UniversityLink

Linking high school seniors to guaranteed admission to UC San Diego... UniversityLink is your pathway to a premier four-year university by way of community college.

UniversityLink is available to students from feeder high schools who:

• Plan to attend one of the participating community colleges
• Sign a contract, and
• Complete the program requirements

Get all the details in the UniversityLink flyer (PDF), or contact your community college advisor.

UniversityLink offers you:

• Assessment of your academic skills
• One-on-one academic counseling to ensure that you take the right steps toward transferring
• Assistance with choosing courses to fulfill general education and major preparation requirements
• Workshops for college and transfer success
• Financial aid information
• Advising from a UCSD Admissions Officer
• Invitations to special events at UC San Diego
• Contact with current UCSD students for up-to-date perspectives on transferring

Eligibility

You are eligible for UniversityLink if you are a high school senior attending a UniversityLink feeder high school for the community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties or East Los Angeles, or if you are a first-term student at one of the UniversityLink community colleges. Admitted students in this program may also be eligible for an Engelhorn Family Scholarship.

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Program requirements

• Contact once a year with the UC San Diego representative
• Attend UniversityLink program meetings at your community college
• Take a College Success Skills course during your first term at community college
• Take part in a UC application workshop and visit the UC San Diego campus for a tour
• Sign and submit your UniversityLink agreement to UC San Diego during the spring of your senior year in high school or during your first year at the community college
• Apply to UC San Diego no later than 4 years from the time of submitting a signed UniversityLink program agreement
• Maintain your 3.0 GPA through Spring 2012
• Complete your courses by end of Spring 2012

Participating community colleges

• Cuyamaca
• East Los Angeles
• Grossmont
• Imperial Valley
• MiraCosta
• Palomar
• San Diego City
• San Diego Mesa
• San Diego Miramar
• Southwestern

Planning ahead?

Are you interested in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical science research or allied health careers? You might be eligible for a 4-week summer program on the UC San Diego campus. Check the website for the UniversityLink Medical Science Program.

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