UC

RIVERSIDE
By: Jorge Escobedo and
Isabella Garcia
LOCATION OF UCR

Located in 900
University Ave.
Riverside, CA 92521
Close to Grand
Terrace, Moreno
Valley, and Colton
Found in the city
 COST OF ATTENDING UCR

Tuitionand Fees would

cost $15,510 annually
 COST OF LIVING AT UCR

Living with Parents $57,789

Living in Residence Halls $67,464
Living in
Campus
Apartments $62,064
Living off Campus $62,064
 Living in Living in Living
Living with Parents
Residence Halls Campus Apartments off Campus

Non-Resident
Supplemental $29,754 $29,754 $29,754 $29,754
Tuition
Room and Board $7,125 $18,125 $12,000 $12,000
Books/Supplies $1,550 $1,550 $1,550 $1,550
Transportation $2,025 $825 $1,475 $1,475
Personal Expenses $1,825 $1,700 $1,775 $1,775

COST OF LIVING AT UCR (BROKEN

DOWN)
 FINANCIAL AID

87% of undergraduate
students receive financial
aid
77% of students receive full
financial aid by grants
and/or scholarships

UNWEIGHTED VS WEIGHTED GPA
WHAT AVERAGE DO YOU NEED?

Unweighted GPA is on a scale of 0 to

4.0, doesn't account for difficulty of
coursework
Weighted GPA is on a scale of 0 to 5.0
(it may go higher) and is the opposite

EXAMS FOR ATTENDING UCR

SAT
• SAT Evidence Based ACT
Reading & Writing: 560 ACT Composite Score: 21 – 29
– 670 ACT English Language Arts: 22 –
• SAT Mathematics: 570 30.
– 730
• SAT Essay: 14 – 17
 PERSONAL STATEMENTS, WHAT ARE
THEY?


“Some students have a background,

interest, or talent that is interesting, and
they believe their application would be
incomplete without it. If it sounds like you,
please share your story.”
 UCR MAJORS
 5 of the variety of majors at UCR:
 Music: Students learn about music
performance and composition
 Art History: Study of different cultures through
different eras and medias
 Biology: Undergraduate training in physical
sciences with the study of humanity and
social sciences
 Neuroscience: Study of the functioning of
the nervous system at different levels
 Economics: Study of activities carried out by
consumers, businesses, governments, and
nations.
 UCR MASTER'S AND PHD'S

PhD's available at UCR Master Degrees available

Business administration
at UCR
➢Entomology
Art History ➢History
Chemistry ➢Philosophy
➢Plant Biology
Critical dance studies
➢Robotics
Education
Admission rate: Percent of students
admitted
Graduation rate: Percent of
students who finished their degree
Admissions rate is 65%
From 2019-2020, graduation rate
was 30.1%

ADMISSION AND GRADUATION

RATES
 UCR RETENTION
RATES
Retention rate:
Percent of
students who
return the
following year
Retention rate
was 56.9% from
2019-2020
 Men's baseball team
 Men's and women's basketball teams
 Men's and women's cross-country teams
 Men's and women's soccer teams
 Women's volleyball team

UCR SPORTS TEAMS

 MASCOT: SCOTTY
HIGHLANDER
Original
mascot (1950's) chosen
to compete against other similar mascots
Students in 1998 decided to update the
mascot
They "didn't want a teddy bear in a dress"
Wanted to look "like we are going to tear
the competition apart"
 HISTORICAL FACTS
FROM UCR
 Theschool was founded in
1907 but became a UC in 1959
 February 19th,1954, students
and faculty arrived for their
first classes
 Thenext day, Charles
Young became student body
president
 August 1955, students built the
big "C" seen on Box Springs
Mountain
 FAMOUS ALUMNI
FROM UCR

 RichardR. Schrock: American

Chemist who received a
Nobel Prize in chemistry
 Steve Breen: Editorial
cartoonist and two-time
Pulitzer Prize winner
 Brenda Martinez: Three-time
all American relay racer who
won the 800m bronze medal
in the world championship
 FUN FACTS ABOUT
UCR
 Ranked as one of the most
ethnically diverse
universities
 R'Garden is 8 acres of land
used for members of UCR
to grow their own fresh
produce
 It's
oldest building, The
Barn, has changed a lot,
from a music venue to now
a restaurant
 UCR TRADITIONS

TheUCR Pipe Band performs both on

campus and the surrounding
community
UCR uses codes to represent different
degree levels, fields of study, etc.
Byron Adams held a competition for
the lyrics to a UCR anthem, "Hail Fair
UCR"
QUESTIONS? CONCERNS?
 RESOURCES
 https://www.ucr.edu/about/history
• https://www.ucr.edu
 https://alumni.ucr.edu/notable-alumni#nobel_laureate
• https://blog.prepscholar.com/weighted-vs-unweighted-gpa-whats-the-difference
 https://admissions.ucr.edu/54-facts/student-life
• https://blog.prepscholar.com/what -is-a-personal-statement-everything-you-need-to-
 https://specialevents.ucr.edu/convocation_traditions know-about -the-college-essay

 https://financialaid.ucr.edu
 https://admissions.ucr.edu/cost
 https://admissions.ucr.edu/firstyear
 https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-
majors/riverside/freshman-admission-profile.html
• https://www.myperfectwords.com/blog/personal-statement-writing/personal-
statement-prompts
• https://music.ucr.edu/music-major
• https://arthistory.ucr.edu/undergraduate/
• https://eeob.ucr.edu/undergraduate-program

 https://oneclass.com/blog/university-of-california- • https://psychology.ucr.edu/undergraduate-study/
riverside/176605-top-10-sports-teams-at-the-uc-riverside.en.html
• https://economics.ucr.edu/undergraduate-program/
 https://studentlife.ucr.edu/school-spirit
• https://graduate.ucr.edu/programs
 https://admissions.ucr.edu/international
• https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/ctr/undergrad-retention-graduation
 https://admissions.ucr.edu/majors
• https://ir.ucr.edu/stats/outcomes/graduate
 https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/college-
• https://ir.ucr.edu/stats/admission_undergraduate
comparisons/2-key-statistics-for-comparing-colleges-graduation-
rate-and-retention-rate-explained/ • https://ir.ucr.edu/stats/admission_graduate
 https://www.travelmath.com/cities-
near/University+of+California,+Riverside