Freshmen admits (First- Fourth year)

Transfer admits (Third – Fourth year)

First Year:

1. Enrollment:
   • Focus prep for the major courses—remember to balance out your coursework with GEs!
2. Meet with a department counselor:
   • Discuss your long-term plans for the major, how to get involved in research, and planning for pre-graduate/pre-health requirements.
3. Meet with a College Counselor from your College Counseling unit (AAP, CAC, Honors, or Athletics):
   • Review your degree progression, major/minor program interests and connections, possibility of other pathways, etc.
   • IGETC or American History & Institutions if it’s still pending.
4. If interested in pursuing a minor, meet with the appropriate department to determine admission criteria, pre-requisites you need to take, etc.
5. If interested in research, Learn more about research opportunities:
   • Attend a URC SRP 99 workshop.
   • Complete Lab Safety Fundamentals Concepts (LSFC) workshop as needed.
   • Find a faculty member whose research you’re interested in and contact them for an informational interview.
6. Begin research and/or extracurricular activities, if possible, including participation in student groups.
7. Summer activities:
   • Research or pre-health, summer internship, work, volunteer or community service, attending classes.
   • Review your Degree Audit Report and track progress toward your overall degree.
   • If pre-health, begin considering who to ask for letters of recommendation (LORs).

Second Year:

1. Enrollment:
   • Continue to complete major prep courses.
   • Begin enrolling in Upper Division (UD) major courses as appropriate.
2. Meet with a department counselor:
   • Discuss your progress in the major, connection to post-UCLA plans, and incorporation of research.
3. Meet with a College Counselor from your College Counseling unit (AAP, CAC, Honors, or Athletics):
   • Review your degree progression, major/minor program interests and connections, possibility of other pathways, etc.
4. Declare minor if admission criteria have been met.
5. If pre-health:
   • Meet with departmental counselor to discuss integrating pre-requisites into UD major curriculum and when to take entrance exams.
   • Begin making a list of who you will approach for LORs and create an LOR file (e.g., Interfolio through the UCLA Career Center).
   • Determine whether or not you will take a gap year (or multiple gap years) so that you can plan when you will take entrance exams.
6. Continue or begin research activities and extracurricular activities.
   • If continuing, renew LSFC certification as needed.
   • Recommended: look into student groups or consider beginning your own group!
7. Summer activities:
   • Research or pre-health, summer internship, work, volunteer or community service, attending classes.
8. EBE & MB majors:
   • Look into specific programs within and outside of the department to fulfill your capstone requirement.
   • For non-EEB programs, submit petition for course substitution to EEB Undergraduate Office.
   • If planning to apply to an EEB department program (FBQ/MBQ/FMBQ) for your junior year, meet with a departmental counselor to discuss eligibility, etc., and meet with a College counselor to discuss College/University policies, including UCLA Senior Residency.
   • Apply for field quarter if you plan to complete during Third Year.
   • Begin or complete pre-requisites for field quarter (e.g., EEB 100 (FBQ, FMBQ), EEB 109 (MBQ, FMBQ)) and declare your official degree expected term.

Third Year:

1. Enrollment:
   • Continue to complete Upper Division (UD) major courses.
   • Enroll in courses to complete outstanding degree requirements.
2. Review Degree Audit Report (DAR) to determine if meeting all degree requirements.
3. If pursuing a minor, continue to take requirements.
4. Meet a department counselor:
   • Review your progress in the major and plans moving forward, post-UCLA plans, research/extracurricular activities, etc.
5. Meet with a College Counselor from your College Counseling unit (AAP, CAC, Honors, or Athletics):
   • Review your degree progression, outstanding requirements needed to take, plans for remaining time at UCLA.
6. Meet with a Career Educator from the Career Center:
   • Discuss your post-UCLA plans and get appropriate resources.
7. If pre-health:
   • Integrate pre-requisites and requirements for graduate/professional programs into course plan.
   • Research graduate/professional programs that you plan to apply to determine additional requirements.
   • Begin to prepare application materials, including personal statement, etc.
   • Begin to request LORs.
   • If not taking a gap year, study and prepare to take entrance exam.
8. Continue with research and extracurricular activities:
   • If continuing with research, renew LSFC certification as needed.
   • Expand on your role in student groups and consider leadership positions.
9. Summer activities:
   • Research or pre-health, summer internship, work, volunteer or community service, attending classes.
10. EBE & MB Majors:
    • Apply for field quarter if you plan to complete during Fourth Year.
    • Complete pre-requisites for field quarter, e.g., EEB 100 (FBQ, FMBQ), EEB 109 (MBQ, FMBQ).

Fourth Year:

1. Enrollment:
   • Continue to complete Upper Division (UD) major courses and other outstanding degree requirements.
2. Review DAR to determine if meeting all degree requirements.
3. If pursuing a minor, take final requirements.
4. Meet with a department counselor:
   • Confirm outstanding requirements and plan to complete them.
5. Meet with a College Counselor from your College Counseling unit (AAP, CAC, Honors, or Athletics):
   • Review your degree progress, confirm outstanding requirements and plan to complete them, and confirm degree expected term.
   • If you receive messages from the Degree Auditors please respond to them by their deadlines to make sure that your degree will be awarded on time. (idk if we should add this, but maybe something that they can confirm with a degree auditor that everything is ok or in this sentence answer messages from degree auditors if they get them?)
6. Meet with a Career Educator from the Career Center:
   • Discuss your post-UCLA plans and get appropriate resources.
7. If pre-health:
   • Continue to take pre-requisites as needed
   • Prepare and attend interviews if invited.
   • Finalize writers of LORs and follow-up as needed.
   • Send thank you letters to LOR writers.
   • If attending graduate/professional school in upcoming Fall term, confirm that all admission requirements and documents, e.g., final transcript, are completed and submitted to graduate/professional school.
   • If taking a gap year, meet with academic counselors in the Department and College to develop a plan for pre-requisites and professional experience.
8. Continue with research and extracurricular activities:
   • If continuing with research, renew LSFC certification as needed.
   • Expand on your role in student groups.

We are here as your guides as you embark on your educational journey at UCLA. We encourage you to take advantage of all that our department and UCLA has to offer.

• Jessica Angus

• Melissa Carrillo

• Jessica Gonzalez

The undergraduate counselors answer questions about the following:

• Lower Division major requirements
• Upper Division major requirements
• Minor requirements (as applicable)
• Course substitutions for the Major or Minor
• Global GPA – encompasses Upper Division major requirements only
• Academic questions about applying to graduate or professional school
• Pre-requisites for different programs
• Other academic issues related to graduate or professional school