How are you guys? I'm just making sure that we give each other bit of time to join the last freshman webinar Wednesday for fall of 2020. Looks like we've got a few folks in here with us.
OK, let's get started. My name is Nicole Leonard. I am the director of recruitment from UC Davis undergraduate admissions and I'm so glad to see you here with me tonight. It is May 1 you guys. It is the day that we make the decision to say yes. Yes Davis or no to UC Davis. Or actually as it turns out, you can actually say maybe.
The whole point of today's webinar this evening is basically to answer any of the questions that you have. Any I may not always have the answer, but I'm definitely going to give it a good shot. Oh look, it's Veronica, Veronica's India has is my colleague in undergraduate admissions. Thank you so much for being able to join us. Hopefully we're able to connect really, really well. We've had a little a few hiccups with using this platform, but we should be OK for onika you want to?
The sound is little off Veronica.
Yeah, it's it's a bit of-, so maybe yeah, there's an echo.
OK, so Veronica, I think what you're saying is OK, I'll just take it from the back ground. That's perfect if you can help me with the questions that come through now. Audience members, students, newly admitted students know that we see your questions. We both will be able to look at your questions and see what you're saying. So let us know through the chat box. Can you hear my voice? OK, just say yes.
Thank you and that is it. I'm going to say it wrong.
North Norquist is last name. Thank you.
Meline Norquist
06:03:36 PM
yes
Now this is what's called a moderated chat.
And a moderated chat basically means that when we go through the questions.
I'm going to have Veronica look at them and see OK how many of them are quite similar and and just push those through to the chat. So even if you put a question and you may not necessarily see every one of your questions come through and that doesn't mean we're not seeing them. We see them just the rest of the audience may not see them.
OK, so because this is called ask me anything. I do have a few slides just to to be able to .2 if I need too, but it is your opportunity to ask me anything. So let's queue up some questions if you're feeling a little bit shy. I did take a look at some of the questions that you had that you listed on the registration site. So let's let's address those. I wrote them down. There is a question about whether we are going to be going online.
For the fall 2020 term, right now it's all unknown. We are still moving forward, hopefully with the plans of being here in person now. Some students, especially our international population. That's just not able to get there.
Pizza they will make. They will have the opportunity to take some classes on line, but really as much as possible we would like to be able to offer them to you in person. That brings me to the next question that many students will have is just like OK, well if it's on line, is it going to be at a reduced rate? At this point there is no reduced tuition for students who are taking their classes on line. It is at the same quality it's taught by the same faculty.
And so the tuition will not be reduced. However, as a student who's experiencing distance learning, you will not have to pay for any of the housing expenses.
Veronica Zendejas
06:05:44 PM
Please type in any question you would like us to respond to.
Course in any of the student insurance expenses, things like that. Anything that you would experience personally on campus, you will not have to pay for but the tuition as far as the fees that it cost to educate you as a student. Those will remain the same.
The typical follow-up question after that would be alright, so can I defer my enrollment? And yes, you absolutely can differ in your enrollment. You can defer per term. So In other words, you're admitted for fall of 2020. You can defer your enrollment to January of 2021 or April of 2021, or even the following September of 2020 One, I would say.
Defer one term if you would like to, and as you need to adjust.
All you have to do first is say yes. You say yes, do you see, gave us and then the whole opportunity of saying OK? Now can I defer my enrollment? Will will pop up afterwards.
But what are some other questions that we have?
Please don't be quiet. This is all for you.
There's a question about how they will it be less crowded OK?
Meline Norquist
06:07:09 PM
if we do have housing in the Fall, will it be less crowded
Meline Norquist
06:07:29 PM
as in not triples
Rachel Huerta
06:07:39 PM
is the blue and gold opportunity plan already included in Myawards??
Housing may very well be very much less crowded. That is a fantastic question. Yes, in the past, probably just you know, last year and the year before and the year before that, it has been very typical to have triples. Triples have been more and more common. That has been the standard. What we price out as far as budgets are concerned are the doubles, but because students want to be economical and spaces available, triples have become more common.
Probably I mean if I had Microsoft ball in front of me, I would say that yeah, a double or singles may be more common, but again, I'm not really sure if we're going to be offering courses completely on my next small or if we're going to be partially on line if we're only partially on line, then I would imagine that yeah, the the housing situation will be to your benefit and you'll have more space.
Ultimately, the triple that you know asking for triple is going to cost you a bit less than asking for a single or a double, but you're still kind of just rolling your dice on whether you're going to actually get a double or single after asking for trouble, if that makes sense.
Um, one of the biggest things that is, you know, I just want you to pay attention to is after you say yes to UC Davis. If you say yes to UC Davis, is orientation now even before the COVID-19 situation we had planned to go online with orientation and the reasoning behind that was traditionally we would have all of our first year students come to our campus in mid to late June and July and experience the campus for two or three days. And just to go home and forget everything that they learned and then come back.
Again in September, so the idea was to let's, let's make orientation an on line experience. Let's make sure that students get distance advising. Let's make sure that they can register for classes from a distance and then put orientation into a week before classes begin. So that means you move into your residence halls a full week before you meet your roommate a full week before, and everything that you're learning during that week of orientation is something that you're going to be able to apply.
Immediately, inconsistently after you're a student, so that has husband the plan.
For 2020, and that remains the plan for 2020, so do keep an eye out for Aggie 101. After you say yes, you're able to go in and talk, you know. And kind of do the modules, the videos and then after that you'll have your one on one appointment with your academic advisors.
There's a question from Rachel.
Is the blue and gold opportunity plan already included in my awards for the financial aid it is? It is included in my awards now. If you're looking at my awards and you're thinking wow, that is not where I need it to be.
We recognize that everyone's financial situation has been very much impacted with COVID-19, so you.
Then you should make sure to go back to the financial aid office an update anything that may have changed in your family's financial situation. Veronica, I'm going to ask you to post the link that will allow them to.
To reach financial aid, let's see and it, just in case she doesn't have what I don't know, I don't have it so Veronica. I'm asking you to to do that.
Are there any other questions?
Meline Norquist
06:11:09 PM
Could freshmen start doing some coursework over the Summer online?
While Veronica pulls that up. OK, so we've got a question. Could freshman start some coursework over this summer on line? That's a fantastic question. There's a few ways that students as first year freshman students.
That you can start your classes on line. You could do a Community College courses on line. Fantastic way to get transferable credit if you've not heard about it, you should check out assist.org assist.org that is a website that will tell you what is transferable to the UC system as a whole. And of course you can look it up based on whether your coming from a Community College in let's say.
Mira Costa College in Oceanside you know, coming to UC Davis, it'll give you a list of everything that's transferable. If you wanted to take some of our summer session courses at UC Davis, you are absolutely welcome to do that as well.
Those horses will all be offered at you as distance learning opportunities, so you'll be online as well. The cost will be a little different, but they'll be fully UC Davis courses. It's not a transfer situation, it's just it's marked on your transcript S as a UC Davis course, so you can absolutely do that. It's a nice way to kind of get a head start, but at the same time you know I would say sink about how you might, you know, fully engage the community colleges.
If those courses are transferable, uhm, and its distance learning anyway, there might be some cost savings there.
Meline Norquist
06:12:48 PM
yes summer session
Other questions, yeah, some recession? Yeah summer session. What's nice about summer session is it's open to everybody it's it's kind of like a Community College situation in that anybody who wants you can register for those courses. In fact, you can go in and start doing the application process for summer session. Now there are two sessions. Each session is 6 weeks long, so it's quite fast in. There's not a, you know it's a. It's a quick pace, but it is on line so.
If you want to give it a shot now, now is a really good time to to do that.
Veronica Zendejas
06:13:25 PM
If your question is about financial aid or scholarships, please submit your question here. https://my.ucdavis.edu/ask_us/
There any questions about?
Rachel Huerta
06:14:10 PM
how might covid 19 affect the 20-21 school year
There's not a huge audience, but I do want to make sure that that all of your questions are answered just a just a interactive question for you. How many of you? Oh, here we go. Here we go. How my COVID-19 affect the 2021 school year? OK so if if I had to.
There are a lot of different ways that this can go down. It could be we are all just so. Worst case scenario will very worst case scenario. All of the classes will have to be taught from a distance.
And we will have to figure out because we were very stem heavy. How to teach lab courses from afar. Now the good news is we've had this spring quarter to practice that, and I've been very much involved in conversations with our current students and what they have.
Made clear is that UC Davis has done a very good job of pivoting from Imperson classes, including labs to from a distance to the point where lab kits are being sent to students homes so that you know lab experiments can continue in the safety of your kitchen, but there's still learning and very strong academics happening even from a distance.
The other worst case scenario imagine is you know we may have students, have you know we start?
In person, everyone moves on campus. We have a great two or three weeks and then the fall kicks in right. If there's an uptick in kovid situations, then we may have to ask our students to go home this past end of winter and beginning of spring term, we were in a very fortunate situation where we did not have to ask our students to leave. We were able to say you're welcome to stay, but if you would like to leave we will refund you.
All of your housing fees.
That said, I cannot guarantee that for the fall. Uhm, for the spring because we allowed students to stay an we really wanted to keep them safe. We have been able to secure them. You know, singles, so students, whatever they may have paid for as far as triples, doubles, or singles. They have all ended up in singles because we do very much, you know, consider the students safety in their health as the foremost priority.
That said, I cannot guarantee that we would be able to do the same thing in the fall.
Meline Norquist
06:16:42 PM
is housing not letting applications in for fall yet/
Um, another situation that I imagine is that if we're not able to offer in person, you know families are not going to feel that comfortable. Maybe paying for the the distance learning, which is understandable completely. So differing enrollment, maybe something that you'll consider and deferring your enrollment means that you'll start in January instead of September, or you'll start in early April instead of January.
Or or full year after is completely up to you. However, if you defer your enrollment, what that means for you as a student, as you're kind of putting your education out of pots because at this moment.
We're not allowing students the option to take classes elsewhere while they've put their admission to UC Davis on pause, so I you know, as an advisor, I would say the best thing to do is probably defer until January and reassess the situation.
Meline Norquist
06:17:43 PM
great to know about labs bcs i was concerned how that would work as im Bio
Any other over see how my, uh?
Housing not letting applications in for failure. Housing is absolutely accepting applications for the fall term. The deposit is $450, but the good news is that it is refundable. We all know that you know decisions may change based on how the COVID-19 situation plays out. But Yes, the application is still do by the 4th of May.
What is that Monday and so, um, the $450 deposit, which is typically very strict and not allowing refunds. They will absolutely refund your money if you're unable to join us because of concerns over COVID-19.
Rachel Huerta
06:18:37 PM
will uc davis accept pass/fail grades for incoming freshman for their last hs semester or do they still require letter grades
Yeah, absolutely. I mean when it comes to, you know, the way we're able to support our our students that is. That is very, very important to us. Rachel will UC Davis except pass no pass or fail grades for incoming freshmen for their last high school semester. Do no, we know it used to be. No way would we allow pass no pass or a pass fail. We're in a completely different world now. So we understand that your teachers their hands are Tide, your hands are Tide and so are ours.
Craig Valdez
06:19:20 PM
Wasn't the housing application deadline extended to May 18?
And and wherever we're able to find that flexibility, we are using it so past no pass, not a problem at all. We want to see that you've passed, right? But the fact that it is a pass rather than an A or B or even a C? That's that's not a concern at all.
Craig, your question wasn't the housing application deadline extended to the 18th of May, it was. And let me let me just be very open about why they did that. So the Sr deadline for UC Davis for first year. Freshman students such as yourself is today by today we want you to make a decision but in acknowledgement of the pandemic that we're currently all in were saying Hey if you need to.
Request an extension to your Sr deadline. You are absolutely welcome to do so. You can request that deadline even today even tomorrow. Go in an request it.
That request if it's granted and it will be granted. Let me just tell you, um, is going to be granted up until May 15th and so.
To give you the time between saying yes to UC Davis and then requesting housing, they have put their deadline three days out, which makes it the 18th of May. So yeah, that's absolutely correct.
Let's see, do we have any other questions? Listen, I'm telling you some truth that's not out there on a website yet. So now is a good time to ask me those questions.
Craig Valdez
06:21:02 PM
Sorry, then what is due May 4th in regards to housing?
Then what is due May 4th in regards to housing.
Right now the official word is housing applications are due May 4th, just as our official word is the due date for the statement of intent to register is May 1.
But what I'm telling you is.
Rachel Huerta
06:21:40 PM
how fall sports be affected by covid 19
It is going to be extended if you need to extend your S IRA deadline extended because housing will also adjust their deadline to the 18. Let's say you acknowledge that today was the deadline for you and you already said yes. Perfect still May 18th is when housing is going to say OK, this is the priority deadline. Now priority deadline just basically means hey, if you get your application in by this day.
We will take full consideration over your requests. You requested a W requested living on a specific learning, living, learning community. You requested you know, a certain type of housing situation. Those things are all first come first serve, as long as it's by that deadline. So if you're hitting that 18th, you're going to be fine. You're going to get that housing. The only way that students will not get their housing is COVID-19 says no.
Or you didn't get your application in by the 18th, so you'll get housing, but it may not be what you've asked for or nobody gets house inc's Cove in says no. Thank you. It's not going to happen this fall.
How far is sports will be affected by COVID-19? Oh Rachel. I I don't know. You know my friend Veronica, my colleague who is helping me with the questions she may actually have more information because she works with athletics. But as far as false sports, I imagine that.
We're in the same boat as many, many of our sister campuses who are NCAA Division One right there are going to be situations where the competitions can continue to happen, but maybe the competition is televised or recorded rather than having you know, like you see in this slide.
Hundreds if not thousands of people gathered together to watch the sports because that is a bit of a dangerous situation.
Lauren Conway
06:23:36 PM
If classes were online in the fall would the rest could the year be resume?
Veronica Zendejas
06:23:38 PM
As of not athletics is planning to start in the fall but everything will be pending on a day to day.
Learn your question about going online.
Veronica Zendejas
06:23:42 PM
now*
Lauren, if classes were online in the fall with the rest, could they could they? Yeah 100% if let's say for example where online in the fall but.
A true Lee affective treatment is introduced or a vaccine is introduced. Then we could resume in January in person.
So if you decided that you would like to, you know, take advantage of an on line distance learning situation in the fall, and then you hopped right back in in January. That is a possibility. Another possibility is you say you know what I don't want to pay for an online education. I'm just going to wait and then I'm going to defer my enrollment until January. I'll meet you there in January. You can do that as well.
Um and like I said, you can defer up to one full year. We will save your seat. We will save your major. Nothing about that change is the only thing that you're going to have to do when you kind of on board. Back with us is, you know, get your housing sorted. Get your orientation, get your classes again. The only downside I would imagine with differing is your kind of putting your education on pause. Now putting your education on pause for 110 week term.
That's not that's not too much right. You can actually even catch up in the summertime and take summer classes if you feel like you need to catch up. But deferring your enrollment for a full year where you're not going to classes elsewhere means that you're kind of in Limbo. Now, if you have the opportunity to do internships to work, to travel all those things that it might very well be worth your while. And that's typically what are deferred enrollment students have done.
But most likely if you are deferring your enrollment, it's because of a kovid situation, right? So Cove in situations don't really make it that easy to go traveling the world for a year. Or you know working full time for a year, so acknowledging that if you defer your enrollment, it's probably because of the Cove in situation, I would say.
Start with one term and and you can extend it. It's it's not a big deal to extend your deferred enrollment, but you know see how things look in January. It may be a different world because to be honest, who knew this is what it would look like right Seven weeks ago?
Let's see what other questions.
Rachel Huerta
06:26:30 PM
where are some places students can study abroad in the future
Where are some places students can study abroad in the future? Oh, I think I have a slide about that. Now what I love about study abroad? Um, for UC Davis. Let me see if I can find that slide is the fact that you see gave us we subscribe to the UC wide study abroad program and what that means is there's one central study abroad office for the whole UC system. So they send you to all these different countries where you can study.
With the faculty coming from UCLA or UC San Diego or Riverside, but you're amongst other U CS students, and then we also, um, subscribing to programs where you just study abroad and you may be with students from all over the world being taught by faculty from all over the world. But it still transferable. It's as if you took all those classes with us.
In addition to that, what's really fascinating is that you see Divas, because we are so stem heavy.
I want to say it was about 20 years ago 'cause it was just a few years before I showed up, which kind of tells you something about how long I've been there.
The the the stem faculty basically said you know what? It's not fair that all of the humanities students get to study abroad, right? It's not fair that the arts students, the language students, the literature students are running around Europe and enjoying study abroad. We as a stem campus need to support our stem students and so our own faculty have UC Davis study abroad programs. That means you get to study jungle Medison, Ann, Peru and Chile and Brazil.
You can study engineering in China and in Ireland you can. Ireland has one of the most fantastic anthropology archaeology programs that is led by a faculty person from our College of Biosci. So when that's all to say that within the UC system we have the largest amount of study abroad programs, and we cover all Seven continents, including Antarctica, so.
Studying abroad is something that we encourage students to explore fully. I would say while it is possible to study abroad during your first year, I'm really struggling to find this slide.
While you can study around your first year, I would say wait until the summer after your first year, or think about doing so in the fall of any of your terms. Because we're on 1/4 system. Does anyone? Does everyone understand the difference between a quarter system in a semester school?
I'm just going to hear no because I didn't know.
So a semester school which is typical for most schools is 15 weeks.
Craig Valdez
06:29:27 PM
If you have AP or college math course credit, do you still have to take the math placement test? Thanks.
Are you see Davis and most of the euses except Berkeley in Merced we are on 1/4 system, which means we're ten week terms for three terms. Why that's called 1/4.
I don't know, but that that's where we're at. So for 10 weeks you are just running. You can't get sick. You can't get lazy. You have to keep going up.
But that also means that if you want to study abroad, fall term is nice to study abroad because you're away from our campus for 10 weeks. But you can go to another country for 15 and not have any impact on your academics at UC Davis. I hope that makes sense.
Let's see what other questions we.
If you have a P or college math course credit, do you still have to take the math placement test?
I'm gonna post to you, um?
Yes, you still have to take the placement exam. Here's the tricky.
Nothing right? Let's say you take a pee and you and you do you know you do very well?
That's all good and well, but by the time that they know that you've done so amazing, uhm.
Mitsuko Leonard
06:30:47 PM
https://local-resources.ucdavis.edu/local_resources/docs/APIBCharts/APCurrent.pdf
Meline Norquist
06:30:51 PM
i did have some trouble trying to get the housing application done today bcs it had no way to take a credit card...I dont know if that was just me or a generalized issue.
They will still ask me to have had the the placement exam so absolutely you can place in two different classes, but we want to make sure that you are getting the credit that you need. You can see I've listed the AP. I think it's the yeah, the AP credit chart you should take the exam. It will place you in if your AP places you out, that's OK. That will happen later.
Veronica Zendejas
06:31:36 PM
@Meline - I would recommend reaching out to housing, but it may be due to to the SIR deadline. https://housing.ucdavis.edu/contact-us/
OK, we gotta quit. I did have some trouble trying to get the housing application done today because I had no way to take credit card, huh? I don't know if that's just me or generalized issue. That's interesting. I have not heard from other students that there was an issue with taking credit card payments, but I will definitely be bringing that up. Oh.
Uh-huh Yeah, I agree with Veronica. Reaching out to housing right now is a good idea. The good news, like I said, is you do have until the 18th, so there's no real Curry. I wouldn't worry too much about that issue.
Meline Norquist
06:32:02 PM
ok
Fast and any other question.
Setting abroad study abroad.
We see if I can find it elsewhere.
Mitsuko Leonard
06:32:40 PM
https://globallearning.ucdavis.edu/pathways/academics/studyabroad
Well, just for for the sake of the students who are interested in a study abroad, willing put this in here. This is the global learning hub, part of global affairs. They take care of all things international when it comes to outgoing student.
Lauren Conway
06:33:01 PM
Also in an email that was sent recently they said housing could possibly not be guaranteed?
Rachel Huerta
06:33:02 PM
generally, how do costs differ from which dorm you get
Lauren, also in an email that was sent recently. They said housing costs could possibly be not guaranteed.
Yeah, so the the issue with not guaranteeing housing is not so much about faces more about.
What happens if you know at the end of August?
No Nicole been situation. The cover 19 situation.
Um, we wanna make sure that you understand that if we have to.
Heavy in change our approach to education to change our approach to housing, even if it's kind of late in the season. Based on our concerns for the safety of our students, a few guys that are our faculty in our staff. It's people like meaning we need to be able to say sorry, but housing is not going to happen this year or this term. But when it comes to will we offer you this?
Veronica Zendejas
06:34:03 PM
@ Rachel - Here is the link to the housing page with all the cost for each room option. https://housing.ucdavis.edu/fees/residence-halls-and-transfer-apartments/
Face so long as health concerns are not there, so long as you know we aren't on lockdown, that guarantee remains. It absolutely does remain so.
Please continue to fill out the application if you want to live on campus with us. I think living on campus is one of the best things about going off to college, right? I mean, that's the experience that that is so quintessentially American and lovely.
But understanding that we cannot guarantee with the the you know, constraints of living on campus, maybe based on the COVID-19 situation but not based on space. We have the space, we just want to make sure that you're safe.
Rachel Huerta
06:34:48 PM
are meal plans refunded if fall term in remote
Meal plans housing everything is refunded if you are not able to utilize them because of COVID-19.
Um, so you know, just taking, for example, the students who decided that they would not remain with us in the spring term of this year. Like right now, I think it was the director of housing told us that they had about 5000 students living on campus with with us.
Uhm, but by the end of the winter term, at the beginning of the spring term, when things started to shut down, everyone went home.
All those students that went home did get a refund. They get a refund on their housing and their their dining absolutely. In the end, I think we've got just over 500 feet and still living with us and reaching out to them. They are enjoying their life on campus. They feel very happy that they were able to stay. They feel safe.
Uhm, they feel supported. We continue to, you know, make food available to them. It's not going to be the same dining Commons experience with a buffet and things like that. It is boxed lunches and dinners and things like that, but they are able to continue their education and stay on campus. And so I've been very very happy and and quite proud that unlike many other universities, we've not had to shut down completely. Now with that said, I cannot predict what may happen in the fall.
Meline Norquist
06:36:34 PM
have the summer research projects/internships been impacted a lot for students this year? any plans for them to adapt? actually, do undergrads have such opportunities much at UCD usually?
And that's exactly why they're not necessarily guaranteeing 100%. You know that the ability to live on campus.
OK, let's see how this summer research projects internships been impacted a lot for students this year. Any plans for them to adapt? Actually, do undergrads have such opportunities? Oh girl. Under graduated like undergraduate research an internship, it is very much a thing on our campus. Now I feel like I just saw that slide.
Not, that's a living learning communities. We have an office dedicated to helping you find internships as well as jobs right every quarter we have.
Job fairs, internship bears things like that. That's kind of what you're seeing in this photo here. Basically, folks milling around as a first year student. I usually say you know, slow your roll a little bit. Get to know what these internship in career fairs are all about, but don't necessarily go out and try to get them quite yet. The first year I really want students to focus on becoming really good students, not getting lost.
Meline Norquist
06:37:49 PM
;)
Understanding how to do ride their bicycles without getting lost.
That being first and foremost, same idea with the research. Right research is absolutely available. I think that you know.
Rachel Huerta
06:38:11 PM
undergrad scholarships website?
It happens very organically. There is an office for undergraduate research where you can go and say this is what I'm interested in. You know, help me find something, but typically you know when I talk to the current student, it's really like you go to a class you enjoy a lecture.
Our faculty are teaching you living education, In other words, because you see shares the philosophy of research, service and teaching everything that they teach you is not from a book. 20 years ago, right? It's from labs and the field that they're involved in right now, and so they'll teach you things in quite literally. You'll be like that sounds fascinating. Can I work with you?
Meline Norquist
06:38:54 PM
I meant for later
Yes, or how about you wait another term, make sure you know what's going on in this class and then you can join me on this research. It happens quite organically.
Under oh for later, yes, absolutely for later. Now what's happening right now with those internships and research opportunities. I think there is some research that's happening on campus that's considered essential, right? We've got a lot of living, breathing research happening on on our campus, so we can't just neglect them. But all the precautions are being taken to make sure that they stay up and.
Veronica Zendejas
06:39:44 PM
@Rachel - Here is the website for our scholarships page. https://financialaid.ucdavis.edu/scholarships
And running, uhm, but yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of other opportunities. You know I have a faculty person as a friend in a lot of her research has gone online and her, her students that work with her on that have also had to do a lot of that research online.
Lauren Conway
06:39:52 PM
Do most students graduate in four years?
Not Veronica, you got to Rachel Thing, Yeah?
Do most students graduate in four years? Lauren, that's a great question. I would say that most students actually do graduate in four years, I think.
What's nice about an education, uhm?
Here in the West that maybe you didn't know that is a big deal is that you get to change your major right. In many countries you don't get to change your major so.
You have no choice but to graduate in four years or you change and you go to a different school here in the USA get to change your major get.
Rachel Huerta
06:40:52 PM
how easy is changing majors at davis? is it common? what is a barrier for people changing majors
Tack on minors go study abroad, do internships. Undergraduate research all that and you can still graduate in four years. what I would say the most important thing to do to make sure that you can graduate in four years is to speak with your academic advisors. Check in with them very regularly. They will tell you if you're on track to graduate in four years or if it's gonna take you one extra term, etc. Right there are the ones that are there.
You know, some of us feel like, Oh, I know how to read a catalog. I know I can figure out this map.
But just imagine them to be your personal guide, right? They're going to be able to give you the in's and outs about how to navigate your major and make sure that you're on track to graduate. That may mean that you have to take a term or two in the summer.
But you can still absolutely graduate. Now. Here's the difference. So some students will say I didn't get into the class that I need because there wasn't enough space.
And the truth I had is you probably didn't get into the class that you want.
Because it wasn't enough space, but you will be able to get into the class that you need. A good example maybe like general chemistry, right? Maybe the class that you want is at 11:00 o'clock in the morning on Monday and Wednesday.
But the class that you need continues to be that chemistry class, and it happens to be available at 8:00 o'clock.
In the morning. Not the most ideal time, but as a first year student that's going to happen to you a little bit more because you have to take the classes that are available to you as you move up and you become that sophomore. The junior, the senior you go up in seniority and you get the pick of the litter, right? Like you get to choose your schedule so your schedule and the timings will continue to improve as you progress into your degree. But that first year you will still get into the classes that you need.
Not necessarily the class that you want.
How easy is it to change major? Is it common? Oh yes.
What is a barrier for people changing majors? Doesn't. Fantastic question. What is a barrier?
Veronica Zendejas
06:42:56 PM
just 1 time
I would say that most students will change their major at least once. I changed mine twice and Veronica just just type in how many times you might have changed your major as an undergrad and you better not say you didn't change your major 'cause that's going to make me like that. It is very common.
Oh, just one time, good for you. I changed twice.
Veronica Zendejas
06:43:18 PM
I waited until I was graduating to pick my final major :)
Um, the reality is, you know, the education that we offer. There's going to be, of course, your major courses, but there's a lot of Gen Ed in general. Ed is a nice way to introduce yourself to classes that you didn't even know existed, right? To be honest, I feel like it's in many times.
It's tricky to ask 17 and 18 year olds to know what they want to study and what they want to have as a career for the rest of their life.
So changing their your major is encouraged. If that is truly what you want to do. Uhm, now how easy is it? It depends. and I know that's a very dissatisfying answer, but it does depend now. Let's say for example.
You are admitted into biotechnology and you decide. Yeah, I like biotechnology, but I really want to focus on Biological Sciences.
Biosci is gonna look at that and say, yeah, no problem, come on it, right? Uhm, let's use another example. Let's say you come in as a psychology major, and you're looking at communications, and you're like that looks really cool. Communications may say, yeah, we wanted to take one or two classes in this area. But yeah, I had no problem after your first term. You can change your major.
Now let's say you come in as a.
My major back in the day before I changed it. Art history near art history. Your history. In one day you wake up and you're like I really want to do bio medical engineering.
Bio Medical Engineering is gonna say that's great, but how about first you learn what bio medical engineering is? Here's a list of classes we really want you to do well in. After you do well in those. Come on in now. The good news is, it's straightforward, right? It's a binary. Did you do those courses? Yes, and you did well. Come on in, it's not like, oh, we only have 15 season. You have to compete for that. You're fine.
But how easy is that? I don't know as an art history major, there is no way I was gonna get into bio medical engineering. I mean, I I went from animal science into art history and then ended up in psychology, right? So it can be a bit of a journey, but we do encourage exploration and we do provide a road map, so making sure that you are in touch with your academic advisor is really really important.
Also, remember that minoring is really fun. Having a major as your main focus, but being able to balance it with other things is super fun. So for me, having a minor was able was just my, you know, kind of outlet into other interests that I enjoyed but didn't necessarily want to dedicate a whole lot of time too.
Meline Norquist
06:46:03 PM
How soon can you change from the the major you were admitted in, say within the same college
Oh my goodness ronica, you waited until you were graduating. Figure, don't do what Veronica did.
How soon can you change when the major you're admitted in in 2 oh, stay within the same college? Doesn't matter if it's in the same college or a different college, right? You have to wait at least one term.
Rachel Huerta
06:46:26 PM
my room and board on myawards is 16,100 but the residence hall room plans has listed different prices. may you elaborate on this?
One term, so that means you're coming in the fall of 2020. You can change your major. Anything even start having that conversation with their academic advisors immediately, so even this summer if you're like, hey, I came in as bio side, but I really want communications you can talk to your advisor and say I'm about to change in the communications. Can you help me?
Pick the right classes so that I'm still needing the requirements of both majors and it's not a big deal. Not a big deal at all. It's very straightforward.
Rachel, my room and board on my words is 16 grand but the residence Hall room plans has listed different prices. May you elaborate on this? Yes.
My awards is all estimate right? My awards. Does it know what you're signing up for? So they have to give you an estimate of how much it's going to cost to go to school so that you and your family can have a real conversation about what you should be prepared to pay.
So if you Rachel decide that you're going to go with a different living plan or meal plan.
That cost will go up or down, as I recall that the price that my awards or financial aid at office, what they quote is a double room. So a triple room would cost significantly less.
Lauren Conway
06:47:52 PM
I took a college class, ethnic studies last summer. How will these credits transfer over?
And a single would be significantly more, so it's all just an estimate to try to help you plan things out. And as you decide how you're actually going to approach it, that financial aid award will adjust.
Lauren says I took a college class ethnic studies last number fantastic. How will these credits transfer over? First, you're going to want to go look at assist.org. You're going to pull up the list that.
References the college that you attended that summer.
And then your gonna click on using transferable and it's going to tell you first is it going to transfer to to that to that you see or to ABC.
Um, some classes are articulated and know what that means is.
This ethnic studies class is equivalent to this ethnic studies class. OK, so it'll be this is equivalent.
Veronica Zendejas
06:48:48 PM
@Lauren - we suggest you get your transcript in as soon as possible so admissions will be able to post the credit to your record if it is transferable.
Other classes are going to be yes, this is transferable, but it's not necessarily equivalent to anything. We're just going to give you credit for it.
Fantastic advice. Get your transcript in as soon as possible and we can process that for you.
Rachel Huerta
06:49:06 PM
must all incoming freshman be required to purchase a meal plan
Lauren Conway
06:49:09 PM
Ok thanks!
Must all incoming freshman be required to purchase the meal plan? No, but that comes with the caveat. If you're living on campus.
Then you must have a meal plan.
If you don't live on campus, you don't need a meal plan, but you can have a meal plan. If you would like to.
Bottom line, living on campus is not a requirement it we are not one of those universities that require all first year students to live with us.
But most do right. Probably like 90. I wanna say 97% of our our first year student of the month campus.
And I would really recommend it. I mean the truth is yes, you could probably live for less money off campus. You could probably live for less money as far as feeding yourself off campus, but that first year of living on campus at first year of being in it. Such a large University. We just want you to not worry about who's cooking, who's cleaning, who's paying the, you know the electricity, the gas, the Internet we.
Really support students well beyond just that living experience. It's going to be the ability.
Once you have access to study work rooms, uhm, you know. Computer labs, um, spaces where your friends are that that friendship building, that social networking that is very, very important to your academic success.
That happens in such a way at the at the residence halls that you're going to make the best friends of their life.
So even if you defer and you decide to come later or whatever, the case may be, I would say if you're able to do live on campus, um. If for financial reasons, of course you cannot. We always try to find other ways to make sure the students are engaged in first year. Ajit connections is a really good way to make sure that students are sorry. I'm showing my kids away. Go on now are able to connect with each other and create.
Because we are big campus and and you know sometimes it can be difficult to find that smaller group.
But first you ragging connections is a great way in of course living on campus is a fantastic way.
Rachel Huerta
06:51:40 PM
when can we begin communicating with our counselors for the fall term
When can we begin communicating with our councilors for the fall term? So First things first, Rachel after you said yes, I would say the first thing to do is finish up the Aggie 101 orientation modules. Those aren't quite ready to roll. I was just in touch with orientation today and they said that they hope to have everything ready to go on Monday which is the 4th of April. That means you can start watching the videos and going through the modules.
Is pretty straightforward. After that, you'll be able to set up your appointment. It's going to be distance advising with your academic advisors. They will sit down with you and say OK for your major. These are the general courses that you're going to need. What do you thinking about Gen Ed, you know, and they'll be able to point you to some of our very popular courses that are not necessarily, you know, major bound. I would say nutrition 10 is a very popular one with another one.
A chemical engineering. It's it's the.
It's a chemistry of coffee class that was very popular in anyone can take it so long as you take the chemistry placement exam.
There's lots of different classes that your advisors will be able to point you to.
Meline Norquist
06:53:14 PM
Im a bit confused by the First Year Aggie Connections & some of the other first year programs. is there a way to figure them out with your major to not get overloaded?
And really, that's the ideal time. Right now those theme academic advisors are attempting to help all of our distance learning students to graduate. This is our first year or not being able to have a in person graduation ceremony for our students. So they are quite busy trying to sort that out.
Yes, this question. I'm a bit confused by the first year AGI connections and some of the first year other first year programs. Is there a way to figure them out?
With your major tonight, get overloaded. Yes, OK, the first year I get connections really has nothing to do with your major at all, right? It's just about what kind of interests do you have, what, what type of ideas are you thinking about exploring, and, um, capacity is usually set at, you know, small groups of 20, maybe 25, maybe even 50.
Now, some majors. Um, for example, the College of Biosci has their first year cohort system, which is just part of their education. So that will be kind of something that you end up in without necessarily saying yes, please. I want to be right, which is actually a good thing. 'cause I'm taking that choice out kind of makes it easier for you. So I would say with the first year AGI connections, there's an application. There's an expression of interest in things like that.
Meline Norquist
06:54:48 PM
so biosci has that already?
Words with your major. They kind of group you into your your your cohort group with your advisors and mentors without a whole lot of you having to do much about it. So that should take a little bit of that. I don't know decision fatigue out.
Yes, Biosci is a fantastic example of of a college that does that already.
Same with the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science.
Meline Norquist
06:55:11 PM
thank you
You're welcome, you're very welcome.
I I wish I could hear your voice so you can tell me how to pronounce your name. Moline. I'm so sorry I forgot that one.
OK, well this this session is supposed to go until 6:45 and we made it last until 6:55. So thank you guys, I'm I'm really appreciative of you know spending your Friday evening. I know that you probably don't have anywhere else to go. Still, I do appreciate you being here.
Meline Norquist
06:55:57 PM
me- lee- ne
I hope that you know wherever Mellie Mellie.
Rachel Huerta
06:56:04 PM
where could we contact if we have more questions regarding davis
Now OK, oh oh, if you have more questions.
Still got it wrong? OK, let's see. There was a question where could we contact if we have more questions regarding ask an advisor?
Ask an advisor is a really good spot to to start. Do you have a link for that? Veronica, asking advisor.
Mitsuko Leonard
06:56:40 PM
https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate
Yeah, definitely contact us through their. Uhm, let me see. We also have our social media where we're trying to keep up on that.
So if you haven't already joined us there, please do, uhm?
Keep in touch. Let us know if there's anything else that you need help with. Extending your Sr is absolutely possible and and you can do that even today and always always. My admissions is a really good place to also keep in touch. You know if if you're going to be late on transcripts and things like that, you can just let us know.
OK, with that I thank you and I hope you have a fantastic evening. A fantastic weekend, stay safe and stay close to your loved ones and we hope to welcome you in the fall of 2020.