The 2025 UC Counselor Conferences have concluded. Stay tuned for information about our 2026 events. 

• Wednesday, September 3, 2025 — San Jose
• Monday, September 8, 2025 — San Diego
• Tuesday, September 9, 2025 — San Diego
• Thursday, September 11, 2025 —  Ventura
• Friday, September 12, 2025 — Virtual 

If you have any questions about the UC Counselor Conference, email us at cnslrcon@ucop.edu.

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Presentation materials from our 2025 conferences are now available! View a PDF of each presentation below. All PDFs have been remediated to meet WCAG 2.2 Level A and Level AA Accessibility Standards. 

Select sessions may also have supplemental notes available. These supplemental documents have not been remediated for digital accessibility. 

UCOP and campus updates

Admission 101 — First-year basics (Supplemental notes available)

Admission 201 — Strategies for the next level (Supplemental notes available)

Click. Guide. Support: UC admissions resources at your fingertips (Supplemental notes available)

Decoding your (Academic history) DNA (Supplemental notes available)

Hanging in the balance: The future of financial aid (Supplemental notes available)

Making it clear: Transfer pathway basics (Supplemental notes available)

One size doesn't fit all: Alternative majors for first-year applicants to consider (Supplemental notes available)

Rodeo ready: A dual enrollment roundup (Supplemental notes available)

The application station: All aboard for a breakdown of the UC application basics (Supplemental notes available)

The art and science of enrollment management

UC for all: Unlocking opportunities for undocumented students (Supplemental notes available)

We just want to talk: Approaching the PIQ conversation with purpose (Supplemental notes available)

Our conference locations change annually to provide counselors across the state access to attend in-person. Our prior year schedules can be found below beginning with 2023 when in-person conferences were again offered. 

2024

• Virtual - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
• Riverside - Thursday, September 5, 2024
• Sacramento - Tuesday, September 10, 2024
• Redding - Thursday, September 12, 2024

2023

• Virtual - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
• Ontario - Thursday, September 7, 2023
• Merced - Tuesday, September 12, 2023
• Santa Clara - Friday, September 15, 2023