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  • Transfer Admit Day Welcome Session

  • Performance Hour - Ballet Folklorico

  • Student speaker - Admit Day Welcome session

  • Student Price Center Plaza - heart of campus activity

  • Campus tour at Geisel Library

  • Newly admitted students visit their college

  • Walking tour to La Jolla cliffs on Admit Day

  • UC San Diego Pep Band - Go Tritons!

Admissions Events

What's it like to be part of our great campus? All events offer information for both freshmen and transfer applicants living anywhere in the the world. Join us online or on campus!

Prospective Students & Applicants - Freshmen

Admission Information Sessions – Students/Families

Looking for in-depth answers to your questions? Information Sessions are led by an Admissions Officer, Mon–Sat at 1:15 p.m. Find out if UC San Diego is the right choice for you!

College Week Live – various dates

Freshmen Online
Online booth for downloads, live chat with Admissions Officers and current students. Theme days held throughout the year. Register at the College Week Live website for the ones you want to visit. We look forward to virtually meeting you!

  • March 20 & 21 – College Week Live Spring
  • April 18 – College Week Live April
  • August 9– Back to School
  • August 22– International Day (with 1 hour video chat)
  • September 20– CWL September
  • October 4– UC Day (with 1 hour video chat)
  • October 11– Univision College Fair
  • October 24 and 25– CWL Fall (with 1 hour video chat)
  • January 2013– Paying for college
  • February 7– CWL February
  • March 20 and 21– CWL Spring (with 1 hour video chat)
  • April 18– CWL April

UC Application Workshops

Fall event – check back for dates

Freshmen

  • Get a review on how to complete the application
  • Tips for writing the personal statement

UC Application Webinars

Fall event – check back for dates

Freshmen Online

  • Get a review on how to complete the application
  • Tips for writing the personal statement
  • This is the same information presented at our on-campus UC Application Workshops
  • To register for one of the freshman webinars, choose your preferred date above and follow the link – you'll get an email reminder a few days before the webinar

Prospective Students & Applicants - Transfers

Admission Information Sessions – Students/Families

Looking for in-depth answers to your questions? Information Sessions are led by an Admissions Officer, Mon–Sat at 1:15 p.m. Find out if UC San Diego is the right choice for you!

College Week Live

February 27, March 6, and March 13: 2–4 pm

Transfers Online
UC San Diego is offering online admissions advising for transfer students. A UCSD admissions officer and UCSD transfer student will be available to answer your admissions and student life questions in real time. Register at the College Week Live website - register for online events.

College Week Live All Students 2013

  • March 20 & 21 – College Week Live Spring
  • April 4 & 18 – College Week Live April
  • August 9– Back to School
  • August 22– International Day (with 1 hour video chat)
  • September 20– CWL September
  • October 4– UC Day (with 1 hour video chat)
  • October 11– Univision College Fair
  • October 24 and 25– CWL Fall (with 1 hour video chat)
  • January 2013– Paying for college
  • February 7– CWL February
  • March 20 and 21– CWL Spring (with 1 hour video chat)
  • April 18– CWL April

UC Application Workshops

Fall event – check back for dates

Transfers

  • Get a review on how to complete the application
  • Tips for writing the personal statement

UC Application Webinars

Fall event – check back for dates

Transfers Online

  • Get a review of completing the application
  • Tips for writing the personal statement
  • This is the same information presented at our on-campus UC Application Workshops

Transfer Friday

Fall event – check back for dates

Transfers

  • Take a tour of the campus
  • Talk with Admissions Officers in an information session about student support services, admissions, financial aid

Transfer Webinars

Fall event – check back for dates

Transfers Online

  • Interested in transferring?
  • Get an overview of UC San Diego
  • Get specific information on admission requirements, living on campus, veterans' services
  • Take a virtual tour of the campus
  • Admissions Officers answer your questions in real time
  • To register, choose your preferred date above and follow the link – you'll get an email reminder a few days before the webinar

Veterans' Workshops

Fall event – check back for dates
  • Get an overview of UC San Diego
  • Get specific information on admission requirements, living on campus, exceptional support services for veterans on campus
  • Opportunities for research, internships, career preparation
  • Take a virtual tour of the campus
  • Find out why more veterans choose UC San Diego than any other campus in the UC system

College Fairs & Campus Visits

Thinking about applying to UC San Diego? Want to learn more? Stop by and talk to an Admissions Officer.

College fairs in southern California

College fairs in northern California

College fairs in the U.S. outside California

College fairs outside the U.S.

Admitted Freshmen Students

Triton Day

Freshmen
April 6

  • ready to be a Triton?
  • undergraduate colleges welcome you with introductions to services, advising, res hall tours
  • meet faculty, current students, staff, new classmates
  • find out about majors, research, student life, community involvement
  • take a campus tour
  • for all newly admitted freshmen and their parents and families
  • Be sure the visit the Triton Day website!

Information Sessions for Admitted Freshmen

Freshmen
March 25 – April 5:  :15pm

  • Admissions Officers will lead your session and answer your questions
  • talk about financial aid
  • panel of current UCSD students will discuss student life on campus
  • sessions are for all newly admitted freshmen and their parents and families
  • following your campus tour

Admitted Transfer Students

Transfer Admit Day

Transfers
May 11

  • ready to be a Triton?
  • undergraduate colleges welcome you with introductions to support services, advising
  • tour The Village @Torrey Pines
  • meet faculty, current students, staff, new classmates
  • find out about majors, research, student life, community involvement
  • take a campus tour
  • for all newly admitted transfer students and their parents and families
  • be sure to check out the Transfer Admit Day website

Triton Transfer Connect

Transfers
Check back for dates in early summer 2013!

  • for admitted transfer students
  • a half day at the UC San Diego campus co-hosted by Admissions, Commuter Student Services, and the six undergraduate colleges
  • social activities so you can meet your classmates
  • practical information about off-campus housing, roommate-matching services, and the support programs each college offers
  • shuttle-bus tour of nearby housing neighborhoods
  • for students only, but we have a list of nearby activities for parents and family members to enjoy

CollegeWeek Live 2013

CollegeWeek Live

Join us online for virtual events. Live chat with Admissions Officers.

  • March 20 and March 21 2013
    CWL Spring
  • April 4 & 18 2013
    CWL April

March 27 UC San Diego Day

For Transfers - College Week Live Chats

February 27 - 2 to 4pm

March 6 - 2 to 4pm

March 13 - 2 to 4pm

Missed the webinar?

Play it back: enter just your first name on the reg screen, click Submit

Parking on campus

For weekday events, parking in the heart of campus is extremely limited.
You must purchase a parking permit, so we recommend:

  • – going to Lot P703 for the Triton Tour - details here
  • – buying a permit at the machine at the lot
  • – catching the UCSD Shuttle (look for the green "P" in the window) to the Price Center 

Be sure to leave enough time to get to the student Services Center [map]