# OAR²

**Source**: https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/index.html
**Parent**: https://grad.ucsd.edu/admissions/

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### **About Us**

OAR² is dedicated to enhancing the participation and success of all students. Our programs and initiatives are designed to make graduate school more accessible to prospective students, and guide admitted students through their transition to graduate school. OAR² also strives to build a strong support system of faculty, staff, and peers to guide graduate and professional students and foster a sense of belonging and community throughout their graduate journey.

OAR² graduate programs and activities are open to all eligible students. OAR² programs and activities do not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.

### **Background**

The office of Outreach, Access, Recruitment, and Retention (written as OAR² or OAR^2, and pronounced as “O-A-R squared”) is housed within the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs.

## Get to know us and what we do

### Meet the OAR² Team

Our student-centered team leads programming designed to provide support systems for our UC San Diego graduate students and make graduate education accessible for prospective students.

[Click Here](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/team/staff/index.html)

### OAR² Programs and Initiatives

Our programs and initiatives provide opportunities for students to gain a supportive community, mentorship, research experiences, and summer programming.

[Click Here](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/programs/index.html)

**Non Discrimination Statement**: In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. More information about [Proposition 209 can be found here](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&sectionNum=SEC.%2031.&article=I). More information about the [University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.](https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination)

## [OAR²](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/index.html)

- Office of OAR²
  - [OAR² Team](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/team/index.html)
  - [OAR² Advisory Board](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/advisory-board/index.html)
  - [OAR² Programs & Initiatives](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/oar2office/programs/index.html)
- [Programs and Resources](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/programs-resources/index.html)
- [GEPA Awards](https://grad.ucsd.edu/oar2/gepa-awards-homepage.html)