Admissions Blog

First Day of Summer School

Those of your who signed up for Summer Session A should be waltzing your way onto campus right about...now. (Or maybe sometime tomorrow. Or Wednesday) Congrats to you go-getters who decided to get a jump on your UCLA education! High school students, current students, admitted students, and all you regular folk are welcome to take classes over the summer at UCLA. It's not too late to sign up for Session C, which starts on August 6. Undergraduate Admissions serves as the student services office for Summer Sessions, so come on by if you have any questions.

As Kathy wrote in her post, the campus gets decidedly less peopled over the summer. And it gets decidedly hotter, too! My favorite ways to cool off are to walk down to Pinkberry in Westwood (although the walk kind of undoes the coolness of the fro yo); cat nap in Powell Library's rotunda, where it's chill in both sense of the word; or stroll through the Fowler Museum and enjoy the art in the climate-controlled galleries. I should try going for a swim in one of our many on-campus pools one of these days. Oh, and did I mention that we have two Baskin Robbins on campus?

UCLA Undie Run 2007

As I frantically scribbled the last sentence of my beautifully composed essay for my Korean 50 class, I threw up my hands like Rocky in victory.

I succeeded in finishing my last final and did so with flying colors.

As jubilant and euphoric I was for finishing my finals and looking forward to my summer break, it was nowhere close the flurry of excitement and emotions that I experienced the same morning at 12:00 a.m. precisely. It was something that everybody who attends UCLA or who is going to attend UCLA should look forward to. It's a beautiful and tear-jerking event where people from all over UCLA join together in this harmonious mini-marathon, starting from the intersection of Strathmore and Gayley, through the tunnel, around Ackerman Union, up Bruin Walk, and finally ending at the Shapiro Fountain  right next to Royce Hall and Powell Library.

What is this UCLA-exclusive event?

That's right, the UCLA Undie Run.

The UCLA Undie Run happens on Wednesday at midnight during finals week. It is a great way to relieve stress from finals, as well as have some great PG-13 rated fun. There were also many people who came in clever costumes like the Spartans from the movie 300, pro wrestlers, and even chicken outfits.

Have a great summer everybody! If you want to check out some more of my photos, you can see them at EricKimPhotography.com

 

 

UCLA Jazz/Reggae Festival 2007

Hello everybody! This is Eric Kim, UCLA Undergraduate Admissions' official photographer.

I was lucky enough to attend the 2007 UCLA Jazz/Reggae Festival on May 27th. Many artists showed up such as Lupe Fiasco, Les Nubians, Soulive, J*Davey, Dujeous, Cham, General Degree, Mr. Peppa, Triniti, Joseph Israel, Syren, and Eljai.

All of the artists were very talented, and their soulful music truly moved me. It was also amazing how many people showed up to the event. The entire Intramural Field was filled with fans from all over Los Angeles.

I recommend all UCLA students to attend the event next year. If you sign up early enough, you can even get the tickets for free!

If you want to check out more of my photos, you can head over to www.EricKimPhotography.com.

Enjoy! (Artists in order: Hélène Faussart from Les Nubians, Célia Faussart from Les Nubians, and Lupe Fiasco).

UCLA Doesn’t Stop in the Summertime

As we all know, every day is summer in California. In the same way, the exciting activities and stimulating coursework associated with the academic year carry on at UCLA over the summertime. UCLA Summer Sessions and Special Programs offers over 600 courses, over 20 language intensives, and several short-term, all-day institutes on subjects ranging from management to translation. A lot of Bruins use this opportunity to take classes that they couldn't take during the academic year, to work on their major, take care of GE (general education) requirements, or simply explore a new field. (Some even choose to earn credit abroad through UCLA Travel Study.)

As an incoming first-year or transfer student, you can use Summer Sessions to get acquainted with academic expectations and explore the campus in a low-key, relaxed atmosphere. There are still plenty of people around but, with roughly one third of the student body, campus services are easy to access. The libraries, restaurants, gyms, and pools are particularly enjoyable. You can work out on any machine you want at Wooden and follow on to Ackerman where there’s no line to get your smoothie with a protein boost. Summertime at UCLA means studying on the beach, getting a tan up at Sunset Canyon, going to outdoor concerts, and having the luxury to concentrate on coursework without the hustle and bustle of a regular quarter.

If you'd like to know what's available, you can visit the Summer Sessions Web site. For help choosing a class or program, please contact Summer Sessions at info@summer.ucla.edu. Financial aid is available is qualified students. You can even live on campus!

My name is Kathleen Micham and I work with summer every day of the year as communications manager in the Office of Summer Sessions. I get to write about all of the academic offerings in the summer but I also get to help plan fun summer events like a wushu performance or a Gospel concert. I, myself, love being on campus in the summer because people are more laid back and the grounds are beautiful. I love going up to Sunset Canyon Recreation Center for a swim or eating my lunch outdoors at Café Roma.

Our work here is done.

Yeah, not really. But today is the last day of the fall 2007 application/admission/recruitment season. Yay!

Now we move on some really exciting stuff: evaluating your transcripts and other official pieces of your academic record. By today, all admitted transfer students should have sent us their official transcripts through fall 2006, and July 15 is the big deadline: all transcripts and test scores need to be in our office for both freshmen and transfers. And we mean it. Otherwise, your offer of admission may be canceled. We've seen a lot of students who think they may be able to 'slip through the cracks' or something, but trust me, that doesn't happen. We're serious.

On a happier note, we hope that you all enjoy this summer leading up to when you become full-time Bruins. Be sure to go to Orientation (see Bank's post) and make sure you send in all required documents to our office by July 15. Okay, I went back to the same note, not a happier note, but I'm not joking around. You will have to deal with Stacy and me in a real, personal way if you get canceled, and you really don't want to go there.

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