Summary Of College Day at Mira Loma
1st Session – Los Rios Community College District
- Includes American River College, Sacramento City College, Cosumnes
River and Folsom Lake Colleges
- 8th largest community college district in California
- American River College has Career Technical Education (CTE), they just
put a lot of money into facility to accommodate these degrees to get into
your career sooner. They include: Agriculture & Natural Resources; Arts,
Media and Entertainment; Building Trades and Construction; Education,
Children & Family Services; Energy & Utilities; Engineering & Design;
Fashion & Interior Design; Finance & Business; Health Science & Medical
Technology; Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation; Information Technology;
Manufacturing & Product Development; Marketing, Sales & Services;
Public Services; and Transportation
General Info:
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Students see their counselor once each semester at a minimum
60 units needed to transfer
AP Classes don’t transfer to Junior College but after doing a subject
assessment test you will be placed in the higher-level classes if scores are
adequate
Enrollment Process:
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Applications in February for Fall 2015
Assessment Tests taken
Students get GPS (Group Planning Sessions) and ISED (Individual
Student Educational Plan) meetings with the Counselors
Enroll in classes
Guaranteed Transfer Agreement Information:
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Transfer Agreements (TAGS) are not actual guarantees to the school of
your choice, to my understanding you let your counselor know which
school you want to attend, and you must complete the first year of
Community College with a certain GPA before being issued a TAG. Even if
you have a TAG, the actual school you want, say UC Davis, may be full in
your major, or if school is impacted your TAG will be honored at a
different UC, say UC Merced or another that is available.
2nd Session – UC System Advisor - See attached PDF with helpful links to UC
Information Sheet Below
General Info:
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Each UC uses the same matrix of 14 admission criteria although the
different campuses prioritize them differently
Depending on what campus you are looking at, you may need to apply to
a particular college within that university or the whole university itself
Some UC’s and Colleges within the respective UC Campus will allow you
to come in Undeclared without penalty but that varies from campus to
campus and major to major - see charts listed on reference below
CSU Campuses have more obligations to serve their local community
college feeders whereas UC has none.
Personal Statement Info:
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Brainstorm with family about life and what to include in essay
Note Services and Awards – no acronyms used here, they won’t know
what the award is and how significant it is if you don’t describe it briefly
Courses that demonstrate outside interests
Any college prep activities you have participated in such as College
Sunday or College Prep Nights
Show extracurricular activities, work experience and volunteer
experiences that have meaning, show who you are
Show how you spend time outside of class, sports, research projects etc.
– again that are relevant
Personal statement is NOT an essay, it’s an interview, deep and personal,
what makes you you. They are looking for level of depth, not breadth.
Stick to one topic, a story with details, like writing an autobiography in
three minutes, write your life story.
She recommends writing it three times as that is usually how many times
it takes for students to start getting as deep as they need to get.
Write about what you have learned, how it’s moving your life forward.
Do your application first, then think about questions it’s raising and use
that to write your personal statement
No creative writing, poems, clichés etc.
Not too casual, you are addressing an admission officer so it should be a
little formal
Include an email address that you will be checking consistently