Events

This event is designed to help students and families learn more about the University of California application process and connect directly with representatives from UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UC San Diego. The program will feature a seated presentation followed by a UC Campus Fair. All high school students, prospective transfer students, and families are welcome to attend. Spanish Interpreter services will be available. Please opt-in using the registration form.

At Let’s Make It Personal, you will gain insight on ways to incorporate influential activities and life events into your application. We will also provide support and information to students impacted by wildfires. The program features an admission presentation, student panel, financial aid overview and resource fair. This program is open to all, but is geared toward high school juniors and seniors, and prospective transfer students. Counselors and Community Organization liaisons are welcome to attend but need to register as well.

Participants will learn what it takes to be competitive applicants to UCLA and the UC system. Bruin Weekend focuses on the importance of higher education and preparation for college including academic planning, college student experience, personal development, and UC Admission. Students will work in small teams and large groups.

Scholars in grades K-12 will have the opportunity to design, build, and engage with 60 different STEM activities including making elephant toothpaste, and slime, watching a live sheep heart dissection, riding a hovercraft, and building rockets. Students will learn about things like wind energy, solar energy, coding, designing, and programming robots. Participants will also be able to build and test their own battery-powered cars.