UC San Diego is one of nine University of California undergraduate campuses; the others are Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz. If you’re applying to UC San Diego, you may have realized that you’ll need to rank UCSD’s eight residential colleges in order to … Read more
[Note: this is a pretty long article – but chock-full of great info if you are applying to the UCs! There’s a “quick tips” post on applying to the UCs here.] Lisa Przekop’s son was denied admission at UCSB a few years back. She’s in good company – many students were not admitted – but … Read more
HEY CLASS OF 2017 – LET’S GET THIS DONE!! Magellan College Counseling will host our final application workshop on Sunday, October 16th from 10 am to 2 pm in Century City. FOUR HOURS – we can get your UC and your Cal State apps DONE! And probably finish off those November 1 Early Action applications! … Read more
As of today – August 1, 2016 – the Common Application, the UC application and the new Coalition for Access Application are open. While they are different in some ways and have different member colleges, these applications all give students the opportunity to share their interests and leadership through describing their extra-curricular activities, and to … Read more
Suzie and Evelyn spent a full day at UCLA last week, talking with admissions staff from all nine undergraduate UC campuses. When we heard interesting news, we tweeted it! Here’s a summary! "The chancellor is very interested in growing CA enrollment," Steven Handel, Assoc VP, Admission, Univ. of CA #UC #College — Magellan College Counseling … Read more
As application season is underway, here are a few tips and notes about the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) applications. The UC Application is open! It’s one application for all nine undergraduate campuses, with a $70 application fee for each campus. You can fill it out but you can’t submit your … Read more
Two Upcoming Workshops “DON’T PANIC!” The UC/CSU application workshop Sunday, 11/23, 11 am – 2 pm LOCATION HAS CHANGED; INFO ON FLYER IS INCORRECT. PLEASE RSVP FOR NEW LOCATION! If your high school senior hasn’t finished his or her University of California and/or Cal State applications yet, not to worry! And no need to panic. … Read more
The UCs have opened their application early this year – LET’S GET THIS DONE!! Magellan College Counseling will host our UC Workshops the first weekend in September. These workshops are for rising seniors only. We will completely fill out the UC application (minus the essays). Each student should bring a laptop, a resume and a … Read more
I attended an online webinar last week hosted by UC Santa Barbara about the UC Personal Statements. As you probably know, students applying to any UC campuses are required to submit two essays (the prompts are here). Both essays combined can be no more than 1000 words, and each one must be a minimum of … Read more
The nine UC campuses have one application for admission. Students can apply to one campus, or all nine through the application located here. The application is fairly straightforward; students self-report test scores and grades from high school classes in the a-g subject categories. Students are not required to send in a transcript; the UCs only … Read more