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The mental health funding is real. My school just hired two more counselors and one specifically works with LGBTQ+ students. Not sure which bill that came from but it's definitely connected to all the new laws pushing for more support. Also the Trevor Project on IDs is going to save lives...

The Jack Kent Cooke scholarship is the holy grail. Up to $55k/year for 3 years . They look for "high-achieving community college students with financial need." The application is intense — essays, rec letters, transcripts — but if you're a strong candidate, it's worth it. The deadline is usually...

The deadlines PDF is on the Sixth College website under "Policies and Forms" . Different things have different deadlines — adding a major is usually earlier than withdrawing from a class. For double major, I think the deadline is like week 2 of the quarter you're adding it? Check that. Also...

René Lozano is legit — he's been running the Transfer Center forever and really cares about students. The fair is great but also use the workshops afterward. They do application workshops in October/November that walk you through everything step by step. Don't skip those.

The independent thing is real but not in a cold way. Americans are friendly, they just also need alone time. It's not personal. Join a club or two and you'll find your people. Korean Student Associations at most UC/CSU campuses are strong too. You'll have community.

I've become slightly obsessed with winning these UCUES prizes . $40 VISA gift card? Yes please. Campus dining gift card? I'm literally always hungry. Bookstore gift card? Textbooks are a scam so I'll take anything. Here's my strategy based on the fine print: Take it SOON. They do weekly...

Okay so besides the prizes, what actually IS the UCUES? I looked it up and apparently it's the "largest survey given at UC San Diego" and all nine UC campuses do it every two years . They ask about everything: Experiences within your major Basic needs (food, housing, money) Health and wellness...

Okay so I got this email about the UCUES survey and almost deleted it. But then I actually read it and they're giving away prizes : $40 VISA gift cards Gift cards for campus dining locations $25 Bookstore gift cards They do drawings every week through spring quarter, and "the sooner UCUES is...

I've been researching what it's actually like to transfer to a California university, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo comes up a lot. Analí Salazar, a junior transfer studying mechanical engineering, shared her experience with CalMatters . The academic transition: She came from Santa Barbara City...

I thought making friends would be easier. Join clubs, talk to classmates, done. But when you transfer in as a junior, everyone already has their groups. Analí Salazar at Cal Poly said the transition has been huge — from a diverse community college to a mostly white university where people stare...

Transferring to a California university from community college has been harder than I expected. Analí Salazar, a transfer student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, described her experience: "Going from a school where we had an environment where it was all people of color, all coming from similar...