1) UCLA Chancellor Gene Block talks to Santa Monica College students about transferring to UCLA at the SMC Theatre Arts Main Stage on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. SMC, the No. 1 transfer institution to UCLA and the entire UC system, has had a long and fruitful relationship with UCLA. 2) Students ask the panelist questions. 3) Panelists left to right are: Alfred Herrera, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Partnership; Dr. Chui Tsang, SMC President;Lena brown, Transfer Coordinator - Undergraduate Admissions; Ron Johnson, Director of Financial Aide and Vu Tran, Director of Undergraduate Admisions. 4) UCLA Chancellor Gene Block (right) speaks with Santa Monica College Biology Student David Campos, 21, about transferring to UCLA at theSMC Theatre Arts Main Stage on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
Block said that over the past 25 years, more than 10,000 SMC students had transferred to UCLA – 500 of them last fall alone.
“UCLA receives three times as many students from SMC as from any other institution—high school or college,” Block said. He added that more than 90 percent of SMC transfers go on to earn their bachelor’s degrees with GPAs that are equal to or better than those of other students. “They’re indistinguishable in terms of scholarship,” he said.