To begin your Orientation Experience, you should log on to the SOLAR system. Here you can accept your admission by:

• Paying your tuition deposit online,
• Paying your housing deposit (if applicable),
• Paying your orientation fee.

After you have completed these steps, you have access to complete your remaining checklist items.

Confirm that your preferred email address, current mailing address and phone numbers in your SOLAR  account are up to date. Under “Security and Personal Data" you will find the options for "Email Addresses", "Addresses", and "Phone Numbers". Be sure to check ALL THREE are up to date to ensure we send your Orientation information to the correct place.

Your Stony Brook NetID is used to access campus technology resources such as email, WiFi, on-campus computer labs, printing, and Blackboard. It is important that you set up your NetID before coming to campus to take placement exams as you will need it to log in to the placement exam computers.

Use the NEW Password Reset Tool to find your NetID and set/change your NetID Password

1. Go to mypasswords.stonybrook.edu

2. Click Go To Reset Tool, and then enter your SOLAR ID (the 9-digit number on your Stony Brook ID card)

3. Select and complete 2 authentication methods, and then create and confirm your NetID password

The first time you log in with your NetID, you will follow the DUO Two-Step Authentication set up instructions. Ensure that your favorite device (like your cell phone) is the default device. It can take up to 48 hours to be fully active. 

For assistance, you can contact Client Support at 631-632-9800 or use the service portal. 

To ensure a healthy and safe campus community, if you plan to enroll in at least one in-person class, live on campus, or access in-person services or facilities on Stony Brook’s campuses, you are required to comply with mandatory immunization requirements. 

If you have not submitted the required immunization records, there is a registration hold on your SOLAR account, and you cannot register for classes until that hold is removed . The registration hold will be removed once you complete and submit the requirements noted below. Please  submit all immunization records to the Wolfie Health Portal immediately to have optimal selection of classes. 

For the most up to date information about Student Health Service requirements, please visit their website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/shs/forms_new/

Resolving SOLAR "To Do" items and holds before your orientation date will help your course registration to go smoothly. 

Typical holds on the accounts of new students include:

• Health Insurance To Do Hold: All full-time students must have health insurance coverage at all times without exception. Stony Brook offers a health insurance plan for all full-time domestic students, but you may waive this insurance plan with a comparable plan. For more information concerning the University's Student Health Insurance plan, please visit: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/shs/insurance/index.php. To acknowledge this requirement and either fill out a a waiver form or accept the university's student health insurance plan, please log into SOLAR and complete the following instructions:

1. 1. Click on "details" under the "Holds" section in the upper left corner of your home screen.
   2. Click on the Hold Item labeled "Mandatory Health Insurance"
   3. Answer the subsequent questions as they pertain to your plan for health insurance
   4. Click Submit and this hold will be removed
   5. You must complete the above steps no later than December 1st or 2 weeks after your deposit.

• Acknowledge the Financial Responsibility Statement: All new students must acknowledge their financial responsibility for the education they will receive at Stony Brook. For more information concerning your financial responsibility, please visit: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bursar/index.html. In particular, students should note that you are financially responsible for the classes you register for even if you do not attend classes. Enrollment will not automatically be cancelled for nonattendance. If you decide not to attend, it is your responsibility to withdraw through the appropriate office and you will be held financially responsible for charges if you do not properly withdraw. To resolve this hold, please log into SOLAR and complete the following instructions:

1. 1. Click on "details" under the "Holds" section in the upper left corner of your home screen.
   2. Click on the Hold Item labeled "Financial Responsibility Statement"
   3. Read the information on financial responsibility.
   4. Click that you acknowledge the Financial Responsibility Statement and this hold will be removed.

• Register for SB Alert: All new students are required to register for SB Alert, the University's emergency notification used to alert members of the campus community about major emergencies, immediate safety threats, or impending situations. To resolve his hold, log into SOLAR and complete the following steps:

1. 1. Click on "details" under the "Holds" section in the upper left corner of the home screen.
   2. Click on the Hold Item labeled "SB Alert"
   3. Provide your email and/or phone number to receive emergency voice, text, and email notifications.

 

The Advising Planning Form is located in the "New Student" folder on your SOLAR account and allows you to provide us with important information to plan for your advising and registration appointment. This includes more details about your academic background and plans and placement exam information. The Advising Planning Form should be completed as soon as possible after completing your New Student Preference Form.

 

• • Math Placement: Most students will need to take the math placement assessment and should do so as soon as possible in order to be enrolled for math or math-dependent science, engineering or computer science courses.
  • Chemistry Placement: All incoming students who want to register to take general chemistry (CHE 129, 131, or 152) during their first semester at Stony Brook must participate in the Online Chemistry Placement & Preparation (OCPP) process. Students interested in fields related to science, engineering, and pre-health typically will need to take general chemistry. You must complete the required objectives of the OCPP process in order to make an appointment for registration in your courses. Incoming transfer students should follow the deadlines they receive through email communication from their advising office. In order to take the initial assessment and complete the appropriate objective(s), you will need to follow the OCPP process explained on the  OCPP website.
  • Writing Placement: Students who have not been directly placed into WRT 102 through SAT scores, ACT scores, AP exams, or transfer credit will need to complete the Online Writing Placement Diagnostic. To determine whether or not you need to complete the Online Writing Placement Diagnostic and review deadline information, visit the Writing Placement page.
  • Foreign Language Placement: Every student in the College of Art and Sciences, College of Business, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and School of Communication and Journalism must demonstrate a basic level of foreign language proficiency to graduate from Stony Brook. The Foriegn Language Placment Exam is used to place you into the appropriate level language course at Stony Brook, unless you meet an exemption. For more information about how to take the exam, visit the Foreign Language Placement page. 

Submit Final Transfer Transcripts: Have final transcripts, including grades for your most recent semester, sent to the university. Please contact each school's Registrar's Office and request that an official transcript be sent electronically through a secure server like National Student Clearinghouse, if that's an option the school offers and list transfer_office@stonybrook.edu as a recipient, or via mail to the address below:

Academic & Transfer Advising Services
Suite 105, Stony Brook Union 
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3217

Transfer Credits: More information about transferring credits to Stony Brook can be found here: Transferring Credits to Stony Brook. To see if your prior coursework has already been evaluated for Stony Brook equivalency, visit the Transfer Course Equivalency page.

Questions?
If you have specific transfer credit questions, please call  Academic & Transfer Advising Services  at (631) 632-7082, option 2, or email Transfer_Office@stonybrook.edu. Be sure to include your name, Stony Brook ID number, and intended major in the email message. 

Have a copy of all college transcripts (from every post-secondary institution you have completed academic work at), including courses completed and in progress, available during your advising and registration process. For any science, math, engineering, journalism, and business classes, have copies of course descriptions and syllabi. 

Questions?
If you have specific transfer credit questions, please call  Academic & Transfer Advising Services  at (631) 632-7082, option 2, or email Transfer_Office@stonybrook.edu. Be sure to include your name, Stony Brook ID number, and intended major in the email message. 

• If you earned at least a 3 on any AP exam and you have not already sent your score report to Stony Brook, visit College Board at apscore.org and request that an official score report be sent to the university. Information about AP scores and equivalent Stony Brook coursework can be found here.
• If you earned an 85 or better on a New York State Foreign Language Regents Exam taken in 2011 or earlier, submit your high school transcript, especially if you have not completed any language courses at your previous institution. For more information about the Stony Brook Foreign Language requirement and how to satisfy it, visit the Foreign Language Placement page. If you would like to fulfill this requirement via your Regents exam, contact your high school and ask them to send an official high school transcript to: 

                     The Admissions Office
                     Stony Brook University
                     118 Administration Building
                     Stony Brook, New York 11794-1901

If you have not already done so, please send an official copy to:

The Admissions Office
 Stony Brook University
 118 Administration Building
 Stony Brook, New York 11794-1901

Your advising office will contact you via email regarding your registration process.  Reviewing the General Education (SBC) requirements and reviewing and printing information about your intended major will help prepare you for your advising appointment. We strongly recommend that you read through the following contents.

• Stony Brook Curriculum (SBC) general education requirements
• Major and Minor Course requirements: Visit this link to view information on all of the majors and minors offered at Stony Brook. If you click on a particular program, you will be able to view links (on the left side of the page) to required course work and departmental courses.
• Pre-Health: Information for students interested in pre-health or pre-med fields.
• Pre-Law
• ADV 101: Learn more about our 1-credit course for first semester transfer students. 

 

You will recieve an email from Campus Card Services with information about the self-service photo submission system which allows students to take and submit their own ID card photos remotely.