Welcome!

Hello, my name is Pruthul (pronounced Proo-thul) and I am one of the Student Orientation Coordinators. Congratulations on the admission of your student to Earl Warren College and UCSD (it is a feat in and of itself). Let me start off by telling you all a little about myself and what my role in orientation is. I am current a third year studying Molecular Biology. I have been heavily involved in student government as well as a few college and campus organizations. In my free time I enjoy watching TV and playing basketball.

As I said I am a Student Orientation Coordinator, or as we prefer to refer to ourselves, a SOC. As a SOC, I am one of the undergraduate students responsible for planning and executing Freshman, Transfer and Parent Orientations. We as a group create a plan for the knowledge base that our orientation leaders, the people who actually work with your students, will need to help them adequately transition into college life. I have worked with the orientation program for the past three years, first as a volunteer through the Warren College Ambassador Program and the past two years as a SOC. As SOCs we possess know a lot about the campus and if there are things that we do not know, we can probably find a resource that does. I encourage you to utilize any of us as resources should you have questions about the transition to college. You can contact me any time via e-mail at pbp001@ucsd.edu. I am fairly good about responding to e-mails withing a couple of hours (if not a couple of minutes).

I hope you are as excited to become a part of the Warren College community as we are and again congratulations on your student's high level of academic, co-curricular and extracurricular accomplishments. We hope to see some of you in the fall!

-Pruthul Patel, Student Orientation Coordinator

Welcome Parents!

Your son or daughter is entering his or her first year at UC San Diego and this is an exciting time for the both of you! Warren College Staff and some of our current students serving as Orientation Leaders and Student Orientation Coordinators will post thoughts and helpful information to the blog throughout the summer, feel free to check back periodically and leave us comments or add your advice by commenting on any of the postings.