Summer Training Academy for Research Success
What is STARS?
The University of California, San Diego Summer Training Academy for Research Success (STARS) program is an eight-week summer research academy for community college students, undergraduate students, recent college graduates, and masters students. Opened to all disciplines, STARS offers student participants a rigorous research opportunity with esteemed UC San Diego faculty, informative transfer and graduate school preparation workshops, and educational, cultural, and social activities in sunny San Diego.
What is Great About the Program?
As an alumni of the program I know how transformative it can be. I credit the STARS program for helping me get into graduate school. The GRE training and Fellowships application training I received were a big help while I was preparing to finish my last year of Graduate School. Most importantly the friends and mentors I met through the program have been an excellent support network that has enabled me to navigate the academic world. Being a Graduate Advocate allowed me to pass on some of the knowledge I gained since my participation to the next class of engineering graduate students of color.
