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Fall 2023 Tiger Access Program (TAP) nominations open Wednesday, August 2!

• Click here to read more about this fall's TAP programming, including virtual and fly-in options for prospective Occidental students. We ask that counselors and community-based organizations nominate individuals for the fly-in program happening in early November; students can also nominate themselves. 

Admission and Financial Aid

• We're staying test optional indefinitely.
• California residents who qualify for the Cal Grant will now have 100% of their tuition covered by Occidental with Occidental's Cal Grant Promise.
• New Early Decision II deadline: January 10

Academics

• The Computing IRL immersive program consists of a connected set of courses in which students will see how computing techniques and ideas are informed by their interaction with the real world.
• We're investing not only in the diversity of our student body, but in our faculty with the help of a five-year, $950,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. 
• A three-year, $247,500 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation will fund our latest effort to increase the number of underrepresented and first-generation students pursuing STEM degrees. 
• Oxy Arts, the community-based arts hub of Occidental College, "explores how to expand the idea of a 'teaching museum' to provide access to pedagogical resources outside the walls of an individual institution and the academy as a whole" with the latest exhibition Encoding Futures. 
• The Obama Scholars Program joins Campaign Semester and the U.N. Program as one of the Oxy-specific programs available to promising students, propelling them toward leadership and impact for the public good after life at Oxy.

Facilities

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  Our newly constructed De Mandel Aquatics Center is open to athletes and the entire student body.
• The sweeping renovations at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center make it possible for Oxy’s tennis teams to train and compete in facilities that meet NCAA and conference standards.
• The features of the newly constructed Choi Family Music Production Center include a recording studio, a control room and a 16-student music computer lab, making it the new venue for our music production, film scoring, audio engineering and songwriting courses.
• Newly remodeled spaces that are part of the Anderson Center for Environmental Sciences feature state-of-the-art instructional and laboratory facilities that allow Occidental scholars to gain hands-on experience, technological literacy and competencies with modern equipment.