4 Systems of Higher Education: UC system 1

FOUR SYSTEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION University of California (UC) California State University (CSU) California Community College (CCC) Teachers Please read: Reminder, the The 4 systems in California are: The University of California The California State Universities The California Community College Private colleges and Universities Private Colleges & Universities 2

Teachers please read: Now we will learn more about the UC system.

University of California (UC) Requirements A-G requirements (same as your graduation requirements at Gertz) 3.0 GPA A-G GPA from 10 and 11th grade (including summer) SAT/ACT Extracurricular Activities Teacher please read the bullets on the slide 4

Please read: There are a total of 10 UC campuses but high school students can only apply to 9 of these in their senior year: UC Davis UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz UC Merced UC Santa Barbara UCLA UC Riverside UC Irvine UC San Diego What about UC San Francisco? This campus is reserved for students who are graduates/professionals. 5

UC campuses grouped by competitiveness Group 1- Most competitive Berkeley Los Angeles San Diego Group 2 – Very competitive Davis Santa Barbara Irvine Teachers please read: The UC s are grouped in 3 groups according to competitive or difficult to get into. The most difficult to get into include: Berkeley Los Angeles San Diego The next group: Davis Santa Barbara Irvine Finally, the last group still requires you to have the minimum requirements but even that does not guarantee admission: Santa Cruz Merced Riverside Group 3: Competitive Santa Cruz Merced Riverside 6

Location: La Jolla, San Diego Undergraduate: 26,590 6 colleges with different focuses 2.2 % African-American, 12.5% Mexican-American Gender breakdown: 52.5 % male, 47.5 % female Average GPA of admitted freshman: 4.08 Teacher please read: Of the nine UC we will highlight 3 campuses to give you an idea of their diversity in numbers, population and admission rates. Lets begin: UC San Diego is among the most competive, or difficult to be admitted, UC campuses (read the remaining bullet points) 7

Gertz alumni currently at San Diego Please read: Gertz Alumni at San Diego worked very hard to be admitted 4.13 A-G gpa 7 AP classes 1 honors class Community college courses They not only took the most challenging courses at Gertz but they also had to be involved in clubs and other activities. Student government representative SRLA Over 100+ community service hours 8

http://admissions.ucsd.edu/tours/virtual-tour.html Teachers please read: Students please copy this link and explore the UCSD campus with their virtual college tour

Location: Santa Barbara 20,238 students enrolled 4% African-American, 26% Latino Gender: 52% female, 48% male Average GPA of admitted freshmen 3.5 Teachers please read the information on the slide http://ucdavis.edu/about/facts/index.html 10

Gertz alumni currently at Santa Barbara Please read: Gertz Alumni at Santa Barbara worked very hard to be admitted 3.52 A-G GPA 5 Aps 1 honor class They not only took the most challenging courses at Gertz but they also had to be involved in clubs and other activities. Peer mentor YAP Over 100+ community service hours 11

http://admissions.sa.ucsb.edu/visit-ucsb/virtual-tours Teachers please read: Students please copy this link and explore the UCSD campus with their virtual college tour

Average GPA of admitted freshmen 3.0+ Location: Merced 5,884 undergraduates 45.6% latino/hispanic Gender: 51.5%female, 48% male Average GPA of admitted freshmen 3.0+ Read the information on the slide http://www.ucmerced.edu/fast-facts 13

Gertz alumni currently at Merced Please read: Gertz Alumni at Merced worked very hard to be admitted 3.05 A-G GPA 4Aps 1 college class They not only took the most challenging courses at Gertz but they also had to be involved in clubs and other activities. YAP Student Business Association Over 100+ community service hours 14

http://admissions.ucmerced.edu/virtualtour Teachers please read: Students please copy this link and explore the UCSD campus with their virtual college tour

What Do UC s want? They are looking for students who perform well academically and takes challenging courses For example AP courses, honors courses and community college classes They are also looking for students that are involved in their school community through clubs and organizations Student government, Gertz Nerds, YAP etc. Please read the information on the slides

How can you prepare to be eligible for the UC system? Sign up for AP classes when the applications become available in the spring Sign up for a community college class once every semester Get involved in you community and be a leader!!! Please read the information on the slides

Activity: Your UC goals University goal: Select ONE UC campus that you may be interested in applying in senior year: YOU CAN NOT PICK UCLA (lets explore the others) Visit this website to get more information on each campus: http://universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-system/parts-of-uc Academic goals: Lets look at our four year plan and make adjustments to your selection of classes (did you include AP courses?) Extracurricular goals: Lets make our list of activities to plan to get involved On campus? All-stars, YAP, etc Off campus? Boys and Girls club, employment etc. Please read: Student, now that we have learned about the UC system we will create goals to prepare for becoming eligible for this system. Instructions: Open a new google document on your Gertz gmail and label it: Name: My UC goals Complete goals for the 3 areas University goal: Select ONE UC campus that you may be interested in applying in senior year: YOU CAN NOT PICK UCLA (lets explore the others Academic goals: Refer to your 4 year academic plan and look to see if your four year plan looks like any of the transcripts that we saw for each campus. If it does not, make a list of the classes that you need to add to be able eligible for the UC campus you selected Extracurricular goals: List the activities you are currently involved at Gertz or outside of Gertz. If you do not have any then plan to become involved in some activities by listing them 18

My UC goals: sample University goal: UCLA (most competitive ) Academic goals: For my current year: Sign up for a college class in the spring semester For 11th grade Sign up for AP US History, AP English Language and AP Spanish Language For 12 grade, s ign up for AP English Literature, AP Biology and AP Spanish Literature Extracurricular goals: On campus: girls soccer, cooking club, YAP (my goal is to become vice president of this club!) Please read This is an example of the UC goals of a 10th grade student. This student has not signed up for any honors or AP classes at this point. Please read his goals with your students and have them create something similar. 19