts-SGV is committed to serving all students who have demonstrated a passion and/or interest in the arts. Prospective students are encouraged to attend a Preview Day to familiarize themselves with the various conservatories and the skills characteristic of those conservatories.

CSArts-SGV is a tuition-free, donation-dependent, public charter school. No student is offered or denied enrollment based upon financial capacity. Each school year, funds must be raised to support the operation costs of the different arts conservatories, and the school relies on parents and the community-at-large to help reach fundraising goals. CSArts-SGV does not require parents or guardians to make financial contributions of any kind.

After becoming familiar with the various conservatories and the skills characteristic of those conservatories at one of CSArtsSGV’s Preview Days, prospective students are invited to fill out an application and participate in a placement activity to identify the appropriate placement in the conservatory to which they seek admission. CSArts-SGV shall admit all applicants on a spaceavailable basis to the appropriate level of the conservatory of choice. When applicants exceed spaces, a lottery will be conducted to determine which students are admitted.

The deadline to apply for the 2020-2021 school year is January 13, 2020.

New applicants will need to create a new applicant portal in CSArtsSGV’s Admissions System. An individual parent or guardian email address will be necessary for each applicant portal. Applicants who have previously submitted an application will have access to their previously created applicant portal. When creating a new applicant portal, please be sure to enter the student applicant’s first and last name, not the parent or guardian’s. When entering the email address, however, please use a parent or guardian email address, as all communication from the Admissions Department, including placement activity schedule information, will deliver to the email address you provide.

CSArts-SGV will not request any student records prior to enrollment at CSArts-SGV. For placement activities, depending on the conservatory for which you are applying, an art portfolio or YouTube link(s) may be requested, along with the application submission. Please carefully review the placement activity guidelines for the conservatory for which you are applying.

As part of the application processing, all submitted documents must be verified as correct. Once the application is processed and the documents are verified as correct, documents will be marked as “Received” and highlighted with a green check mark. If additional applicant information is needed, the Admissions Department will contact you via email. The email address used to create your applicant portal will be used for all communication. Please use a parent or guardian email address.

Yes. All applicants who wish to be considered for admission to both California School of the Arts and Orange County School of the Arts must submit an individual application for each school. It is necessary for applicants to participate in individual placement activities for each school and conservatory for which they are applying. If the applicant is offered enrollment at multiple schools, the applicant will select the campus of their choice for enrollment.

When the placement activity is scheduled, a confirmation email containing the date, time, and location of the placement activity will be sent to the primary email address used to set up the applicant portal. A reminder email will be sent a few days before the scheduled placement activity. The applicant’s portal will also show the placement activity date. Please use a parent or guardian email address when setting up your applicant portal.

Yes. A new application and placement activity are required.

No. As long as the student wishes to remain in their current conservatory, a new placement activity is not necessary.

All admissions-related deadlines and events appear on the CSArtsSGV website.

Depending on available classroom space, students can be offered enrollment mid-year. Mid-year offers of enrollment may be extended to applicants currently on the CSArts-SGV waitlist.

No. CSArts-SGV is a closed campus and non-CSArts-SGV students may not visit classes at any time during the academic or conservatory day.

CSArts-SGV provides a rigorous college-preparatory academic program. While the school’s faculty and staff are committed to supporting the educational needs of each and every student, the students themselves are expected to make a commitment to their academics as well as their conservatory classes. Based on past experience, students who struggle academically in a traditional school setting will likely have trouble succeeding in CSArts-SGV’s extended school day. That said, CSArts-SGV does not limit admission and enrollment for academically low-achieving pupils. CSArts-SGV adheres to the California State Mandated Requirements for High School Graduation. Any student who does not complete the minimum set of requirements for graduation by the end of their senior year will not be eligible to graduate.