Dalia Wardany
08:57:16 AM
test
Nandini Sharma
09:00:31 AM
Hello!
Akshar Jagannath
09:00:40 AM
hello
Bunga Dirham
09:00:41 AM
Hi!!
Thamer Albuainain
09:00:45 AM
Good morning!
Aditya Srinivas
09:01:18 AM
Hi
Mitsuko Leonard
09:01:32 AM
hi everyone!
My name is dahlia I work for the University of California Davis welcome to our weapon are good morning Good afternoon good evening depending on where you are on this planet so excited to connect with you today it is 9:01 AM California time um I'm going to introduce my Co pilot today my colleague needs go Leonard is also with us in the room say hi mitsuko she's in the chat with us.
Thamer Albuainain
09:01:55 AM
Saudi Arabia!
There she is say hi to misko she's gonna be helping me answer some of your questions today I hope you're all doing well staying safe and healthy uhm wherever you are in the world let me just start with that let's get this a little bit interactive why don't you type in the chat so we can make sure it works and tell me where you're joining us from today.
Nandini Sharma
09:01:59 AM
Qatar!
Jun-Yi Xie
09:01:59 AM
Hong Kong!
Where in the world are you?
Khushi Patel
09:02:03 AM
Mumbai
Aditya Srinivas
09:02:03 AM
Bangalore - india
Vishnu Lagudu
09:02:03 AM
India
Bunga Dirham
09:02:06 AM
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia hytham Arthur's in our WhatsApp group I know you will cut our Hong Kong Mumbai India awesome anyone else Indonesia.
Saud Altayar
09:02:22 AM
Saudi arabia
Welcome all of you so excited so a little bit about what we do I know some of you have joined us previously in some other weapon or as I recognize your names uhm meets go and I work for the University of California Davis office of undergraduate admissions an we are both on the international team so part of our job in a normal world is to travel around and visit schools in different countries we know many of your country is very well probably have been to some of your schools.
Even and we talk to students about studying in the United States and right now it's all about helping you get ready to make that big decision about where you're going to go to college starting next year hopefully um so that's what this is about it is all about you today I don't have a big PowerPoint presentation or anything you are all in the driver seat and I am in the hot seat so let me just ask another question.
Thamer Albuainain
09:03:19 AM
I have!
Varsha Beeravola
09:03:20 AM
me
Aditya Srinivas
09:03:24 AM
I have
Khushi Patel
09:03:27 AM
I have
Bunga Dirham
09:03:31 AM
Same here!
Who has already said yes to UC Davis anyone in the in the chat with us today I have welcome anyone who's already sia ARD to UC Davis thamara did yeah?
Nandini Sharma
09:03:31 AM
I have!
Awesome yay there y'all go welcome to UC Davis welcome to the Aggie family that's so exciting so I'm glad some of you are in there and that you've already made up your minds for many others there still on the fence still got questions on their minds um because it's a big decision it's a very personal in an individual decision an it's a family decision this is not one that you want to take lightly or take completely solo we have to loop in those people that care about you most your family members your parents and we are here to help.
If you need more information 'cause you wanna make sure that you've got all the information you need to make a confident decision 'cause this is about the direction of your life for at least the next 4 years right so let's hop into it before I turn it over to you and your questions I want to make sure you all know how to connect with us the Sir deadline is officially may one that's just in a couple days are right around the corner I'm gonna put it out there right now?
Right here that we uhm have offered an opportunity to extend that deadline if you need it so some students have reached out and said look I really am considering Davis very seriously I think I just need a little bit more time and so now if you go to your my admissions page hopefully you're all familiar with that we'll talk about that if you need me to UM when you go to say yes do you see Davis and Sir to the right.
Of that Sir button you should see something that says uh request an extension for your SIRA man it will give you a couple more weeks to start with 2 to see if that's enough time to make your decision and it it should help hopefully for some of you so we've got the may one deadline some of you already said yes I'm excited if you're if you feel ready to do that in a couple of days great this is not a time when I'm going to put any pressure on you.
Again it's a personal decision you need to do what feels right for you Anne Anne choose not just a school for yourself but at home for the next 4 years of your life so if it's not UC Davis I'm gonna still wish you the best of luck and know you're gonna go off and be awesome wherever you end up but I hope it's Davis because we want you we know that you will probably be a good fit for us and that we're going to be a good fit for you here is a lot of different ways that you can connect with us if you haven't already you need to be on our Instagram.
Thamer Albuainain
09:06:43 AM
I am!
Are you see Davis Instagram or UC Davis admissions Instagram there are live walking tours and stories that go up all the time an beautiful pictures of our campus an A lot of students centered insights that I think you might find helpful especially now and we have our new WhatsApp group for international students and I'm going to ask another question in the chat can you say whether or not you're already part of our WhatsApp group?
Nandini Sharma
09:06:47 AM
Just joined it!
Vishnu Lagudu
09:06:49 AM
I am
Jun-Yi Xie
09:06:49 AM
I am!
Aditya Srinivas
09:06:50 AM
I am
Khushi Patel
09:06:50 AM
I’m a part
Bunga Dirham
09:06:54 AM
I am
I know a few of you are just chiming in the chat yeah cameras one of our active members just joined it awesome.
I'm so happy to see that so if you haven't there's a QR code uhm go ahead and slide your Phone over that and see if you can join us now no pressure you don't have to already know you wanna say yes to UC Davis to join it it's just a place where you can hang out and chat with other students in your same situation I'm in their meat goes in there so you can ask us questions there as well an I think I'm going to start on your questions now some of you have.
Nandini Sharma
09:07:50 AM
I had a question about the programs available and if there is a way to extend the 4-year chemical engineering program with an MBA or masters program and make it a 5-year program.
Already submitted questions in advance when you registered for this chat so uhm I want to honor that an I'm going to actually start with a few of those before you guys get warmed up in the chat with any new questions listen carefully because I'm pretty sure a lot of these questions are common among you and your question might be answered by somebody else is the answer to somebody else is so there are quite a few questions about.
What's gonna happen in the fall vis-a-vis Cove in 19 uhm so I have to back up and let everyone just take a deep breath and understand that we recognize these are some pretty precarious times an really uncertain up I'll let you know what's happening right now and kind of what the Davis campus looks like today as we speak the campus itself the physical space is still open people are still able to go there and walk around as long as they're being mindful of social?
Social distancing protocols all of our essential staff is still on campus getting it ready and beautiful and there's a lot of new construction happening preparing for the fall term.
And for instruction for our quarter that's currently in progress for our current students that is on line it's happening remotely and we're managing an from what I hear from current students it's going pretty well and they feel like they're being well supported and they're getting the material and end curriculum that they expect and need to make good progress toward their degrees I'm even hearing from some of our engineering students that.
Wherever there is a required laboratory a session the engineering Department is sending out mailing out lab kits for them to conduct the hands-on labs at home which is really impressive to me but they are doing everything they can right now to make sure that there's no unnecessary disruption to the students courses an progress so that's what it looks like right now.
Uh in the fall so I will say that officially the decision is to open as usual in the fall I'm predicting and most of our conversations in mighty man in the the admissions office is are predicting that while we may be open in the fall it will probably look a little bit different than what we are used to seeing in regular situations.
Outside of Cove in 19 so that said I'm expecting that maybe classes will be in session.
So the essential services and supports and resources and staff will be available for in person support but you might not find the kind of large gatherings that we're used to seeing that's if there are no changes.
I will also tell you that there are ongoing discussions about what if things change an what if it doesn't look like it's safe to reopen as usual in the fall keep in mind that UC Davis is the one of the research institutions for the state of California we believe in science we were very stem heavy University and so we will absolutely use the science and the data to drive these decisions.
So if if those experts in those those fields tell us that it's probably better that you don't open in person on in the fall an offer some kind of alternative or modification for your students I promise that our current an incoming students will be notified the way we tell you about any changes to our plans is typically by email and on our website so my best advice to you is stay very.
Close and personal with your inboxes and emails if you receive an email from UC Davis know that it is important these are not emails that we set send just haphazardly we don't send them just to clutter your inbox they are usually filled with important information sometimes deadlines sometimes items action items things that you have to do so make sure you always check emails from UC Davis because if there are any.
Saud Altayar
09:12:20 AM
Hello! I was planning on going to davis with a program but however, corona kind of messed up things and im still unsure if the program will give the scholarship, is there a way the SIR deadline could be extended so i can make sure of that?
Noun sment's about modifications for fall quarter that's how we're going to tell you an is In addition to the UC Davis website of course that if you go to their go to that website right now you're going to see plenty and plenty of knew and constantly updated information about.
Knew protocols in place all around trying to keep our students safe and healthy and making good progress toward their degrees.
What else can I tell you about that situation I will say that there is another plan in place for the fall quarter an right now it's the intention behind it is to support our international students who may not be able to come to the country in the fall they are nicknaming it right now quarter in the cloud so you see Davis is on a quarter system not semester like some other institutions?
So there saying this quarter in the cloud is is essentially a compilation of about 40 um required classes that all students would have to take regardless so there the classes that you would have had to take as a first year student whether you're on campus or off campus with or without coronavirus an so those classes would be available to our students to take remotely from their homes if they are not able to come to California to come to the United States.
Dalia Wardany
09:14:05 AM
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/response-covid-19.html
Uhm I think that's all I'm gonna say about that I'm going to share a website with you um real quickly about some of the University of California's decisions regarding uh.
Over 19 and how that has come.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:14:29 AM
Nandini, there isn't currently an integrated program for chemical engineering. Here's a site for some of our other integrated programs https://ece.ucdavis.edu/integrated-degree-programs
Informed our new flexibility around receiving transcripts from you and exam scores from you so there's quite a few questions that were already submitted about what am I going to do if I can't sit for my exams or my exams have been cancelled how am I gonna get you those scores.
So we know that we're very aware of that. We know that IB exams were canceled, your a level exams were canceled. If you're doing an Indian system curriculum, we know that your your um, exam boards have postpone those exams. We don't know when you're going to be able to sit for them, but it sounds like you still at some point will be sitting for them. So the point is that we're just going to honor whatever those examination boards have decided and.
We will hold you accountable for whatever it is that they are holding you accountable for it. So if the India exam board says that you're going to sit for your exams in late summer, annuar marks will be generated. After that, we will. We will wait for when those come out and ask you to submit those documents. I be organizations like Cambridge Ciee at Excel. Those exam authorities if you're doing British system are coming up.
With a way to use marks that teachers are offering from schools an using prior evidence for your performance, an will be based in your certificates on those things and we will still be collecting those certificates from you for school transcripts, we know that many of your schools are closed. We know that you can't access your counselors and your teachers and your administrators like normal.
As easily as you would want, um, so we get that an for that reason. We're being patient. We're going to give you up until the quarter starts to turn in those transcripts. So I think the UC system is trying to be as understanding as possible. Make sure you check out that that web link if you want to read about the response in depth.
Let's see what other questions you guys have asked.
Nandini Sharma
09:16:32 AM
Thankyou!
Are the deposit deadline being extended? We already talked about the the Sir deadline. You have an opportunity to extend that deadline until May 15th. If you want to just make sure you take a look at your my admissions and request that if you want. There's a question about.
Saud Altayar
09:17:27 AM
I did a summer school in a college in the summer of 2018, where can i submit the transcript for that?
Submitting transcripts an exam scores being cancelled again an there's a special situation that someone had asked about. Listen carefully if you have a concern about your own specific situation at school or a grade that you think is not going to come will look differently on your final transcript than it did on your original application to UC Davis. There is a way that you can.
Aditya Srinivas
09:17:37 AM
Will the housing application deadline extend?
Dalia Wardany
09:17:44 AM
https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/after-reporting-changes/
Alert us to that an you can communicate with us directly again. It's through your my admissions website. I'm gonna share um, a quick a website for you so that you know how to report those changes.
So I just shared a URL with you take a look at that this is, uhm, this is how you tell us about any specific personal concerns that you have about your own academic record.
Varsha Beeravola
09:18:07 AM
I cant see the chat
Um, so make sure you go in there. If you are worried about anything or you sink there, uh, there's something in your academic record that needs clarification or you just want to run it bias so that we can advise you on what to do.
Go into your my admissions, find the link for reporting changes. Just type in the open box there for us and one of our evaluators will respond to you with some advice. Adichie's asking will the housing application deadline extend, so again, this is an example of something that we don't have a yes or no answer for right now. This is an example of something that is is being monitored right now and a decision maybe is.
In in the works is yes yet to be made um. UC Davis is a really big campus. Is what we call a comprehensive University. That means we have offices and staff on campus to handle every aspect of a students life. Housing is a completely independent office, an end Department with its own independent staff, so they would be the ones to reach out to about.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:19:32 AM
https://housing.ucdavis.edu/covid19-faq/
But I know that a housing is also providing a lot of information on their website needs to go. I don't know if you're able to to throw in a quick housing and orientation URL.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:19:45 AM
this is very specific to Covid-19 plans
Into the chat. Awesome. There she did. OK, so there's the housing a website if you go there you should be able to find an FA Q with a lot of information about their plans for the fall and they've also been receiving a ton of questions from students all over the place.
Awesome yeah. Music as giving you some good information there, so hopefully that will answer your questions.
Um there's there was a question submitted about what kind of extracurriculars are being offered on campus so uhm this is a fun one UC Davis has over 800 clubs and student organizations this is a very lively campus you will never be bored sometimes students can actually uhm sign up for too many things because there's so much temptation in terms of clubs and activities.
Um with that many clubs on campus it kind of gives you a little hint that it's very easy to start a club if you have an idea that you really want to nurture in college say you had a club that was near and dear to your heart in high school and you wanna see that going at University you can absolutely start your own club on campus and find people find followers for you and Ann um people to get that going it's a very easy process we've got an outdoor adventure club we've got a ski and snowboarding.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:21:07 AM
check out this site to find out what type of clubs we have: https://csi.ucdavis.edu/
Aditya Srinivas
09:21:24 AM
One of my exam is still pending, and if the transcripts get delayed in reaching the UC Davis, will we be still able to start sept or should we defer it by a quarter?
But this is California so there's a lot of activities outdoors we like to be outside a lot um let's see one of my favorite extracurriculars that's offered on campus is the acapella club if you like to sing or if you were musical at all we've gotten all women's acapella and all men zacapala they're just.
Super impressive uhm so you can check that out on on YouTube if you want to watch them perform.
Other questions let me see.
Saud Altayar
09:22:04 AM
Where can i submit my transcripts?
I'll answer adichie's question one of my exams still pending and if the transcripts get delayed delayed in reaching UC Davis will be will we still be able to start in September it should be different do not defer for the purpose of your transcripts OK so that's actually an interesting question in a good one defer your enrollment if you feel like.
For personal reasons I just can't I don't feel comfortable leaving my family right now I don't feel comfortable leaving my country right now I can't leave my country right now or I would rather just sit out this quarter and take advantage of the remote options don't let your transcript delay be the reason that you defer we're being patient with your transcripts and if you feel like your situation is outside even than knew norm for Cove in 19.
Aditya Srinivas
09:22:52 AM
Thanks
You can still go into your my admissions and type to us in the report changes and will work with you to get that transcript and maybe find a placeholder for something that way.
Other questions and looking at the pre submitted list.
Maria Fernanda Du Mont Lacombe
09:23:12 AM
In regards to deferring admissions for next year and issuing a visa, should the I-20 be issued this year or the next?
How and when do we sign up for classes so someone had a question about class registration this is about orientation?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:23:29 AM
https://orientation.ucdavis.edu/#en
Aditya Srinivas
09:23:47 AM
Being a US citizen, if I am unable to travel due to any travel restrictions from India, will we be eligible to take up the courses online?
What can I tell you about that so so once you Sir if you say yes to UC Davis an use an you Sir you will have access to a checklist from your my admissions page that gives you sort of it's sort of like an organizer or a planner for all the actions that you have to take mitsuko has just typed in or or posted for you the URL for orientation they are providing something called?
Nandini Sharma
09:23:57 AM
Can we defer by one quarter, but take a few credits during our deferral duration?
Are you wanna one which is going to start your orientation activities be well before you even arrive on campus it's essentially a series of uhm on line modules that will teach you about navigating the college system how to sign up for classes how to talk to your professors it's going to make you feel like you're going to be pretty confident before you even set foot on campus through Aggie 101 once you complete those modules you will be actually required?
To set up an appointment with one of our real life human advisors to talk to them face to face and that person is going to guide you through the class registration process so before you ever get to campus you're already going to be registered for classes we know that college is a whole another world from high school and there's a lot to know a lot to keep track of an we don't want our students to feel like they have to guess Oh my gosh what's what's next for me.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:24:59 AM
Aditya, yes, we can make online courses available to you as someone unable to physically get here. stay tuned! we'll get that info to you as soon as we have it!
How do I do that where do I go for XY Z so we're we're very proactive about feeding you that information providing you sources that you can access in case you have specific questions so you will never feel lost hopefully?
Another thing I want to just mention about advising In addition to the orientation advisors who are really awesome we have multiple questions about specific majors and I want to say that we have over 100 majors 104 exactly I think uhm so I can't possibly know all the details for every single major.
So what I would suggest it to you there is make sure that whatever your major is you go to the UC Davis website click on your major the name of your major under the majors tab and you will see all the courses that you have to take annual have an opportunity to connect with a real live major advisor who can give you in depth information about your specific major nandini has a specific question about deferring again can I take a few credits during our deferral duration.
Oh so I completely did not talk about this uhm there is one main rule about deferred enrollment if you choose to defer your enrollment you are not allowed to take classes at any other institution.
Akshar Jagannath
09:26:54 AM
If online classes continue in fall, will the class timings be adjusted for different time zones?
The only big rule that we have So what that means is that if you say yes do you see Davis you submit your essay are we are waiting for you it means we're holding your seat on campus with your name on it so you are officially a UC Davis student to get a degree from our campus having completed the courses and course requirements from our campus so you know the answer is noted that one you cannot take credits from other institutions during your deferment deferment.
OK miss goes reminding me of something so we get a few questions from time to time about the I 20 process in the event you want to defer so in a normal situation USA order to UC Davis and it triggers notifications all over campus in our office of international students expects you to come and they reach out to you.
An prepare your I 20 paperwork so that you can come get your your visa does come study in the United States if you delay if you defer your enrollment that process is still there it's just on hold for you a little bit so the new process would be if you defer your enrollment the admissions office will be notifying ESS ISS miscoded you already provide the URL for SISS.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:28:09 AM
siss.ucdavis.edu
It's the services for international students and scholars.
They're the ones that prepared there it is they're the ones who prepare your eye twenties and what happens is we will send them the list of students that have told us they want to defer their enrollment and then you go into a hold list with the SISS office and they they follow up with you then when it gets a little bit closer to your.
Planned arrival time in the United States and they get that process started for you.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:28:45 AM
Akshar, those details are still being worked out but because it will be for international situations, they are aiming for non-synchronos
Had a question about if I am um.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:28:53 AM
did i spell that right?
Can I take a music class if I'm not majoring in music?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:28:59 AM
anyway, you know what i mean
Yes so the beauty about studying in the United States is that there's so much flexibility with what you study you can totaly customize your your degree an your field of study to be whatever you want it to be we have a system called general education in the United States and that is going to require and allow you and give you the opportunity to take classes from so many different subjects that have nothing to do with your major and you get to have a taste of different disciplines and.
Things that you never expected you would get the opportunity to learn about uhm and through that that's really where students discover their passions sometimes that process will empower students to change their mind an app totaly change their majors or maybe add another major or at a minor so you can do things like double major or even triple major you can major.
Varsha Beeravola
09:29:59 AM
so if we choose not to defer, we have online classes or is this not confirmed?
Open engineering and music or major in managerial economics and Spanish and yes you can absolutely take classes outside your College in outside your major as your elective courses.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:30:42 AM
online option for first year students, yup!
Vishnu Lagudu
09:30:49 AM
Is the tuition fee subject to change due to COVID-19?
Still lots of questions about deferred enrollment in the chat so if we choose not to defer we have online classes or this is this not confirmed no I mean it's broken can correct me if I'm wrong but I think that there is it is already confirmed that there will be a remote option for students who want to start in the fall as planned but not be physically on campus in the fall like that you want to stay in your country but start with our start with your core sword.
For first year students yes awesome.
Varsha Beeravola
09:30:56 AM
yes^
Aditya Srinivas
09:30:58 AM
Will there be reduction in federal interest due to the covid and when wlll this be announced?
Varsha Beeravola
09:31:09 AM
how about housing and dining?
Vishnu is asking is the tuition fees subject to change due to Cove in 19 uhm I'm going to have to say no to that there there hasn't been any communication shared with us about any modification to the to the fee structure Unfortunately I totaly understand the concern the thinking is that you are still ultimately completing your degree from the University of California Davis and that's the that's the item that really has all the.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:31:31 AM
Varsha, housing and dining would definitely not be charged
Value and that will will stay with you and get you a high return on your investment after you graduate.
Varsha Beeravola
09:31:40 AM
ok thank you!!
Other questions let me look at the list here.
Think we talked a lot about.
You can ask me about you see Davis asked me about California life in general.
Or or asking you questions.
Varsha Beeravola
09:32:21 AM
also, the insurance policy for housing charges automatically on sept. 15th, will the insurance company be notified?
Oh there's a question here will there be a reduction in federal interest due to kovi Dan when will this be announced I'm not quite sure what you mean a did you.
What are you can you clarify that question a little bit what do you mean federal interest?
Verses asking about the insurance policy for housing uhm.
Saud Altayar
09:32:54 AM
I requested for an extension in SIR and it says which date u would like, i picked june 1st but i heard you say may 15th is the most we can go?
Will the insurance company be notified that Sudbury housing specific question?
Um reach out to the housing office the URL that means go ahead posted previously they might be able to answer you more directly on that.
So regarding the federal interest if you're talking about federal loans like fasa like in the like we have a federal loan program for students who are you S citizens I don't.
Believe there has been any announcement about reduction in those because of the situation.
Aditya Srinivas
09:33:34 AM
Yes, this is regarding federal loans approved
And if that's what you're talking about I did yeah I'm not sure if you'd like to clarify that one.
Thamer Albuainain
09:33:40 AM
I am awaiting waitlist admissions results from UCLA. In the event that I get accepted, and knowing that I already SIR'd to UC Davis, am I still bonded to UC Davis or can I withdraw my intent to enroll?
II we haven't heard or read about any modification to that.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:33:54 AM
Saud, we ask for how much time you need but the general practice is that they are allowing until May 15
Sod is asking I requested an extension and Sir and it still says which date would you like I picked June 1st but I heard you may see you say May 15th uhm is the most we can go so request what you want um hopefully they will be accommodating for you May 15th is going to be the common one.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:34:09 AM
yup
Mitsuko Leonard
09:34:14 AM
that's it...May 15
Not sure if need to go has any more information about how far out they can extend.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:34:30 AM
Thamer!
Saud Altayar
09:34:32 AM
ok so may 15th is the most we can go right?
Tamaras asking I am awaiting weightless admission results from UCLA in the event that I get accepted an knowing that I already Sir do you see Davis am I still bonded to UC Davis.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:34:35 AM
bonded forever!
Or can I withdraw my intent to enroll Ouch uhm OK so let me tell you the the official rule about that the University of California is a system so we're like a family and we share a lot of things we have more things in common between us then we have different.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:35:12 AM
Saud, for now, yes, but if I were a gambling woman (and I am) I'd say you'd be able to ask for another extension if you need it
Nandini Sharma
09:35:25 AM
Is there a possibility to get scholarship offers from UC Davis after Starting the quarter?
The rule is you're not supposed to Sir to more than one UC campus if you've SRT UC Davis I think that was an awesome decision I think you should stick with that if you're waitlisted at UCLA and that was your dream campus and they end up saying yes to you and taking you of- that wait list and you still really want to go there and live in Los Angeles no hard feelings you can absolutely say yes to UC Davis and Ann say goodbye to SI'll cry a little.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:35:29 AM
Dalia cries a lot
Saud Altayar
09:35:30 AM
Thank you haha
Haha I'm reading what means go said bond him forever.
Thamer Albuainain
09:35:37 AM
I'm sorry! Hurting your feelings is never what I intended to do!
Mitsuko Leonard
09:35:47 AM
Thamer :)
Nandini is asking is there a possibility to get scholarship offers from UC Davis after starting the quarter yeah that you can always apply for scholarships once you enroll after you get started here I mean.
Aditya Srinivas
09:36:11 AM
how about work study opportunity if we are not physically present :(
Saud Altayar
09:36:22 AM
Mitsuko is awesome
There's just it's a public University so we it's not the the good news that we'd love to share we'd love to be able to say that we have abundant scholarships for all of our international students is just not the case where you may find more generous scholarship packages with some of the private schools in the country but that's alright we we do have a handful if you didn't get any award with your admission offer you can still apply for scholarships once you join us here on campus.
And there's other opportunities for you to help with some of your expenses like work study you can get a job on campus you can even come work for us in the admissions office we'd love to have you.
Make some money to help with some of your expenses there.
Nandini Sharma
09:36:48 AM
Thanks!
Oh did she is asking how about work study opportunity for not physically present I don't know that's an interesting one uhm.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:36:55 AM
Saud, Guilty!!
So I feel like there might actually be some jobs that are able to be conducted remotely I don't know what those would be but that's a good question to ask to our internship and Career Center.
Are you able to post the URL for the ICC?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:37:24 AM
icc.ucdavis.edu
So the internship and Career Center is something that I want everyone to check out from our website.
They are just awesome at connecting our students with with jobs and internships during their enrollment an helping them to get prepared for the work forests your your goal when you applied to college was not just to get into college I'm pretty sure it was to eventually start your future careers and and get yourself professionally developed and so every year they will generate or facilitate around 10000.
Aditya Srinivas
09:38:06 AM
Is there any scholarship based on sports?
Internships for our students UM like 70 to 80% of our students will do at least one internship before they graduate from the ICC you should be able to find a resource or a database called handshake that will tell you about some of the different on campus job offerings that you can participate in to help with some of your expenses.
I did yeah is there are there any scholarships based on sports are you an athlete what sport do you play.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:38:41 AM
https://ucdavisaggies.com/
So you see Davis is a Division One school that's the best that you can be in collegiate sports and then United States we're Division One for over 20 sports meets go just posted the athletics website for you there and if you play one of our Division One sports and you are at.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:39:09 AM
not kind of, total rock star
Kind of a Rockstar level like you're almost famous in your country and an ranked in your country for that sport you can absolutely reach out to the athletics Department you will find a recruitment questionnaire on their website and send them some information they may be not kind of a total Rockstar.
They may be interested in having a conversation with you sometimes they ask you to like upload a video of you playing whatever your sport is I'm curious to know what sport.
Nandini Sharma
09:39:32 AM
Those Internships that you talked about, are they from external companies or internal from the university?
Other questions you guys.
Aditya Srinivas
09:39:43 AM
I play cricket and have played U16 National youth cricket league in north carolina and was the MVP of the tournament
Nandini is asking those internships that you talked about are they from external companies or internal from the University they are both so um you can do an on campus internship um sometimes internships take the form of just campus jobs or research assistant positions those are absolutely still can.
Start internships and they look really good on your CVS for future employment.
Akshar Jagannath
09:40:05 AM
Are any extracurricular activities still active??
And then we have off campus internships. Some of those internships are paid and some of those are not paid an many, many of them are with large companies that are world famous that you're already very familiar with. You should already know just because of our our prime location. In Northern California, we're we have Silicon Valley in our backyard and so companies like Google, an Intel Anjanette, Agan Oracle. They know us very well.
Aditya Srinivas
09:40:38 AM
An would like to know if cricket is being considered for scholarships?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:40:44 AM
Aditya, yup, you're a rock star, unfortunately we don't have cricket as one of those Division I sports :(
Varsha Beeravola
09:40:47 AM
when will we get to choose the classes we can take and GEs?
And many of our students will do internships for them. I believe for international students the The one rule for you is that you cannot do a paid internship off-campus, but you can do unpaid anything and everything. But really, the the return on your investment and the benefit of an internship comes from the experience itself, not not the money that you might get paid. Money is good too, but just saying.
Oh, it would be cool if we had cricket.
Vishnu Lagudu
09:41:13 AM
What if you are a US citizen?
Varsha Beeravola
09:41:15 AM
even American citizens cant do paid internships?
Nandini Sharma
09:41:39 AM
What are the external internship prospects for chemical engineering?
Um Varshas asking when will we get to choose the classes we can take on the GE? So again as soon as USIR you will receive notification from orientation they will get you started an Aggie? One on one, they are just chomping at the Beach at the bit to get that started for you all and they will your your orange and Advisors will show you the list of classes that you have options to choose from.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:42:04 AM
Akshar, if you mean, in this time of Covid 19, are there any activities still happening on campus, i'd say the sports are limited but some of the other clubs are still active online
For electives as well as the required classes that all students have to take in their first years. Uhm, I think that's probably something that you can find on your website. I don't have it on the UC Davis website. Don't have it handy right now, but search for general education. UC Davis electives or actually go to the course catalog.
Maria Fernanda Du Mont Lacombe
09:42:15 AM
If I receive a waitlist response from another school after May 15th and after the SIR, can I still enroll in the other university?
If you go to the UC Davis course catalog general catalog, you should see the listing of General Education courses.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:42:34 AM
Varsha, US citizens can work or have internships on or off campus
Maria is asking if I receive a weightless response from another school after May 15th and after the Sir. Can I still enroll at the other University? Yes, I mean this is. This is about your life right now.
You are, you're a free person and these are very personal into individual decisions, and if you haven't another opportunity that is better suited for you, then you see Davis and it's accessible to you. Just inform us.
And do what you need to do.
Answering that question, awesome.
Nandini Sharma
09:43:11 AM
What are the external internship prospects for chemical engineering?
Saud Altayar
09:43:37 AM
If I were to pay the SIR could I pull out from my admission later? (this is because the program that is supposed to provide my tution is currently on hold or at risk & i just wanna make sure)
Nandini Sharma
09:43:46 AM
Can you send me a contact?
Nandini, what are the external internship prospects for chemical engineering? So I have to be really honest. I don't know, but I do know who doesn't know and that would be most likely the major advisor for chemical engineering. In addition to those experts, our colleagues at the the internship and Career Center. So I really, really want you to reach out to a major advisor Nandini because they're just there were all sheltering in place. Right now we're all in our homes.
Aditya Srinivas
09:44:00 AM
If we are going to attend online courses, will we be eligible for internships? Is there any pre-requisite?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:44:03 AM
Nandini, there's a list that you can access here I think https://icc.ucdavis.edu/services/fair/prepare/interviews
Varsha Beeravola
09:44:05 AM
another quick question, since IB exams are cancelled, do the credits we take still count?
Waiting for students to reach out and schedule these appointments with us. They would love to talk to you in person and tell you about all the different prospects within your major. So so just go to the chemical engineering website, search for contact an the advisor Contacts an appointment scheduler an take advantage of that.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:44:37 AM
Handshake...that thing that Dalia mentioned, will tell you who comes to campus to recruit our students
Varsha Beeravola
09:44:41 AM
and these ib credits fulfilled some GEs I think, so how does that work?
If we're going to attend online courses will be will we be eligible for internships are there any prerequisites so it's not typically in a competitive process like that I mean if the internships are available and they are if some of them are able to be conducted remotely like you don't have to be physically there to do the work with your hands?
You will have that information and apply for the internship like everybody else. And if you get it, you get it. So I there wouldn't be any uhm?
The course requirements depending on whether or not the internship is associated with your major may have course requirements in the sense that you have to get to a certain level of your study before your internship.
Would be required of you, so sometimes those things wait until like your third year, um, before you would do that.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:45:18 AM
Varsha, IB chart is here https://local-resources.ucdavis.edu/local_resources/docs/APIBCharts/IBCurrent.pdf
Verses asking uh but I'd be exam since IB exams are cancelled due the credit still count totaly yes they count uhm so again it's really important to us that we don't deprive or disadvantage students because of this current situation that was not your fault if you were in an IB curriculum an you sat for those courses for 2 years an jump through all of those Ivy hoops.
Nandini Sharma
09:46:03 AM
Will there be major-specific webinars?
An ID is still going to issue some type of service certificate or diploma for you we're going to honor that and you will absolutely get the credits meets go just posted the IB chart URL take a look at that because the UC system and you see Davis has already matched up IB exams to some of the courses that we offer on our campus so you can see what are the courses you can skip out of.
And for all of your higher level courses will give you 8 credits toward your college degree if you've passed those with a 56 or 7.
Varsha Beeravola
09:46:37 AM
mitsuko, could u pls send that link again, the user is not found
Nandini will there be any major specific webinars OK so I don't know if you caught this but um couple weeks ago now uh we had an Aggie experience live event it was sort of a big open house for the University online through Facebook live and through zoom and a lot of the colleges.
A lot of the colleges had their their advisors an their student advisors and students currently in those programs talking about what they do and some of the opportunities within those majors you should be able to go back if you go to the UC Davis website.
I don't have it handy with me. Aggie experience live. I know that they recorded a lot of those sessions and you would be able to still get the information that way. Other major specific webinars upcoming I'm not aware of any.
Aditya Srinivas
09:47:32 AM
For online courses, will the time zones be worked out?
Nandini Sharma
09:47:33 AM
I had just received my waitlist offer and so wasn't informed about them. Thanks though
Mitsuko Leonard
09:47:33 AM
Varsha https://icc.ucdavis.edu/services/fair/prepare/interviews
Oh I did. Yeah for online courses will the time zones be worked out?
Varsha Beeravola
09:47:58 AM
not the internship one, the ib chart
OK, so I'm just going to say that I'm a They're going to be offered live an probably recorded also, and I know that there are discussions about how to manage the time zone since they are heavy targeting our international students.
An yeah me so just let me a note to say they are working out the times.
Stick close to those the website and to your emails For more information on that, but they are very aware of that situation and they don't want you to to become like sleep deprived zombies because of it.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:48:42 AM
ok
Aditya Srinivas
09:48:42 AM
Thanks :)
Don't forget to be in our WhatsApp group because as these things get announced, we try to also share that information with you in the WhatsApp groups.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:48:56 AM
https://local-resources.ucdavis.edu/local_resources/docs/APIBCharts/IBCurrent.pdf
Other questions you guys.
Varsha Beeravola
09:49:03 AM
thank you!!
It goes really busy in the chat. Thanks for helping me to go.
Wow, we're coming close to an hour. I'm going to throw a question at you.
Please play along. Here's my question. What's the first thing that you want to do when this whole?
Nandini Sharma
09:49:28 AM
Bike!
Mitsuko Leonard
09:49:32 AM
give you a hug, Dalia
COVID-19 thing settles down an we are all able to like go out again. What's the first thing that you look forward to doing?
Aditya Srinivas
09:49:33 AM
Fly to US :)
Mitsuko Leonard
09:49:44 AM
weird
I want to hug you too. Means go. I miss you. I miss people. I miss touching people. OK, that didn't sound good at all.
Jun-Yi Xie
09:49:46 AM
Spend some quality time with the cows on campus
Vishnu Lagudu
09:49:51 AM
Basketball
Fight of the USI. Don't weird, spend some quality time with the cows.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:50:00 AM
yes! tell them about the cows Dalia!
Nobody is saying E at a restaurant. That's that's what I want to do.
Those are beautiful, and they're very peaceful and their sweet animals, uhm?
Mitsuko Leonard
09:50:25 AM
and the horses
You can actually go visit them, hang out with the cows or kind of Centrally located in on campus, and sometimes, like when I just need a change of scenery, I'll go walk over there and just watch them do their thing. They're just they just.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:50:29 AM
and the ducks
Eat and said and they they move kind of slowly. They're very Zen.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:50:38 AM
and the squierrls
Mitsuko Leonard
09:50:44 AM
i spelled that wrong
But we have a lot of other kind of wildlife to we've got horses. Does anyone ride horses? You see Davis as the only equestrian system center in the UC system?
Nandini Sharma
09:50:58 AM
hope to see a legendary turkey
Yeah alright y'all, I think that'll be good. Connect with us.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:51:06 AM
they are crazy!
Oh, a legendary Turkey. OK, so I can tell you a quick story before we hop off about the turkeys. I I'm not a fan of the turkeys.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:51:18 AM
stay away!!
They are very confident animals and uhm, they know their place in the world and they kind of have a command of their space on campus. One time they cornered in my car as I was trying to pull out of the parking lot. I literally had to sit in my car for a good half hour. They would not, they wouldn't move and I actually tried to start my engine and pull the car back a little bit. They were not having it, they started pecking at my car. So yeah, I would just kind of.
Admire them from a distance.
Nandini Sharma
09:51:45 AM
hahahah!
Aditya Srinivas
09:51:52 AM
Thanks
Thanks so much. You guys. Thanks needs go. I'll let you all go stay safe, stay healthy. I hope to see you in the fall.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:51:56 AM
nice chatting with you all!
Thamer Albuainain
09:51:57 AM
Thank you guys!
Nandini Sharma
09:52:00 AM
Thank You!
Let us know if you need anything in the future. I hope to see you on WhatsApp. Bye bye.
Mitsuko Leonard
09:52:01 AM
byeeeeeeeeeee
Have a goodnight you guys.
Maria Fernanda Du Mont Lacombe
09:52:03 AM
Thank you!
Jun-Yi Xie
09:52:03 AM
Thank you!
Varsha Beeravola
09:52:06 AM
bye ty!