High School Counselor Conference
The UC High School Counselor Conference provides counselors and advisers with the latest information, recommendations and guidance on admission policy and practice. Anyone who works with students preparing for first-year admission is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Fall 2026 UC High School Counselor Conference
We look forward to hosting our 2026 UC Counselor Conferences this fall. Programming across both the in-person and virtual conference will include the same workshops. We encourage you to register for the date and format that works best for you. All registered counselors will have access to the presentation PDFs and recordings from the virtual conference after all of the conferences have concluded.
- Tuesday, September 1, 2026 — Los Angeles @ LA Convention Center
- Thursday, September 3, 2026 — Palm Springs @ Renaissance Palm Springs
- Wednesday, September 9, 2026 — Sacramento @ SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
- Friday, September 11, 2026 — Virtual
Registration will become available at 8 a.m. PT on Friday, April 17.
Capacity is limited and advance registration is required. Registration will close one week prior to each event or once capacity has been reached (whichever occurs first).
The registration fee for the in-person events is $120 per person and the fee for the virtual conference is $60 per person, payable by credit card only. We cannot accept checks or purchase orders. Once processed, registration fees are nonrefundable and cannot be transferred to another date or location.
Conference sessions will include information about:
- UC systemwide and campus admission updates
- First-year admission basics and other advanced topics
- Advising dual enrollment students
- Preparing high school students to transfer
- UC application workshops
- UC financial aid opportunities and more!
If you have any questions about the UC Counselor Conference, email us at cnslrcon@ucop.edu.
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Presentations
2025 Conference Presentations
- UCOP and campus updates
- Admission 101 — First-year basics
- Admission 201 — Strategies for the next level
- Click. Guide. Support: UC admissions resources at your fingertips
- Decoding your (Academic history) DNA
- Hanging in the balance: The future of financial aid
- Making it clear: Transfer pathway basics
- One size doesn't fit all: Alternative majors for first-year applicants to consider
- Rodeo ready: A dual enrollment roundup
- The application station: All aboard for a breakdown of the UC application basics
- The art and science of enrollment management
- UC for all: Unlocking opportunities for undocumented students
- We just want to talk: Approaching the PIQ conversation with purpose
Prior conferences
Our conference locations change annually to provide counselors across the state access to attend in-person. Our prior year schedules can be found below beginning with 2023 when in-person conferences were again offered.
2025- San Jose — Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- San Diego — Monday, September 8 & 9, 2025
- Ventura — Thursday, September 11, 2025
- Virtual — Friday, September 12, 2025
2024
- Virtual - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Riverside - Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Sacramento - Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Redding - Thursday, September 12, 2024
2023
- Virtual - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
- Ontario - Thursday, September 7, 2023
- Merced - Tuesday, September 12, 2023
- Santa Clara - Friday, September 15, 2023