University of California Undergraduate Student Experience Survey (UCUES)

Student Level Reports

The Freshman Experience - This Powerpoint presentation reports on the first year UCI experiences of Fall 2005 direct entrants from high school. It specifically compares and contrasts Undecided/Undeclared entrants to all other first year students. Topics include college goals, time allocation, academic experiences, learning gains achieved, obstacles to academic success, observations about the research university, participation in extracurricular activities, and overall satisfaction with UCI.

Sophomore Slump - Research suggests that the second year of college is the most stressful, with more demands made upon students and fewer available support mechanisms and new opportunities remaining to explore the college environment. This report and its attendant Powerpoint presentation compare the perceptions of first-year and second-year direct entrants from high school on overall satisfaction, campus climate, academic engagement, time allocation, academic program quality, and extracurricular involvement. The results of this study present evidence from several outcomes supporting a "sophomore slump" among UCI students.

Direct Entrants versus Transfer Students - This report compares perceptions of UCI between Fall 2003 direct entrants from high school who have reached junior standing and Fall 2005 new transfer students who entered UCI as juniors. UCUES topics reviewed include student background characteristics, academic engagement, civic engagement, and overall satisfaction with UCI. In addition, data on recent years honors conferred at graduation are discussed.

Results indicate that transfer students are more academically engaged, spend more time on classes and studying outside of class, but are less likely to be civically engaged than are direct entrants. Also, transfers report more satisfaction with their UCI grade point averages and the UCI academic experience than do direct entrants, but transfers are less satisfied with the social experience at UCI than are direct entrants.

Demographics of UCI Respondents - This series of tables summarizes demographics for UCI UCUES respondents and nonrespondents.

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