The Bruin Resource Center is
here to help
transfer student pride at UCLA
This resource is primarily for admitted students; if you are looking for info about how to transfer to UCLA visit Admissions!
Transfer students are an integral part of UCLA: they make up over 42% of the 2011 incoming undergraduate class and 2012 is likely to bring in even more. The Bruin Resource Center’s (BRC) Transfer Student Program at UCLA supports transfer student achievement academically, personally, and socially. We value students with previous college and life experience, and help them “hit the ground running” for a smooth transition and continued success at UCLA. The BRC provides a welcoming place with programs and courses devoted to student inclusion, involvement, leadership, and personal well-being. We increase campus awareness of, and advocate for, our transfer students, to help create a supportive college community. The BRC enriches transfer students’ university experience by making their time more meaningful, empowered, and believe it or not: fun. Come on in to the Student Activities Center, B44, and meet with the BRC staff, Vanessa the 'Transfer Lady', our transfer intern Zedric, check out our programs, and socialize with new friends in the lounge. Email us at transfers@ucla.edu for comments, suggestions, or if you want to volunteer and be a mentor to incoming transfers. We offer:
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- Are you NEWLY ADMITTED? Welcome to UCLA! This is the premier transfer website to help make your transition smooth. Visit the Transfer Timeline to see what you need to do BEFORE coming to your first day of class, to be prepared and hit the ground running!
- Get connected with other transfers: join the popular UCLA Transfer facebook group and talk to other transfers, ask questions, and get updates about events
- Congrats to all those who qualified to become a charter member of the UCLA Tau Sigma national transfer honors society! If you are a member, join facebook group 'UCLA Tau Sigma'
- Graduating? Fill out the Commencement Information form and join us at the 1st annual Transfer Student Commencement 2012!
- Check out transfer-related student groups like Transfer Student Alliance (TSA), STOMP, Returning Students, Pilipino Transfer Student Partnership or the Transfer Undergrad Students of Hillel
- Want to apply for scholarships? Once you have started school at UCLA, you are considered a "continuing student" on scholarship forms. You don't apply for transfer-specific scholarships anymore-- you're a real Bruin now-- you apply junior year for "senior-year scholarships."
- Most transfers are commuting students. Commuters can join the Bruin Commuter Club for transportation options and perks, or go on the UCLA Transfer Students facebook group to post where you live and start a study group or carpool in your are
- Some departments across UCLA that work with transfers include the Community Programs Office (CPO) the Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP), the Academic Advancement Program (AAP), and the Student Transfer Opportunity and Mentorship Program (STOMP):
Dear UCLA Transfer Students:
We have been saddened by the transfer student prejudice that has recently come to light in the national blogosphere. Together, we can come up with ideas for how to commute this into positive change, and opportunities for education about the realities of the transfer student and their experiences.
Follow the debate about Professor Dr. Kahn's incendiary personal commentary about the 'economic value' of transfer students, from the original article and his retraction, to the recent responses by the Daily Bruin, Inside Higher Ed, and Judy Smith's supportive statement about how transfers are valued at UCLA. Dr. Kahn has been very apologetic about his innacuracies, but the debate is lively on the UCLA Transfer Students facebook group. Educate yourself and get active!
And just in case you want to look up the facts: Survey results from several years of the University of California Undergraduate Experiences Survey (UCUES) show that in upper-division classes, which is when transfers and direct-entry students meet in the classroom, transfer students statistically do just as well in their classes and are just as likely to graduate. Demographic comparisons of race/ethnicity show strikingly similar numbers, as do age comparisons. Transfer experiences are various, but are not so different from the rest of the undergraduate population as to warrant exclusion or prejudice.
This year there is a brand new Transfer Honors Society, Tau Sigma, to celebrate the scholastic achievements of transfers, and a first-annual Commencement Ceremony put on by student group TSA. Community service transfer group STOMP is thriving. It is an excellent time for the transfer community and allies to support these projects, get involved, speak about their diverse experiences, and show our pride. After all, there are many successful students that transferred to UCLA from community colleges: like Jim Morrison (singer), Jackie Robinson (baseball pioneer), Sean Astin and Mark Harmon (actors), and Antonio Villagarosa (LA mayor). I’m hoping instilling transfer pride will make many in the UCLA community realize that transfers are already successes, for being Bruins! TRANSFER PRIDE.
Vanessa Luke
Transfer Student Program Developer
Student Development Educator
Transfers
make UCLA better
BRUIN PRIDE
