Workshops
LAMP provides opportunities throughout the school year in the form of financial aid workshops, UC/CSU application workshops, personal statement editing, and an essay competition in which the winner receives a book scholarship for a test preparation book of their choice. These workshops attempt to help students anticipate and prepare for obstacles and opportunities that will arise in their academic careers. These activities help motivate high school students to realize their college dreams and provide a unique volunteer opportunity for UCLA students to prepare, practice, and administer a curriculum while working with youth.
A list of our current workshops:
- Overcoming adversity
- Designed to teach students how to identify obstacles and find ways to deal with them
- Explains how to draw from supportive sources, and learn from past experience.
- Interactive, small groups are led by RSS volunteers to address specific student needs
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Expectation/Bullying
- Designed to help students realize how societal, familial, and social expectations, perceived or otherwise, affect the decision-making process.
- Explores how bullying has morphed in an increasingly electronic world
- Explains how to identify sources of stress related to bullying and how to use self-care to combat the ill effects of such negative encounters.
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Writing: The college essay and beyond
- Designed to help student realize the overall value of writing, regardless of major/career choice.
- Covers the writing of the college essay: common mistakes, tips, and examples
- Goes over how to formulate a thesis: x,y,z format
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Experience
- Designed to help student bolster their academic careers through extracurricular activities
- Internships: how to get them, why they are important
- Volunteer: participating in things related to interests
- Work experience: how to balance work and school
- Resume tips