Dear Applicant,
The application process looks different this year so please carefully read this entire page first.
We are so excited that you are interested in joining the Personal and Career Experience (PACE) Fellowship program for the 2024-25 academic year. The PACE programs provide AB 540/CA Dream Act students opportunities to participate in an experiential learning opportunites, receive mentorship, professional development, and financial support.
Before continuing with the application please make sure to review the PACE Fellowship Program Description page on the Undocumented Student Services website.
In order to submit your application, you must have an Experiential Learning Opportunity (ELO) ready to submit with your application. Therefore, the application process will take time to complete, and the steps on how to complete the application are as follows:
- You need to first review the Experiential Learning Opportunity (ELO) Directory (on USS PACE website) & identify 2 - 3 ELO's that you are interested in.
- If you are not interested in any of the ELO's in the directory and want to work with a Professor within your major, you need reach out to them and introduce the PACE program and the Experiential Learning Opportunity to them to see if they are willing to take you on as their mentee for the PACE Program. Steps on how to complete this process can be found in our How to Find a Mentor/Host Interest Guide. If the Professor is interested please share with them the Experiential Learning Opportunity Templet.
- Once you have identified ELO(s), whether form the directory or with a professor, you need to make an appointment with the Program Coordinator, Pricila Rodriguez, scheduling link here, to discuss the PACE program and ELO(s) in more detail. If this meeting goes well and you are still interested in applying, Pricila will then reach out to the mentor and schedule an interview with all three parties.
- The student and the Program Coordinator will meet with the mentor. This meeting is to ensure that the ELO is a good fit for the student and mentor and to clarify any questions regarding the program and/or requirements for the student and mentor.
- If the meeting with the mentor goes well and both the student and the mentor want to move forward with applying to the PACE Program, you are now ready to complete the PACE application and you will submit the agreed upon ELO to the application.
Please note that this is a minimum 3-week application process and cannot be done a week before it's due. The deadline for Transfer students is August 9th, 2024. This is a hard deadline, accommodations will only be made for extenuating circumstances.
Please also keep in mind that many students are doing this process at the same time and ELO's are on a first come first serve basis. This is why it's important begin this process now.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Program Coordinator, Pricila Rodriguez through email brr023@ucsd.edu or by making an appointment.