Information for Students
Learn how to join ETS, what activities and field trips we offer, and what it means to be an ETS student.
Planning your future
The UC Davis Educational Talent Search Program (ETS) will help you identify your strengths and structure your future goals. We help 1000 students each year from communities in Yolo, Sacramento and Solano Counties.
With our help, you will complete an educational assessment recommendation and an educational plan that will prepare you to succeed in your educational goals. We will help you enroll in academic courses that will prepare you for college and encourage you to achieve a C- or higher. You will receive a minimum of 10 hours of support services which will help you understand the college preparation process, develop study skills and begin to explore career possibilities.
Field Trips
If you consistently attend ETS’ academic workshops you will be invited to special field trips to UC Davis and other Northern California universities. Events include Preview Day, the Fall Family Gathering, college visits, student leadership conferences and college fairs.
Middle School Students
The ETS staff visits middle schools to provide:
Workshops on:
- career exploration
- college options
- test taking skills
- writing skills
- time-management
Activities on:
- self-esteem
- study skills
- college motivation
- values clarification
- goal setting
- encouragement for enrollment in college preparatory courses for high school
- career exploration
- field trips to colleges
- academic tutoring
High School Students
ETS program counselors attend high schools weekly to provide academic monitoring and skill building. Some program activities include:
Assistance with:
- scholarship applications
- college admission applications
- financial aid applications
- letters of recommendation
Workshops on:
- test preparation,
- career exploration,
- self-esteem,
- study skills,
- goal setting,
- test-taking,
- time-management,
- résumé preparation,
- personal motivation and leadership skills,
- college survival skills,
- high school success
- one-on-one college preparation advising
- parent information nights
- visits to college campuses
- student leadership conferences