NSA Test #2 everything

What is B2B?

• 1 hour zoom session designed for FY and T admits

• During Spring Quarter; Week 5-Finals Week

• NSAs Facilitate

• Conducted on Zoom

• Help students bridge

B2B Leads

Lucy, Maya, Hailey, Nandani

• Ensure smooth sessions, create/manage breakout rooms, provides support

Session Overview

1 hour session

• NSAs arrive for tech check and prep

• Students arrive 15 minutes later

• Leads briefly introduce and create breakouts

• NSAs share presentation (20 mins)

• Shift to Q and A

• Main room goodbye

Undergraduate Admission

1147 Murphy Hall

• Academic programs and services

Undergraduate Research Center - Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

1309L Murphy Hall

Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences

Life Sciences 2121

Undergraduate Writing Center

A-61 Kaplan Hall

Black Bruin Resource Center

Kerckhoff Hall, Rooms #164 and #168

Bruin/Wepa Print

Various locations around campus; Ackerman A-Level, Study, Rosenfeld Library etc

Bruin Resource Center

Student Activities Center, B44

• students with dependents program

• undocumented students program

Campus Library Instruction Computing Commons (CLICC Lab)

various locations around campus - Powell, YRL, Biomed, and S&E

• provides technology services and shared equipment loans to UCLA students and faculty

Community Programs Office (CPO)

Student Activities Center Suite 105

• Multicultural center

• Food insecurity

• test banks

• Computer labs

Commuter Support and Programs

405 Hilgard Avenue

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

106 Tom Bradley International Hall

Dean of Students

1104 Murphy Hall

• Academic integrity

• Student honor societies

Hispanic-Serving Institution

website

LGBTQ+ Resource Center

Student Activities Center B36

Office of Ombuds Services

Strathmore Building Suite 105

• Conflict resolution

Residential Life

205 Bradley Hall

Student Organizations, Leadership, and Engagement (SOLE)

105 Kerckoff Hall

Transfer Student Center

128 Kerckoff Hall

UCLA First To GO

Strathmore Building, 3rd Floor, 501 Westwood Plaza

• Promotes retention and success of 1st generation students

• LLCs, mentorship programs for first generation students

Veteran Resource Center

Kerckhoff Hall 132

Components of the Registrar’s Website

Schedule of Classes, General Catalog, Fees, transcripts, GE master list

AP/IB Test Scores Translations

Admission.ucla.edu or https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transferring-credits

3 Benefits of taking a cluster course as a 1st year student

• Four GEs covered

• Writing II credit from 3rd quarter

• Interdisciplinary studies/faculty

How to read chart for UCA Credit Awarded for AP Exams (3 components)

• AP exam name and required score for any credit

• Subject Area (department), Title/Course #, and Units Awarded

• Requirements Met

AP/IB Credit

• Unit Credit - General “unassigned” units or departmental units

• Course Credit (Direct) - units + comes in as an existing UCLA course

• Course Credit (Title) Units + comes in as a course not equivalent to a UCLA course

Minimum and maximum number of units required to graduate at UCLA?

Min -180 and Max - 216

Are AP units factored into unit cap for graduation?

nope; they only help they do not hurt

Prerequisite versus preparation

Prerequisites are courses that must be completed before a student is allowed to enroll into the next course. Preparation courses are courses that will help in building the foundation of knowledge needed to continue in the major or minor.

Four types of majors at UCLA

Departmental, Interdepartmental, Individual, and Undeclared

Can a student change their major at NSO?

Only FY students within the College can change their majors

Process to create individual major?

• Complete at least 3 quarters at UCLA

• 3.4 GPA or higher

• Procure 2 faculty members before petitioning with Honors

Elective Course

Any course taken that is not already satisfying another requirement

Residency Requirement

35 of the last 45 units completed by each candidate for the Bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence in the College of Letters and Science on this campus.

Major Residency Requirement

A minimum of 24 upper division units must be completed in the major while in residence at UCLA. Note, some departments ask for more than 24 upper division units in residence. (Ex. Sociology requires 28 upper division units)

Upper Division Requirement

60 units must be upper division

How are all majors at UCLA structured?

1. Preparatory courses

2. Upper division courses

Minimum GPA required for courses in the major?

2.0

Transfer Student Center Mission Statement

Provide a welcoming environment and create a community that is inclusive of all lived experiences.

What BTC does and doesn’t do

Does

• resouces

• mentorship program

• events for academic, social, and professional development

Doesn’t

• transcript evaluations

• applications

• academic counseling

Programs for NEW transfers

Mentorship Program - new transfers matched with returning students by major

Transfer Transitions - bonus content to start first fall with confidence

Signature Programs for BTC

Transferpalooza, UCLA Transfer Bruin Week, Transfer Graduation Celebration

UCLA Transfer Student Profile

• 36% of incoming undergraduates

• 44% are first generation college students

• 93% transferred from a California community college

UCLA Transfer Student Stats

• 8,142 transfer students

• 36% of incoming undergrad population

• 41% of transfers are first generation

• average age 22

• 61% are North Campus majors; 37% are south campus majors

California Community College Stats

• 1 in 5 with the intent to transfer were able to do so in 4 years

• UCLA is the most transferred to UC

• Primary pathway for historically underrepresented students