Parents & Families

Summer 2025

Reservations for New Parent & Family Orientation begin May 15, 2025 at 11:00 am (Pacific Time).

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

Special Considerations for Reservations

• 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 2025, habrá una sesión el Sábado 2 de Agosto. El registro para la sesión comenzará a las 8 a.m. y las actividades del día finalizarán a las 6:00 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 $110 por adulto y $35 por niño. Esta cantidad se cobrará en la cuenta del estudiante en septiembre. (No se requiere pago en este momento). Puede cancelar su inscripción sin penalización.

Session Fees

Each Adult (18+): $110

Each Child (17 and Under): $35

Change Fees

Changes before the deadline: $25

Changes after the deadline: $50

No show at session: $50

Billing Procedures

Your New Parent & Family Orientation fees will be billed to your student’s UCLA BruinBill in 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 a $25 fee for changing or cancelling your New Parent & Family Session reservation prior to the deadlines listed, or $50 fee for changing or cancelling your reservation after the deadline.
• 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 111, 210, 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.  UCLA Housing will reach out to students enrolled in these sessions in July to share further details.

Reservations begin May 15, 2025 at 11:00 am (Pacific), 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.

• 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 your session.
• To hear more about the transition to UCLA and supporting your student, check out the May 2024 edition of the UCLA Parent & Family Association’s podcast featuring New Student & Transition Programs Associate Director (and Family Orientation emcee), Ryan Darling: Bruin Family Insights.

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.