Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Incoming students can access their UCLA
ASUCLA: New web site for prospective Bruins addresses top
concerns
By Michael Weiner
Daily Bruin Contributor
When high school seniors received their UCLA acceptance letters
– in addition to the usual information and pamphlets – an
invitation to explore a personalized web site was also
included.
Just as continuing students have their own "My UCLA" web pages,
so do next year’s prospective freshmen.
In their acceptance letters, over 10,000 UCLA admits were given
information on how to access personalized "My UCLA" pages which
give information regarding orientation, the honors programs, and
other pertinent issues for incoming students.
And according to Eric Splaver, the College of Letters and
Sciences director of information services, whose office developed
"My UCLA" for both continuing students and incoming freshmen, the
new web pages for admitted students have received over 1,000 hits
since last week when students began receiving acceptance
letters.
Splaver said that when students file their statements of intent
to register, they will be able to register for orientation online
through their "My UCLA" web pages.
"What we’ve done is we’ve extended the scope of ‘My UCLA’ for
students who have been admitted," Splaver said.
The web sites for admitted students include links to information
about Chancellor Albert Carnesale, a welcome letter from Carnesale,
and an article by the chancellor about diversity at UCLA in light
of the admissions process in the Proposition 209 era.
The sites also include links to Undergraduate Admissions,
Orientation, and Honors Programs home pages.
Also included is an electronic "Guide to Life at UCLA," links to
the university’s web site, and the student’s college and department
web sites.
There are also links to the online versions of the General
Catalog and the Schedule of Classes.
Additionally, "My UCLA" for admitted students includes a list of
important dates, such as the due date for the Statement of Intent
to Register and the date of the Subject A examination.
"The purpose is to try to make UCLA a little bit of a warmer and
fuzzier place for these students," Splaver said.
"It’s a dynamic way to communicate with students," he
continued.
The web sites also have links to information on the UCLA
Store.
"We put up some virtual tours of the plaza and Ackerman Union,"
said Anne Pautler, director of marketing for the Associated
Students of UCLA.
A sample "My UCLA" page for admitted students can be viewed by
anyone at https://my.ucla.edu/joenewbruin.htm.
Whether the personalized web pages will be successful in
attracting students to UCLA remains to be seen.
David Feldman, a high school senior from San Diego who was
admitted to UCLA, did not find his web page very informative and
said it would have no bearing on his decision on whether or not to
attend to UCLA next fall.
"If I wanted to know information on UCLA, this is not the place
I’m going to look," Feldman said. "It’s convenient, but most of the
information on the page isn’t really important to me right
now."