2008 Woodie Awards
Campus Tours Rewarding for This Student
Jennifer Tinoco
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: Features
Traveling to Central and Northern California and visiting four universities in April was topped by sightseeing in San Francisco and a chance to meet many new people.
I was one of 52 GCC students who participated in the free trip organized by Transfer Center counselor Kevin Meza, who coordinates the trips to expose students to the many opportunities open to them in our state university system.
"I started this program five years ago and so far it has been more successful each year," said Meza.
"There has been an increase of transfer students applying and more getting accepted to these UC's since this program started," added Meza.
This trip is offered in the spring semester and students submit applications with personal statements to be selected to participate statement with their application.
The program was funded by the Partnership for Education grant the first two years, but since then "the school has helped fund all of the money needed for the last few trips, and I hope that we can continue this for future ones," said Meza.
The trip kicked off at 6:30 a.m. on April 16, heading to UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
"The most popular schools to visit are Santa Barbara, Berkeley and Davis," said Meza. "I pick the fourth school to be different each year," added Meza.
For those students who would wish to transfer to a non-commuter school, Santa Barbara is the way to go. With more than 80 percent of the students living in dorms or in the nearby community, the seven-mile bike path around the school (with bikes having the right of way instead of pedestrians) makes it a student-oriented environment. There are scarcely any old folks telling them to quiet down.
"I really want to transfer here [to Santa Barbara] because it's a big campus and it is right by the beach," said 19-year-old GCC student Cindy Moscoso.
Santa Barbara also has a guaranteed admission for GCC transfer students as long as they follow the basic UC requirements.
I was one of 52 GCC students who participated in the free trip organized by Transfer Center counselor Kevin Meza, who coordinates the trips to expose students to the many opportunities open to them in our state university system.
"I started this program five years ago and so far it has been more successful each year," said Meza.
"There has been an increase of transfer students applying and more getting accepted to these UC's since this program started," added Meza.
This trip is offered in the spring semester and students submit applications with personal statements to be selected to participate statement with their application.
The program was funded by the Partnership for Education grant the first two years, but since then "the school has helped fund all of the money needed for the last few trips, and I hope that we can continue this for future ones," said Meza.
The trip kicked off at 6:30 a.m. on April 16, heading to UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
"The most popular schools to visit are Santa Barbara, Berkeley and Davis," said Meza. "I pick the fourth school to be different each year," added Meza.
For those students who would wish to transfer to a non-commuter school, Santa Barbara is the way to go. With more than 80 percent of the students living in dorms or in the nearby community, the seven-mile bike path around the school (with bikes having the right of way instead of pedestrians) makes it a student-oriented environment. There are scarcely any old folks telling them to quiet down.
"I really want to transfer here [to Santa Barbara] because it's a big campus and it is right by the beach," said 19-year-old GCC student Cindy Moscoso.
Santa Barbara also has a guaranteed admission for GCC transfer students as long as they follow the basic UC requirements.
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