Exceptional Pre College UX Design Program for High Schoolers at California Polytechnic University

Accommodations

Just like a college student at Cal Poly, students share a dorm room with roommates and use a common bathroom. Floors are gender-segregated and rooms contain an extra-long twin size bed, desks, drawers, mirror and a closet.

Your Resident Advisor (RA) will live on your hall to create a community, provide support, plan activities and help you get the most out of your stay at Cal Poly. Other members of the Summer Springboard staff also live on campus and are available to support students and tackle emergencies, 24 hours a day.

Security

All dormitories have 24-hour security and uses electronic keys to enter each building and dorm room. University security is on 24-hour patrol and available to any student that may need assistance during the Cal Poly summer program for high school students.

Facilities

Your dormitory is part of a complex of buildings around a courtyard. Each building has laundry facilities, lounges and high speed wireless internet throughout.

The university is committed to providing a healthy, smoke-free environment for students, faculty and staff. Accordingly, no smoking is permitted in student rooms or inside buildings, including lounges and balconies.

Dining

Cal Poly Campus Dining is focused on serving a variety of delicious options to fuel our campus community. You’ll find everything from authentic Mexican to Mongolian rice bowls to good ol’ American flavors. Whatever you are in the mood for, you’ll get the extra satisfaction knowing that Campus Dining is committed to local fresh sourcing and other sustainable practices.

Transportation

Residential students that purchase an airport pick-up and/or drop-off service travel through San Luis

Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP).

• Pick-up on the FIRST day of the program

For students who purchase an airport transfer through Summer Springboard @ Cal Poly, 

please use the following guidance when booking your arriving flight to SBP airport:

• **San Luis Obispo Regional County Airport (SBP) **

• SBP Pick-up Window: flight arrives ​between 11am-3:30pm

• Depart for campus at 4pm

• Approximately 20 minute drive to campus

• Drop-off on the LAST day of the program

For students who purchase an airport transfer through Summer Springboard @ Cal Poly, please use the following guidance when booking your departing flight from SBP airport:

• SSB drop-off at SBP at 10:00am: flight departs SBP at 12:00pm (noon) or later. If a flight is booked late in the afternoon/evening your child will not be accompanied by a SSB @ Cal Poly staff member while waiting for their flight to depart.

Students who do not purchase airport transfers with Summer Springboard @ Cal Poly may fly into the following nearby airports and arrange their own travel to/from campus: San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) (approx. 12 min drive time to campus); Los Angeles International (LAX) (approx 4 hour drive time to campus); Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) (approx 1-2 hour drive time to campus); San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (approx 4 hour drive to campus), or, San Jose International Airport (SJO) (approx 3 hour drive to campus).

• Please use a rideshare or shuttle service to/from Cal Poly SLO campus. To location: Muir Hall, 1 Grand Avenue, Bldg 107, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.

• Check-in and Check-out will take place inside Muir Hall. Please look for signs directing you to the parking area. Summer Springboard @ Cal Poly will have tables and large signs inside Muir Hall for check-in and check-out.