Events

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. Throughout the morning, the 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.

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.

UCLA’s Get College Ready! How To Be A Competitive Applicant program offers a unique opportunity for students and their parents/guardians to visit our campus and gain direct information and insights into the college admission process. This free event for 8th-11th graders will feature workshops on California’s four systems of higher education, UC Admissions, paying for college, and student life.