What you need and want to know about college.

Types of colleges

Private Universities

Universities of California

California State Universities

Junior Colleges/Community Colleges

Private Universities (4 yr.) Art Center College of Design Azusa Pacific University (APU) California School of Culinary Arts Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Occidental Pepperdine Stanford University of Sounthern

California (USC)

Tuition

VARIES

Ex. USC: $18,548

plus room & board

University of California System (4 yrs.)

10 Schools Berkeley (UCB) Davis (UCD) Irvine (UCI) Los Angeles (UCLA) Merced (UCM) Riverside (UCR) San Diego (UCSD) San Francisco (UCSF) Santa Barbara (UCSB) Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Tution

about $8,700 a year

(plus room & board)

California State Universities (4 yrs)

23 CampusesIncluding… Cal State LA Cal State Long Beach Cal State Dominguez Hills Cal State Northridge Cal State San Diego Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Cal State Fullerton CSU Chico Sonoma State

Tuition

$4,026

Plus room & board

Community Colleges (2 yrs.)

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Los Angeles City College (LACC) Los Angeles Trade-Technical College Pasadena City College (PCC) Glendale Community College (GCC) Santa Monica City College (SMCC)

Tuition: $700 (plus room & board)

Function of Community Colleges

TransferTransfer: after 2 years you transfer to a 4 year college to get BA/BS

Career EducationCareer Education: receive AA after 2 years

DevelopmentalDevelopmental: remedial education (get GED or finish high school)

ContinuingContinuing: Non-credit courses for personal development (ex. Sewing)

Don’t Over-Worry about Money

There are scholarships out there!!Need based

(family not having money to pay)Vs.

Performance Based (getting good grades)

Plus there are many waivers for test fees and applications

Tests to get to college CASHEE: have to pass the CASHEE to graduate from

high school. Take it for the first in sophomore year.

PSAT: Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Scholarship Test

SAT: tests if students are ready for college.

Subjects reading, writing, & mathreading, writing, & math Subject Tests: test your knowledge in a specific area

(English, History, Math, Science, Languages)

ACT: a different college entrance exam

Subjects english, math, reading, science, english, math, reading, science, writingwriting

AP tests… college level course in high school that allow you to earn college

credits and advanced placement (higher G.P.A)

For examples - Subjects… Calculus English Literature English Language Arts Environmental Science Statistics Government & Politics Chemistry Spanish Literature Spanish Language Arts U.S History

You do NOT have to take the course to

take the test

Focus for freshman/Sophmore and Junior years…

Get good grades Take classes that satisfy A-G

requirements Join clubs and other extra curricular

activities

A-G Requirements (minimum courses needed to get into college)

A) History/Social Science 2 years

B) English 4 years

C) Mathematics 3 to 4 years

D) Laboratory Science 2 to 3 years

E) Foreign Language 2 to 3 years

F) Visual and Performing Arts 1 year

G) College Prep Elective 1 year

Why go to College

1. Make more Money $$ High School Graduate: $31,075 Bachelor’s Degree: $50,394 Master’s Degree: $60,514 Doctorate: $77,445(Taken from UC website)

2. Personal Development

Living on your own Interact with students from diverse backgrounds Live in another state (if you want)

Out of state tuition: usually 3 times more Handle your own finances Participate in Sports (yourself or go to games) Live in the DORMS Study Abroad Sororities & Fraternities

3. Study what you are interested in

Majors (focus of study)Business, Communications, Engineering, Education, English, Math,

History, Psychology, Economics, Chicano Studies

Minors (smaller focus of study)

Even though you still have to take G.E courses…

… you get to pick them

Today’s Focus….

What is the UC System?

Overview Video of the UC System

Where are all of the UCs?

What are the different UCs?

UCB UCD UCLAUCI

UCM UCSD UCR

UCSF UCSC

UCSB

UC Diversity: Who are the students that go to UC schools? Each UC has a breakdown of the students admitted each year. For example, for UC Merced, the

breakdown is: Enrollment, Fall 2008 for UC Merced (http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/pdf/ITU.pdf)

TOTAL ENROLLMENT 2,718 GRADUATE 184 UNDERGRADUATE 2,534 Women 46.7% Men 53.1% Undergraduates by Ethnicity African American 6.5% American Indian 0.7% Asian/Pacifi c Islander 33.0% Chicano/Latino 30.1% White 24.1% Other 2.1% Not Stated 2.5% International 1.2% Undergraduates Living on Campus 44%

How to Apply for the UCs? Fulfill all A-G requirements (*remember: Ds and Fs don’t

count for college!)

Take AP classes

Join clubs and after-school sports

Fill out an application at the beginning of your Senior Year (Don’t procrastinate!)

Write a Personal Statement Video about How to Write a Personal Statement

How to Pay for a UC Education:

File a FAFSA www.fafsa.ed.gov

Apply for Scholarships and Grants

Work Study Loans Blue and Gold

Opportunity Plan

Videos about Paying for UCs

How about for Undocumented Students?

Video about Paying for UCs for Undocumented Students

Next Steps….

Make sure you are getting good grades in all your classes

Visit the College Center Search UC schools online Talk to your Advisory teacher and

your counselor to make sure you are on track to be accepted to a UC