May 5, 2016
…Academic Connections program, a pre-college summer academic and on-campus residential experience, with the hopes of attending our campus. Getting into UC San Diego was one hurdle, but the cost of a higher education weighed on Nguyen’s mind, as well. That concern was alleviated when he was admitted to UC San…
August 20, 2020
…the educational attainment at pre-collegiate levels. To answer the question, Khanna compiled a number of data sources, including the Indian National Sample Survey (NSS) to map the trends in educational attainment by birth cohort and social group. Those born before 1976 would be over the age of 18 by the…
February 25, 2016
…engagement and director of pre-collegiate and career preparations for UC San Diego Extension. “With this online component, this program will really be able to reach for the stars.” O’Shaughnessy, who serves as executive director of Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego, said the launch of the summer workshop series…
January 22, 2015
…confidence so that our pre-college students believe in themselves and their abilities.” Academic Connections Programs (Discounted rates available for UC San Diego employees) Three-week Intensive Residential Summer Program for High School Students on UC San Diego campus Program schedule: July 12-Aug. 1, 2015 Who may attend: Students presently in 9th,…
April 7, 2016
…engagement and director of pre-college programs for UC San Diego Extension, said its test prep offerings are designed to provide intensive, in-person training that is affordable to partners such as San Diego Unified as a way to deliver on UC San Diego’s Strategic Plan, which aims to make education accessible,…
June 3, 2021
…and even Shakespeare. This summer, students will receive 1.5 pre-college credits for each workshop for the first time. Lancaster said the credits can be used in several ways. “Students can potentially apply these credits to their year-round school transcripts, transfer the credits to a post-secondary institution or include them on…
June 8, 2017
…engagement and director of pre-college programs at UC San Diego Extension, said it’s clear that educators in the San Diego region and beyond need to provide more opportunities for students to access this “best-in-class” STEAM education. Students in the “Space Out” class design their own rockets, which they test at…
November 3, 2022
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have selected UC San Diego Assistant Professors Brian Aguado and Sonya Neal as grant recipients in a new program launched to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in science.
March 25, 2021
…to Mechanical Engineering,” a pre-college summer course through UC San Diego Extension’s Academic Connections program, as well as a graduate advocate for the campus’s Summer Training Academy for Research Success (STARS) program. “I try to be the mentor I wish I had when I was in my mentees position,” explained…
April 27, 2023
After years of ongoing dialogue with members of the Latinx and Chicanx community, UC San Diego has co-created Mi Universidad (My University), a culturally focused outreach program.
