• Welcome To TRiO STEP
• Program Dates/Times/Locations
• Items For Consideration
• Important Information

The TRiO Student Support Services Program (SSSP) is committed to providing a support and information base that validates each student's experience and nurtures a sense of participation, belonging and empowerment. Through mentorship, academic programs, one-to-one counseling/advising, campus student support service referrals and social/cultural programming, we strive to maximize a student's involvement and success in the campus academic community. In addition to assisting students through to graduation, TRiO SSSP helps motivate and inform students to utilize services to enhance their preparation for the job market and/or graduate/professional school admission. TRiO Student Support Services Program (SSSP) is for students who are low-income and/or first-generation undergraduates as well as students with disabilities. Excellence, achievement, leadership and community building serve as the key elements to the individual and communal success of our students.

TRiO SSSP Summer Transition Enrichment Program (STEP) is designed to help first- year (Freshmen and Transfers) to become more acquainted with UCSD to…

• SUCCEED instead of just SURVIVE at UCSD!
• Build a sense of CONFIDENCE!
• Gain a sense of KNOWLEDGE and BELONGING that will help you at UCSD.
• Meet staff, faculty, and other resources that will help you establish a long-lasting connection at UCSD.
• Meet current SSSP students.
• Build friendships with future peer mentors that will aid in your transition process.
• Belong to a Support program until you graduate.
• Experience cultural events to help you meet other UCSD students

Deadline to Submit Application:
Applications must be submitted no later than midnight (PST) on the following days:
Freshmen: Wednesday, June 18th
Transfers: Friday, June 27th
Access to application page will begin after May 1st.

Notice of Acceptance into STEP Beginning:
Freshmen: Friday, July 7th
Transfers: Friday, July 14th

STEP Begins: Sunday, August 10, 2008

STEP Ends: Saturday August 16, 2008

Hours: Convenient hours from 10am- 5pm.

Location: UCSD Campus in OASIS-Center Hall and Cross Cultural Center.

Parking passes will not be provided. Daily passes may be bought at Parking Services for $6.00. Please click here for additional information.
http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/Policy/0,1162,15913,00.html

Housing will not be provided. Contact our UCSD commuter services for accommodations assistance or Click below to see local hotels.
http://commuter.ucsd.edu/
http://www.sandiegohotels.com/
http://san-diego.hotelscheap.org/

Attire: Dress comfortably (i.e. tennis shoes for long walks), and in layers we are near the ocean which means cold mornings and hot afternoons and cold evenings. Click below to get local weather.
www.weather.com

Guests are welcomed to attend the TRIO SSSP orientation during the first part of the day. After orientation visitors will not be permissible.

• Freshmen: Wednesday, June 18th
• Transfers: Friday, June 27th

Follow all instructions on the web application

• Do not forget to include your essay responses
• Don't forget to mail or fax your income verification (1040 Tax Return)

Helpful items to take care of ASAP to help facilitate your transition and enrollment process this summer:

• Make sure to sign up and attend your college orientation. The sooner, the better.
   
• IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS: Take care of all immunization requirements and send in verifying documents to UCSD Office of Admissions & Relations with Schools by August 1, 2008. Please be advised that you will NOT be able to register for Fall Quarter 2008 classes unless you have met all of the UCSD Immunization Requirements.
   
• If you have not yet satisfied the Entry Level Writing Requirement (Subject A), please visit http://basicwriting.ucsd.edu for more information. This requirement can also be satisfied by taking an approved summer school class at a community college.
   
• If you plan on taking any math or science courses, please visit http://mathtesting.ucsd.edu/ for more information. You must have some type of Math Placement test results in order to enroll in any UCSD math course and some science classes.
   
• TRANSCRIPTS: Please be sure that your final high school and/or community college transcripts are received by UCSD by the July 15th deadline! The transcripts should be sent to:
  
  UCSD Office of Admissions & Relations With Schools
  9500 Gilman Drive, 0021A
  La Jolla, CA 92093 – 0021A
  
  The final validation process of transcripts confirms that all freshman admissions provisions have been cleared. If you have received a grade lower than a "C", in any A-G coursework during grade 12, or your weighted GPA for A-G coursework in grade 12 is below a 3.0, you must provide a written explanation as soon as possible to the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools.
  
  PLEASE DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS TO OASIS!
   
• Make sure that UCSD’s Office of Admissions & Relations with Schools receives your Advanced Placement exam scores.
   
• Begin to check your UCSD email accounts. This is the official mode of communication at UCSD. http://www-no.ucsd.edu/student.html
• Please check the new undergraduate student portal at newstudent.ucsd.edu

Important phone numbers & web addresses:

• Admissions (858) 534-4831 http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/ 
• Financial Aid (858) 534-4480 http://fao.ucsd.edu/ 
• Housing (858 )534-4010 http://hds.ucsd.edu/housing/ 
• UCSD General Info Line (858) 534-EDNA (3362)