First Year Experience (FYE)
Starting your college journey is both exciting and full of new opportunities. Whether you are transitioning directly from high school or beginning college for the first time, we know there are many important decisions to make and challenges to navigate.
Our First Year Experience (FYE) program is here to support your success. FYE provides a welcoming and nurturing environment, offering educational and career guidance to help you reach your academic, professional, and personal goals.
Benefits
- First two years of tuition and fees free via LA College Promise and AB19/AB2
- Priority Registration
- Free laptops
- Travel abroad opportunities
- Guaranteed enrollment in Math, English, and other important classes
- Special FYE social and extracurricular activities
- Committed counselors to help you create an educational plan for degree completion, transfer to university, and/or preparing for your career
- Success Coaches to help answer general questions, refer resources, and support you on your college journey
- Participate in the Second Year Experience (SYE) after completing your first year
FYE Mission Statement
Los Angeles City College First Year Experience program provides students with quality educational experiences and support services to increase college completion rates.
Our institution recognizes the importance of a holistic educational experience for undergraduate success. Here at FYE, it is our goal to foster academic and career achievement through a unique combination of advising approaches that fit the needs of our diverse student population. Faculty, educational counselors, and success coaches have a vested interest and shared responsibility in counseling students in accordance with students’ values, strengths, and goals.
As a whole, we strive to equip our students with lifelong skills that align with their vision for their future and empower them to pursue learning as a lifelong endeavor in a diverse society.
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Welcome Students!
Services are available both in person and online (by appointment).
Visit us at the Student Services Building, 2nd Floor, Windows 33 & 34.
To schedule an appointment with a counselor, stop by our office or email us at cityfye@lacitycollege.edu.
FYE Office Hours
Mondays - Thursdays: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fridays: 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Phone: (323) 953-4000 ext. 2330