Parents & Families

Summer 2024

Reservations for New Parent & Family Orientation begin May 28, 2024 at 3:00 pm (Pacific Time).

_{*The sessions on this date will be presented in both English and Spanish and will not have a concurrent student session occurring on the same day.}

New Parent & Family Orientation in Spanish

To request a space for New Parent & Family Orientation offered in Spanish on August 3, please fill out this form.

Special Considerations for Reservations

• If you prefer an interpreter, we have some fluent speakers of languages other than English who may be able to assist in your session. Please specify your needs in the appropriate section on the reservation form and we will follow up with you.
• If you have a permanent or temporary disability which would need to be addressed while participating in your session, we will make every effort to accommodate you. Please specify any needed accommodation on your reservation and we will follow up with you.
• If you have dietary restrictions please specify your needs when making your reservation.  We will do our best to accommodate these requests when information is provided.

UCLA NSTP se complace en anunciar que ofreceremos una sesión de Orientación para Nuevos Padres y Familias en español por primera vez. Para 2024, habrá una sesión el Sábado 3 de Agosto. El registro para la sesión comenzará a las 8 a.m. y las actividades del día finalizarán a las 5:30 p.m.

La sesión incluirá resentaciones sobre los programas académicos de UCLA, asesoría y requisitos, seguridad y bienestar en el campus, gestión de facturación y ayuda financiera, y vida en el campus. El programa también incluirá una introducción a la vida estudiantil en el campus, un panel de exalumnos, familiares y estudiantes, y una feria de recursos con representantes de varios servicios y recursos estudiantiles de UCLA. Se incluirán un desayuno ligero y almuerzo, y se le asignará a pequeños grupos con un estudiante actual como su guía.

El costo es de $85 por adulto y $25 por niño. Esta cantidad se cobrará en la cuenta del estudiante en septiembre. (No se requiere pago en este momento). Si está interesado en asistir a esta sesión, por favor complete este formulario. Necesitará el ID del estudiante del Nuevo Bruin. Completar este formulario no garantiza un espacio en la sesión: NSTP enviará por correo electrónico la confirmación de su reserva en unas pocas semanas. Puede cancelar su inscripción sin penalización.

Session Fees

$85 per adult

$25 per child (under 18)

Billing Procedures

Your New Parent & Family Orientation fees will be billed to your student’s UCLA BruinBill according to the following schedule (no payment is due when you make a reservation):

July (New Parent & Family Orientation Sessions 101-103): billed in August, payment due in September.
August (New Parent & Family Orientation Sessions 104-109, 301): billed in September, payment due in October.
September (New Parent & Family Orientation Sessions 110-112): billed in late-September, with payment due in October.

Financial Assistance

Starting college has many costs and we want to make UCLA accessible for everyone. Students who receive a Pell Grant as a part of their financial aid package will have their orientation fees fully covered. You will still see a charge on your BruinBill account after attending orientation, but you will not need to pay for orientation.

If you are not a Pell Grant recipient and have concerns about the cost of the student and/or family orientation program, please contact our office at newstudents@college.ucla.edu or 310-206-6685 (open during business hours, Monday-Friday, 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-5:00pm). When you contact our office, we will provide you with options that can ensure you have access to attending orientation; one of these options includes requesting a payment plan to distribute the session fees to be billed in Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters.  

If paying for New Student Orientation is the only reason preventing you from attending, please contact our office and we will work with you individually.

Payment Policies

• Failure to pay orientation fees by the billing deadlines will result in a $20 per month Student Accounting late charge and will result in a hold on your student’s records.
• If you are no longer planning to attend your orientation session, please contact our office to cancel your reservation in order to allow another family to attend. There is no fee for cancelling your New Parent & Family Session reservation prior to the day of the session.
• If you or your student attend a session but do not attend UCLA, you will still be billed for all session fees for services provided.
• Payments will only be accepted through the UCLA BruinBill.
• Your student’s Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) fee does not cover New Parent & Family or New Student Orientation fees.

If you are not a California resident (you are an international student or live in another US state), you are welcome to attend any available New Parent & Family Orientation session.

Students who are international or out-of-state do have the option of staying in the residence halls for the period between New Student Orientation Sessions 110, 2010, 111, or 112 and the start of Fall Quarter – effectively an early move-in.  Students will remain in their New Student Orientation room until their Fall assignment is ready (typically within 1-2 days after the session), then move into their academic year room early, all with meals included. Billing will cover the period of time from the end of their Orientation session until the start of Move-In Weekend, when fall Housing contracts will begin.  Please see the New Student Orientation Staythrough information for more details.

Reservations begin May 28, 2024 at 3pm (PDT), via the New Parent & Family Orientation Reservation System .

Space in each session is limited and reservations are processed in the order received. Please make sure to read all session information thoroughly including fees, deadlines, and the cancellation policy.

Session offered in Spanish/Sesión ofrecida en español

Para solicitar una reserva en la Orientación para Nuevos Padres y Familias ofrecida en español el 3 de Agosto, por favor use este enlace: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/orientacionfamiliar

• You can review the steps your student should be taking to prepare for UCLA by visiting the New Student Checklist for first year and transfer students.
• Encourage your student to sign up for and attend a Bruin to Bruin webinar session this Spring.  These sessions will review important dates and deadlines from the New Student checklist, placement exams, and other ways to make the transition to UCLA smooth, all with current UCLA students to answer your student’s questions.  Sign-ups will be available in April on My.UCLA.edu.
• Academic advising is essential for appropriate course enrollment and academic advisors and counseling are an integral part of your student’s New Student Orientation. Fall Quarter enrollment is a key component of this advising. We work with individual departments across campus to save seats for incoming students in many of the “high demand” General Education and/or major courses and disperse them evenly throughout the sessions.
• Once you sign up for an orientation session, you will receive a confirmation email about your reservation and be given a link to the “Preparing for New Student Orientation” module. This module will introduce you to resources and websites you and your UCLA student will use that we will cover at New Student Orientation and New Parent & Family Orientation. Please complete the module before for your session.
• If you’d like, listen to the Bruin Insights Podcast form June 2023 about the new student experience, featuring Kayla Albano from the UCLA Parent & Family Association, Abby Johnson from UCLA First-Year Experience, and Ryan Darling from New Student & Transition Programs: Becoming A Bruin: Supporting Your Freshman

In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), New Student & Transition Programs protects the confidentiality of any student (age 18 or over) records. Access to a student’s records – including all financial records – will be given to that student only, unless the student has given consent. For more information please visit the Department of Education or UCLA Registrar.