Bring Your Family to Meet Our Family!

Transfer Family Visit Day 2023 has passed. Thank you to all our wonderful guests and their families! You made our day together special.

For information on next year’s Transfer Family Visit Day, please visit this website in spring 2024.

Financial Aid/Next Steps

Location: Humanities Lecture Hall
What are your next steps, now that you’re admitted? If you’re ready to Become a Banana Slug, how do you accept your offer? How do students and families pay for college? Find out about our generous financial aid programs, working on campus, accepting your offer of admission, and more in this informative program.

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Student-led Campus Tour

Location: Departs from Humanities Lecture Hall
Join us for this small-group, interactive experience! Visit iconic UCSC locations such as Quarry Plaza, Science Hill, Kresge College, and the Porter Squiggle (hint: have your phone ready to take selfies!) You will be walking around the campus in your group, so be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes. Also, the beautiful weather in Santa Cruz ranges from cool and foggy to sunny and warm in a single day, so we recommend that you dress in layers.

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BBQ with Sammy the Slug

Location: Oakes Lower Lawn
After working up an appetite on your Student-led Tour, it will be time to sit, relax, and enjoy a barbecue lunch on us! Hosted roundtables will facilitate everyone’s getting to know each other, and we will be offering a variety of tasty lunch options.

Students at a cookout on campus

Resource Fair

Location: Oakes Lower Lawn
Is there tutoring available on campus? What about mental health services? How can you build community with your fellow Banana Slugs? This is a chance to begin connecting with current students, faculty, and staff members! Explore your chosen major(s), meet the members of a club or activity you’re interested in, and get connected with support services.

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