PACE ULS accompanied 137 students qualified with a PACE quota in the 2020 Enrollment Process

Pace registration

The PACE team is inserted once again into the Enrollment Process to receive students who enter through this route.

The Accompaniment and Access to Higher Education Program (PACE) of the Ministry of Education, implemented by the University of La Serena since 2015, for the fourth consecutive year received students who entered via quota, PSU or special admission to higher education , belonging to the Program, enrolling a total of 137 students (PACE Quota 55, PSU PACE 81 and Special Entry PACE 1).

In order to know and guide new students entering higher education from the first moment, the PACE program team deployed all its professionals for this new admission and enrollment process of the House of Higher Studies, of the 137 students, the program accompanied 70 students in person and 67 online.

In this regard, the Executive Director of the APRENDE and PACE ULS Program, Viviana Romero, expressed “This Enrollment process has been different from previous years, because we had several date changes in the processes, however, I highlight that our University anticipated it by properly planning the 2020 process, through the work of the Admission and Enrollment Department, in conjunction with the Information and Computing Center, managing to effectively enable the enrollment procedure, both online and in person, added to the collaborative work of the various units that participate in this ”.

The PACE Program of the University of La Serena accompanies around 1700 3rd and 4th year students, who upon completing and passing the program can apply for a place in higher education, as long as they are in the top 15%. of your school's grade ranking.

Pace registration 2In this sense, the Coordinator of the Secondary Education Preparation area of ​​PACE (PEM), Jovanna González, pointed out that: “The importance of the enrollment process is that it constitutes the closure of the entire journey that begins in secondary education, during which vocational exploration actions are developed, visits to the university, workshops, conversations with students, reinforcement of transversal skills, among other actions are carried out.

On the other hand, the Coordinator of the Higher Education Accompaniment (AES) component of the PACE Program, Claudia Toledo, explained what the complementary Route that the program implemented in this 2020 Enrollment process consisted of. “The first point was the PACE Stand, in which we received the students with their families, providing relevant information about who is part of the team, material about the accompaniment that the program has and how to request it, the second point is the characterization interview, in which the PACE team obtains specific information on new students, vital for the academic and psychoeducational support processes; and, finally, the signing of a letter of commitment, in which the new students accept the accompaniment of the program, together with the signing of a letter of consent for image use and the taking of a photograph for internal use."

Student experience

The greatest difficulty in the 2020 Registration process was the uncertainty caused by the country's situation, which is why orientation was the fundamental pillar of the program.

In this context, Alexis Jofré, a student enrolled in the Mechanical Civil Engineering program, expressed his gratitude to the program professionals: “I want to thank the PACE program team for all the help and guidance they gave me throughout the entire process, since I was very clear about all the steps I had to follow to enroll.”

While Paulina Álvarez, a student enrolled in Mechanical Engineering, stated: “The help they gave me was great, they clarified my doubts and helped me complete my registration process with a lot of patience and dedication.”

Finally, Fresia Araya, mother of a student who entered Pedagogy in Differential Education, thanked all the work that PACE gave to her daughter: “The support that the PACE team gave us was excellent, I did not expect so much dedication from the team, I am truly leaving happy, with my daughter already enrolled and with the film much clearer, ready to begin her first year at university.”

Written by Daniel Aguayo, APRENDE Programs - PACE ULS