<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>For those who are familiar with the UCI Campus, where do you park if you're going to the Explore UCI Event on Tuesday/Wednesday? The directions say to park in the "Mesa Parking Structure"....Where is that relative to the Bren Events Center and is there a "parking permit" dispenser of some sort since it says parking costs like $7.</p>
<p>For the Bren Events Center, the Mesa parking structure is relatively close. It is like right next to it, actually. When you drive into the structure, there should be a person collecting the money in exchange for the parking permit for the day or something like that.</p>
<p>I hope this helps</p>
<p><a href="http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_06_Map.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_06_Map.pdf</a></p>
<p>Check page 4/5, The Bren Events Center is in the pink region and the stars represent parking areas.</p>
<p>I was there today and I don't think you can turn right onto Mesa from West Peltason..... :(...means I have to go around...maybe along Pereira?</p>
<p>If you guys are going to the events does that mean you will be missing school?</p>
<p>No this week is spring break for me. Who is going tomorrow? I am!</p>
<p>yep! I'm on spring break as well</p>
<p>My son is going to the Explore UCI/Explore Engineering program tomorrow.
Are parents welcome at these events? I won't go if other parents aren't going. I know he can handle this himself, and I certainly don't want to tag along if it is just for students.</p>
<p>For those of you have been already this week, what was the parent attendance like? Should I stay or should I go?</p>
<p>I saw a lot of parents on campus. I went with my parents when I did explore UCI. I believe explore UCI is just campus and housing tours. I'm not sure about the explore engineering program</p>
<p>i was late on rsvp-ing for explore uci, but i think i will be checking out the campus at a later date. i just recently decided to make UCI a possible choice. i would really appreciate it if after everyone gets back to kind of sum up their thoughts and such about uci.
thanks!</p>
<p>I went last week during my Spring break, and yeah, they had some guy collecting money at the parking structure, which is an easy walk to everything.</p>
<p>I'm going to a couple more UCs this week and next before deciding, and I have to take off from school, but so are other kids -- it's the only way we can do it, and our school is understanding about it.</p>
<p>Haha, it's senior year. Any excuse to miss class is a good excuse. ;)</p>
<p>I went to Explore UCI today. What a great program they put on for the students and parents! My mom and I went and it's very much tailored to BOTH students and parents. There's a program in the Bren Events Center from 9 am to 11 am. The Director of Admissions, Assistant Dean of Students, and a student all had great things to say in their speeches. After that they break you into groups depending on your major where they have information sessions on that major. </p>
<p>After that you're free to take a campus and housing tour if you haven't already done so. My friend and I decided to go around campus with a freshmen we knew from our high school and he took us through the dorms, to the ARC, and a class for an hour.</p>
<p>All in all it was a great day and I've pretty much made my decision to attend UCI.</p>
<p>As far as missing class goes, I think almost everyone was missing school. I rarely go to school anymore anyway. We're going to Cal Poly tomorrow so I'll miss another two days there, but it's not like we're doing anything in class anyway.</p>
<p>that sounds awesome. davis had a similar program and im kinda bummed i didnt get to see irvine in the same way. but im sure it would have blown me away. i mean they are all trying to recruit us haha</p>
<p>I went on Tuesday and it was a very enjoyable experience. The speakers were very nice and had wonderful things to say.</p>
<p>I plan on going April 21 (Celebrate UCI & Explore UCI) </p>
<p>Hopefully it will have the same programs as 8,9,and 10</p>