Student preparation for careers and college

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UC sponsors a wide variety of programs for high schools and community colleges to support eligible students from all backgrounds. Examples include:

Tutoring, mentoring, test preparation, and other special academic support and enrichment programs

EAOP (Student Preparation) works with students, their families, educators and communities throughout the state. EAOP helps California's educationally disadvantaged students turn dreams of attending college into reality.
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) prepares and encourages students in math, science, engineering, and technology to attend college and become technology professionals.
Puente helps educationally underserved students succeed academically, enroll in college, and return to the community as mentors and leaders; it has both high school and community college programs.
The UC College Prep (UCCP) program, based at UC Santa Cruz, provides Advanced Placement and honors courses on the Internet, so that more students are competitive in their applications to UC and other universities.
To help prepare students for college level composition exams, UC and the California State University have jointly developed the Diagnostic Writing Service, a web-based composition support service for eleventh grade students and teachers.
UC Links, a multi-campus program, provides access to quality after-school care and technology-based educational activities and resources for low-income youth and their families. UC Links also fosters teachers' use of new technologies for teaching and learning.
The California State Summer School in Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) is a new pre-college residential experience at UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz that gives participating high school students access to the laboratories of UC scientists and engineers, enabling them to explore advanced topics not traditionally offered in high school curricula.
UC ArtsBridge, based at UC Irvine, connects with California public schools to provide art, dance, drama, and music education.

Motivating students to consider a college education and professional careers

The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP)
Mathematics Science Education Achievement (MESA)
Puente
The Los Angeles Basin Initiative (LABI) offers a wide range of summer/intersession academic enrichment and professional development programs to high school and middle school students, teachers, and counselors from Los Angeles County.
UC campuses offer tours, either on campus or on the Internet, to introduce campus life to prospective students and their families.
Other programs
- The SAGE Scholars program (510/987-9100), on the UC Irvine and UC Berkeley (510/642-2325) campuses, provides comprehensive multi-year paid internships, extensive mentoring, workshops and financial support to promising, economically disadvantaged students during college.
- UC LEADS (562/728-8732) provides undergraduates at each UC campus with mentoring, academic enrichment, and skills training to prepare for graduate study.

UC Admissions and application information

UC admissions requirements and application information
Online admissions, financial aid information, and application services
- PATHWAYS, the undergraduate admission information and application network, enables students to submit their applications electronically to UC campuses.
- ASSIST, a statewide electronic advising system based at UC Irvine, provides information to community college students about transferring to UC and to the California State University

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