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Quick Start To Enrollment For New Students
Two Year Degree/Certificate or Transfer
1. Apply
Before you can register for classes, you must go to the website below and fill out the application.
SCC Application Website
After completing the application, you will receive an email with a LOGIN and PASSWORD for My Solano.
Once you have received your LOGIN and PASSWORD, please go to step #2.
2. Activate your My Solano Email
Solano College uses email as the primary means of communicating important information to our students.
Login to My Solano and select the EMAIL ICON on the right hand side.
It will look like this:
Follow the steps listed to complete your email activation.
Be sure to check your student email account often.
Your instructor may wish to email you prior to the 1st day of class.
Once your student email has been activated, please go to step #3.
3. Submit Official Transcripts
If the course you wish to take has a prerequisite, submit your transcripts from the institution where you took the course so your prerequisite can be cleared before you register.
Please click here for an extended explanation of incoming transcript policy and procedures.
Once your transcripts have been submitted, please go to step #4.
4. Apply for Financial Aid
Visit our Financial Aid Office online, email FinancialAid@solano.edu, or call (707) 864-7103. You can also visit them in the Student Services Building (Building 400).
Visit the Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) Office online also or call (707) 864-7000, ext. 4444.
Once you have applied for financial aid, please go to step #5.
5. Take Assessment Tests
Assessment Tests are necessary for placement into the appropriate English, Reading, and Math courses.
Find an Assessment Time that best fits your schedule on our Assessment page below.
Assessment Testing Webpage
Once you have taken the assessment tests, please go to step #6.
6. Complete Orientation
You will need to complete an Orientation before meeting with a counselor.
Visit our Orientation page for more details.
Available online only.
Online Orientation
(Virtual Information Program)
Once you have completed orientation, please go to step #7.
7. Meet with a Counselor
After Orientation, we suggest you meet with a Counselor.
Book an appointment with our Online site,
Counseling Appointment Booking Webpage
or call, 707.864.7101, or walk in person:
Counseling Office, Building 400, Room 404 (1st Floor, Main Campus)
Once you have met with a couselor, please go to step #8.
8. Register for Classes
After filling out an application (step #1), you should have been sent an email with your
My Solano LOGIN and PASSWORD.
(If you have filled out an application and have not received your LOGIN and PASSWORD, please email or call the Admissions Office, Admissions@solano.edu or 707.864.7171.)
Use your LOGIN and PASSWORD to log into My Solano.
From here, click on the "Student" tab to review your registration priority status, and to look up, add, or drop classes.
Once you have registered for courses, please go to step #9.
9. Pay Fees
Pay your fees with a credit card when you register online.
You should also print your Schedule Bill. Your Schedule Bill shows the classes you are enrolled in, their locations, dates, times, deadlines and instructor contact information as well as fees you have paid for the term or fees that are still outstanding for a term.
To view and print your Schedule Bill, log in to MySolano and select Schedule Bill from the Student Links menu.

