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Undergraduate Admissions News

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is responsible for delivering services and resources to assist students in their admission and transition to UNLV. Services include community outreach, recruiting and enrolling undergraduate students, and new student orientation programming.

Current Undergraduate Admissions News

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Campus News |

Through the smiles and tears, parents at Rebel Ready Week share their thoughts on sending a child off to college.

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People |

The two-time alumnus and now doctoral student helps show prospective Rebels everything UNLV has to offer as assistant director for visitor experience and engagement.

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Campus News |

Students compete through hands-on STEM projects while learning about the possibilities of a UNLV education.

Rebels Make It Happen branded statement on signage with the U-N-L-V brand at its base, on campus.
Campus News |

Learn more about FAFSA and other financial aid resources, admissions, registering for classes, military and veteran benefits, and more!

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Campus News |

Academic leaders remove enrollment barriers, expand regional recruitment efforts, and improve communication through personalized support.

children participating in the Jr. Rebels summer camp at UNLV
Business and Community |

Centralized registration streamlines process for parents seeking university summer camps and programming for K-12 students.

Undergraduate Admissions In The News

PBS

Meet CCSD students who spent part of their summer on the UNLV campus for the Young Rebels Program “Starting the School Year Full STEAM Ahead Day Camp."

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Thousands of students have returned to campus at UNLV this week in preparation for classes that start on Monday. The fall semester will see record-breaking enrollment numbers for the university with 32,000 students expected to attend classes this fall. Around one-third of those students are new students coming to campus for the first time.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Campus connection is the key to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s “Young Rebels” summer program, officials say, which allows young people to envision themselves participating in college life. “We call them our future rebels,” said Devan Harris, Early Outreach Coordinator. “They would have those opportunities to interact with faculty and current students at a really young age.”

Nevada Current

For higher education, one of the biggest challenges leftover from the pandemic years is getting students to sign up. In recent years enrollment at many Nevada higher education institutions — like higher education institutions nationally — has plateaued compared to pre-pandemic levels. But at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas the tide has finally turned.

KSNV-TV: News 3

This year, freshmen participating in 'Rebel Ready Week' will move into campus housing earlier than usual, getting a head start on their introduction to college life. Rebel Ready Week will take place from Monday, Aug. 21, to Friday, Aug. 25.

The Imprint

We know that teenagers who experience foster care face adverse experiences across multiple domains, such as housing, juvenile incarceration and in schooling. Throughout history, we can see that they are more likely to experience adverse outcomes indicative of economic hardship: adult poverty, homelessness, unemployment and underemployment, and low rates of educational attainment. To combat these outcomes, many seek higher education.

Recent Undergraduate Admissions Accomplishments

Ross Bryant (Veteran Services), Tracy Johnson (Wilson Advising Center), and Allison McSwain (Admissions) made presentations at the 2014 NSHE Southern Nevada Diversity Summit. Bryant and Johnson presented "Keys to Veteran Success and Retention: A UNLV Model." The office of veteran services and the Student Veterans & Military Family Services…