Each year Going on to College (GOT College!) organizes college and/or career conferences to families about the college going process and career preparation.  The purpose of the event is to expose families to a college campus, motivate students and their parents to begin planning for college as well as providing them with financial aid information.  The program agenda usually includes a college information workshop, a student panel, and a campus tour.  In the past, families have also participated in science themed conferences with professionals and demonstrations. 

Some highlights from past conferences:

Parent’s comments

 “Cada una de las preguntas que tenia fueron contestadas, ahora me siento muy conforme acerca de dejar que mis hijos vivan en la universidad.” (All my questions were answered, now I feel comfortable letting my kids live in the university)

“La confianza que debemos tener a nuestros hijos (The confidence we should have [as parents] towards our sons).”

“Aprendí sobre las becas y apoyo a mis hijos.” (I learned about scholarships and how to support my kids).

“Saber que los primero que tengo que hacer es apoyar a mi hijo a que siga estudiando porque sis se puede, hay todas las posibilidades. (To know that the first thing I need to do is to support my son to keep studying because there are many possibilities and it is possible to make it).”

“La información que dieron los estudiantes (The information that the college students gave).”

“Escuchar las experiencias de las muchachas estudiantes de la Universidad (To listen to the student’s experiences).”

Student’s comments:

“That I got to learn more than I expected.”

“It wall all useful.”

“How you can get financial aid and how you can prepare for college.”

“Some scholarships will pay for everything and there are classes to help me decide what I want to do.”

“How much it cost to live in UCLA.”

“I learned that you can go to college even if you don’t have the money.”

“Study hard to achieve.”

“That preparing for college might look easy but it’s not.”

“That anyone can go to college and get a good job.”

“How the campus looks like.”

“How a college can make you feel at home.”

“Living in dorms is hard.”