Admissions and Records In-Person Services

For the following listed services, please contact the staff person listed:

Marisol Roque Chaves mroquechaves@peralta.edu (510) 434-3979	Maryhelen Kaufman mkaufman@peralta.edu (510) 436-2590	Susana de la Torre sdelatorre@peralta.edu (510) 436-2598
Certificate & Degree petitions	Verification forms	Residency & AB540
Substitution waiver requests	Deferment	Record correction requests
Credit By Exam requests	Education	Alleviations
AP Credit posting	Graduation status for employment	Personal Information updates (name, dob, SS#)
Transfer credit	Social Services (Child care and Housing)	Program and major updates
Degree posting	Enrollment Status	Repeat flagging
		Student account corrections and maintenance

 

• For general questions and inquiries e-mail Admission.Merritt@peralta.edu
• For assistance with the student Campus Solutions Portal, contact helpdesk@cc.peralta.edu*
• For assistance with Canvas, please contact canvas@peralta.edu.*
• For assistance with access to your Campus Solutions Log-in and Student Center, contact reset@peralta.edu.*
• For assistance with your student E-mail, contact helpdesk@cc.peralta.edu.*

*Please include the following information for all issues:

1. Full name
2. Student ID number

To submit a document to Admissions and Records: send a high-quality scanned document or photo.  To scan, you can download Microsoft Office Lens through Google Play and the Apple App Store.—You may also submit a photo taken with your phone, but make sure the picture is legible and captured in the photo.  Prior to submitting any documentation, please ensure that all the fields are completely filled out and captured in the photo.  Send the scanned or photo document to the staff listed above based on the request or send to Admissions and Records. Click here to upload your documents. Please allow a completion time of 24 – 48 hours.

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail or leave a message on our office lines: (510) 436-2487 and (510) 436-2488 or on the staff direct extension.  The staff will respond within 24 – 48 hours.

Official Transcript Requests 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – Please read before initiating your transcript order: 

• Before ordering a transcript, ensure that your grades and degrees are posted in Campus Solutions. 
• Official transcripts will include all coursework completed at Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College, and Merritt College.
• Official transcripts will include Work-In-Progress (currently enrolled classes) ONLY after the semester has begun (first day of instruction). 
• Allow up to 15 days for records prior to 1970 processing (there is no rush service for records prior to 1970).
• In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, records may not be released to a third party without the written, signed authorization of the student.
• Picture ID is required to order and pick up transcripts in person.

Click here for more info!

Please complete the Request for Excused Withdrawal form. The form is fillable, once you have completed the form please save it with the changes to your computer. You can upload the completed form here.

If you wish to download the form and print it you can. Once you have filled out the form please scan the form and upload it to the link above.

If you need support in filling out this form please reach out to Admissions and Records.

Letter from the Admission & Records Team

Counseling: Student Success & Support Services

• Continued Enrollment Hold after Reinstatement from Dismissal
• Petition for Reinstatement from Probation
• Petition for Reinstatement from Dismissal
• Release of Enrollment Hold – Exemption from Assessment

Special/Dual Enrollment

• Elementary and Middle School Special Enrollment
• High School Special Enrollment
• Adult School Special Enrollment Program
• Dual Enrollment (OUSD – Only)

Registration

• Add Card
  • Late/After Census Enrollment
• Drop Card
• Course Repetition – Satisfactory Grade (A, B, C, CR, or P)
• Course Repetition – Students with Disabilities
• Course Repetition Due to Substandard Grade (W, D, F, No CR, No P)
• Petition for Pre-requisite/Co-requisite Challenge
• Priority Registration Appeal

Petitions: Alternatives to course credits

• Petition for Advanced Placement (AP)
• Petition for International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit
• Petition for College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Credit
• Petition for Course Substitution
• Petition for Credit by Examination (under review)
• Request for Initial Transcript Evaluation

Residency

• AB 540 California Nonresident Tuition Exemption Request
• California Residence Questionnaire

Enrollment Fee Exemptions

• Health Fee Exemption
• Student Representation Fee Waiver
• Transportation Fee (AC Transit) Exemption

Degrees & Certificates Petitions

• Petition for Graduation (AA/AS or AA/AS-T)
• Petition for Certificate of Achievement/Proficiency/Completion Competency
• Duplicate Degree/Certificate Request Form
• Merritt College Verification of Intent to Earn Associate of Arts/Science Degree – Transfer

Academic Records

• Academic Renewal Alleviation of Substandard Performance
• Authorization for Release of Student Records
• Enrollment Verification Request
• CSU GE Breath/IGETC Certification and Final Transcript
• Official Transcript Order Form
• Incomplete Grade Contract
• Petition for Extension of an Incomplete
• Request for Record Correction
• Personal Information Update Form
• Request for Change of Major
• Request for Excused Withdrawal (EW)
• Excess Units Request

Other/Enrollment

• Enrollment Fee Waiver
• Enrollment Process
  a) Seamless experience
  b) Experience with potential delays

District Policies & Procedures

• Board Policies
  • 4025 Philosophy and Criteria for an Associate Degree and General Education
  • 4100 Graduation Requirements for Degrees & Certificates
  • 4225 Course Repetition
  • 4230 Grading and Academic Record Symbols
  • 4231 Grade Changes
  • 4235 Credit for Prior Learning
  • 4240 Academic Renewal
  • 4250 Probation, Dismissal, and Readmission
  • 4260 Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
  • 5010 Special Admissions and Enrollment
  • 5015 Residence Determination
  • 5020 Non-Resident Tuition
  • 5030 Student Fees
  • 5035 Withholding of Student Records
  • 5052 Open Enrollment
  • 5055 Enrollment Priorities
  • 5300 Student Equity

• Administrative Procedures
  • 3300 Public Records Access
  • 3310 Records Retention Destruction
  • 3410 Non-Discrimination
  • 4022 Course Approval
  • 4025 Philosophy and Criteria for an Associate Degree and General Education
  • 4050 Articulation
  • 4070 Course Auditing and Auditing Fees
  • 4100 Graduation Requirements for Degrees and Certificates
  • 4101 Independent Study
  • 4104 Contract Education
  • 4105 Distance Education
  • 4106 Nursing Program
  • 4110 Honorary Degrees
  • 4210 Student Learning Outcomes
  • 4220 Standards of Scholarship
  • 4222 Remedial Coursework
  • 4225 Course Repetition and Repeatable Courses
  • 4226 Multiple and Overlapping Enrollment
  • 4230 Grading and Academic Record Symbols
  • 4231 Grade Changes in Student Grievance Procedure
  • 4232 Pass/No Pass
  • 4235 Credit for Prior Learning
  • 4236 Advanced Placement (AP) Credit
  • 4240 Academic Renewal
  • 4250 Probation
  • 4255 Dismissal and Readmission
  • 4260 Pre-requisites/Co-requisites and Advisories
  • 5010 Admissions
  • 5011 Admission – Special Admission and Enrollment of High School and Other Students
  • 5012 International Students
  • 5013 Students in the Military
  • 5015 Residence Determination
  • 5017 Responding to Inquiries of Immigration Status, Citizenship Status, and National Origin Information
  • 5020 Non-Resident Tuition
  • 5030 Student Fees
  • 5035 Withholding of Student Records
  • 5040 Student Records, Directory Information and Privacy
  • 5045 Student Records, Challenging Content, and Access Log
  • 5052 Open Enrollment
  • 5055 Enrollment Priorities
  • 5070 Attendance
  • 5075 Course Adds, Drops, and Withdrawals
  • 5300 Student Equity