How to Join - Pre-Matriculation Program Participants

 

Please come back later for more information on the Pre-Matriculation Program

Pre-Matriculation Program Information:

• Get ready for graduate school in our 4-week (120 hour) virtual pre-matriculation program!
• Learn to navigate graduate school while sharpening your writing and critical thinking skills. 
• $1,500 stipend for completing the program. Limited spots available.

 

Minimum Eligibility Criteria to Apply to for the Pre-Matriculation Program:

• Accepted into a linkage partner graduate program in allied health(1) OR a former member of the California State University, Fullerton Allied Health Academy who is accepted into another graduate program.
• Graduating Spring 2021 or recently graduated from California State University, Fullerton.
• U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States.(2)
• Low-income background.(3)
• First generation college student(4) OR from a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in graduate education.(5)

^1. Linkage partner graduate programs are as follows:

• Western University of Health Sciences Doctor of Physical Therapy,
• California State University, Long Beach Master of Social Work,
• California State University, Los Angeles Master of Social Work,
• University of California, Irvine Master of Public Health,
• California State University, Fullerton Master of Public Health, Master of Social Work, Master of Science in Counseling, or Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders.

^2. Individuals with temporary or student visas (e.g., F-1, J-1) are not eligible to participate.
^3. Proof of income must be provided through a Student Aid Report (SAR) form for the current academic year. (FAFSA.ed.gov: How to View Student Aid Report) Individuals meet the criteria for low-income background if their 2018 annual family income does not exceed the following guidelines.
^4. First-generation college student is defined as a student whose parents did not graduate with a bachelor's degree or higher from the United States before the student started middle school.
^5. The following ethnic and racial groups are considered underrepresented in graduate education: Black (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Southeast Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.