Placement and Advisory Exams
You may be required to take placement exams before registering for classes. If you intend to take mathematics in your first quarter, and have not yet taken college-level math classes equivalent to UCR’s Math 5 or higher with a grade of C- or better, you will need to take the Math Placement Exam. For more information, please check with your department’s academic advisor or your college’s Student Academic Affairs Office.
For general questions about placement examinations for foreign language courses, please contact Dawn Whelchel at 951-827-1421 or dawn.whelchel@ucr.edu
For general questions about placement exams, please visit the Placement Exams website.
Pre-Orientation Tutorial
The Pre-Orienation Tutorial provides helpful tips about registering online and getting the classes you want. Taking the Pre-Orientation Tutorial is strongly recommended, because UCR’s online course registration system will be different than anything you have probably used before.
Travel Accommodations
Make sure your travel arrangements allow you to arrive prior to the 8:00 a.m. check-in and remain on UCR’s campus until
5:30 pm on the day of your Orientation session. If travel plans necessitate otherwise, contact our office in advance.
Everything you need to know about UC Riverside is jam-packed inside the UCR Student Resource Guide. Get the lowdown on tons of on-campus services, keep track of everything happening on the academic calendar, learn the UCR fight song, see a handy full-color campus map, find out what the deal is with Tartan Soul, and take a crash course in iLearn. All of it is wedged into a 36-page, full-color guide brimming with department locations, phone numbers and email addresses so you’ll always know where to go and who to talk to when you have a question or concern.
What to Bring
- Your UCR Student Identification Number (SID#). This is a 9-digit number and can be found on your MyUCR account.
- Photo identification
- An unofficial copy of all of your college transcripts. You are also required to send in official transcripts to Undergraduate Admissions by July 15th. This will help make the academic advising and course selection/registration process easier for you.
- Casual & comfortable clothes shoes (our program involves substantial walking)
- Notepad and pen/pencil
- The Highlander Orientation for Transfers brochure and any other UCR materials you may have questions about
- A water bottle (filled with water or your favorite sports drink)
- Spending money (you may have the opportunity to buy UCR gear at the Campus Store)
What’s provided
- Continental breakfast and lunch
- Handouts and resource guides
- Parking
- Water stations (but you should bring your own water bottle as these get very busy)