UC Merced Students First Center Student Assitant

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Study Aborad

Be sure to follow danielaucmsfc as she studies abroad in Turkey!! 

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Dani takes Turkey part one:

Let me start off by saying Turkish people are soooo NICE!

The University I am staying at is super HUGE nothing even close to UC Merced. It’s also on this huge mountain or hill so there is sooooo many stairs and so much walking. Lets just say I don’t have to worry about leg day at the gym anymore haha!

I started my orientation this Monday and I’m 10 hours ahead of you all so its already nighttime for me here. Which is a total struggle I haven’t been able to sleep at all at night!! It’s really going to take a while for me to get used to everything here. The food is so much different to. Lord help me! hahah

On the bright side I have meet people from all around the world, it’s amazing! So many people are also staying here a whole year. I definitely could not do a whole year! hahah I already miss home so much! I just hope I start to get used to everything soon before I have a mental break down!!

I hope you all are starting this semester strong and staying motivated! We will get through this together!

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Sounds like fun!! We miss you!!

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Fall Semester!

Just a reminder the Fall 2015 payment is due today at 4:00!! And fall instruction will begin next Wednesday on August 26th.

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August Is Here!

There’s only two more weeks of summer session!! Finish strong bobcats and remember to look out for all the important dates and deadlines happening this month! 

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Could this be: All the colors of Froot Loops taste the same?!?

Sorry to break it to you, but apparently there never were fruits in Froot Loops. 

If you thought that each color tasted differently, it’s because your visual perception of the colors led you to think they should taste differently, when in fact they don’t. This is according to Ann-Marie Oswald, a coordinating scientist of the “Deconstructing the Sense of Smell” program at UC Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.

In this case, the taste —which is closely tied to our sense of smell— was confounded by the connection between the visual and olfactory sensation. 

Smell is one of the most difficult senses to describe in scientific terms because the olfactory system is highly complex. Many of the mechanisms and properties that contribute to our responses to smell still remain a mystery.

What do you think? Are you still convinced that the purple Froot Loops are grape-flavored?

Photo credit: Foodbeast

[krisucmsfc]

This past week I got to go to Kappa Sigma's Grand Conclave and our chapter here at UC Merced won a lot of awards! I also got to meet other members from all over. Going Greek was a great way to make friends and become a leader. If you want to see more about Greek life here at UCM visit http://fraternitysorority.ucmerced.edu

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This is where we are located! 

The Students First Center is located on the 1st Floor of the Kolligian Library! 

Behind the Lantern Cafe! 

Stop By if you have any questions Regarding financial aid admissions and registrar!

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Orienation

Freshman Orientation for the summer started yesterday! It’s great to see everyone so excited to come to UC Merced this Fall!! 

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reading the first question on a test like

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UC Merced is now accepting Transfer applications for Spring 2016. Be sure to submit yours by July 31st!

UC Application

This is University of California’s application for undergraduate admission and scholarships. Here you can apply online to these UC campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz.

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We went floating this weekend, it's always fun to float during the summer here!!

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At the ASCEND conference almost 2 years ago!

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I like my schedule for Junior year! I am 15 more classes away from graduating with a double major in Psychology and Economics with a minor in Sociology!!

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New Home!! :)

This is our first week in our new home and I am so excited! For the most part I am living with the same 5 people I have lived with on campus for the past 2 years. Although we are super close, we have already had some conflicts but I’m sure it will all get resolved soon. We still need to go get a few more things and do some repairs but for the most part I am happy! 

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JUNE 1ST! 

Very important deadline for us Bobcats! 

Make sure to turn in all those documents in by this deadline!