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With only 2 years at UCLA, transfers may feel like they are “behind” on participating in service leadership activities while having to adjust to a new environment with rigorous academic demands. ATL aims to help even the playing field by holding a week-long intensive training program that allows new transfers to volunteer with UCLA UniCamp the summer before they enter UCLA. Each year, more than 30% of the ATL class end up serving a leadership role in UniCamp beginning in the Fall of the academic year. Since UniCamp requires one year (one session) of volunteer experience to apply for leadership positions, ATL makes this possible for new transfers since they did not get to join UniCamp during the previous Winter quarter like other volunteers. Social support plays a huge part of the transfers’ adjustment in a new environment. ATL connects incoming transfers to current UCLA students, UCLA’s transfer resources, alumni, and the greater UCLA community. During training, volunteers will be closely interacting with other new transfers under the guidance of the student leadership team. Once volunteers are divided and sent up to join various camp sessions, they will be working with other UCLA volunteers that joined UniCamp during the school year. Volunteers will be part of a community of support that they can lean on once they enter UCLA after networking with upwards to a 100 other UCLA students.