Scholar Support and Success

• Pending good academic standing, the program will support Scholars in obtaining paid summer research and/or internship opportunities during each summer quarter of undergraduate study
• Scholarship determined upon admission to the program

• Required participation in a 6-10 week pre-matriculation Summer Bridge program contingent on admittance
• Access to year-round resources at the Teaching + Learning Commons, including;
  • Academic Achievement Hub
  • Writing Hub
• Individualized academic advising

• High touch, ongoing mentorship with PATHS Graduate Advocates, dedicated STEM Faculty Advocates, and STEM alumni mentors
• Campus Cultural Centers
  • Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American (APIMEDA) Programs & Services
  • Black Resource Center
  • Cross Cultural Center
  • Intertribal Resource Center
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center
  • Raza Resource Center
  • Women’s Center
  • Additional Campus Resources
• Year-round Cohort Activities
• Family events and activities to foster families' engagement and investment in the success of PATHS Scholars

• Targeted efforts to cultivate and nurture Scholars’ STEM identities
• Research methodology laboratory training and certification during first year
• Interactions with STEM faculty, researchers, and professionals from a range of career pathways in STEM
• Paid summer research and/or internships, pending good academic standing
• Cohort Activities with representatives of local STEM industry, both on campus and within the San Diego community
• Professional development resources to guide entry into career paths in research, professional school, or industry
• EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio
• Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP)

Where are our Scholars this Summer?

Goldman Sachs - P4 Scholar (Full Time Analyst Position)
Tandem Diabetes Care -  P4 Scholar (Full-Time Software Testing Tools Engineer)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - P4 Scholar (Software Engineer)
Masters Program
- (P6 Scholar) BS/MS Program in Computer Science at UCSD
- (P4 Scholar) BS/MS in Biology Education at UCSD
- (P5 Scholar) BS/MS program in Biological Sciences with the Rao Lab at La Jolla Institute for Immunology
- (P5 Scholar) BS/MS Program in Biology at UCSD
- (P4 Scholar) MS in Applied Statistics & Data Science @ UCLA
- (P4 Scholar) MS in Biotechnology at UC Irvine
Summer Research Assistant
- (P4 Scholar) Lee Laboratory at UCSD
- (P1 Scholar) The Displacement and Health Research Center at UCSD
- (P6 Scholar) Larsen Lab at Clemson University
- (P6 Scholar) Ackerman Lab at UC San Diego
- (P6 Scholar) UCSD Language Acquisition & Sound Recognition Lab
Dexcom
- (P5 Scholar) Customer Experience Intern
- (P5 Scholar) Processing Engineer Internship
- (P6 Scholar) Software Engineering Intern
Eli Lilly
- 2 P6 Scholars - Summer Research Assistants
URS Ledell Family Research
- (P6 Scholar) Scholarships for Science and Engineering
Summer Research Experience (SURE) at UCSD
- (P5 Scholar) Viterbi
- (P6 Scholar) Columbia Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program
Janelia Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- 2 P6 Scholars
California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS)
- (P5 Scholar) Resident Advisor
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
- 2 P6 scholar interns
Internship
- (P5 Scholar) Gene Therapy Intern
- (P6 Scholar) Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern
- (P6 Scholar) Arcus Biosciences Biology Intern
- (P6 Scholar) Dynovas Engineering Intern
- (P6 Scholar) Eli Lilly Internship, Iambic Therapeutics Intern
- (P6 Scholar) Chemical Engineering Internship Summer Internship
Programs
- (P6 Scholar) McKnight Pecot Fellowship at Azim Lab at Salk Institute of Biological Studies
- (P6 Scholar) UCLA/CDU Summer Health Professions Education Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine
Johnson and Johnson
- P6 Scholar intern
Global Seminars
- (P6 Scholar) Genetics, Diversity, and Human Biology in Tokyo
Pathmaker - (P6 Scholar) Clinical work
Kaisers Hospice Program - P6 Scholar