ACE prepares undergraduate scholars for admission to graduate and professional degree programs. The program.
ACE Mission--
The Academic Community of Excellence prepares undergraduate scholars for admission to graduate and professional degree programs. The program emphasizes academic excellence, undergraduate research and other scholarly activity, and leadership and service. ACE Benefits--
Residence in the ACE living learning community (sophomore year only)
Two courses designed to strengthen students’ ca
Connecting, learning, and growing! 🌟 The Academic Community of Excellence spent Oct 17–18 at the UC Davis Conference, networking with peers, speaking with recruiters, and gaining insight into the path toward pre-health professional schools. 💙
08/24/2025
The new semester is almost here, and it’s your time to shine, seniors! 💥 Join us for the ACE Senior Mixer — a chance to reconnect with your fellow seniors, share some laughs, enjoy great food, and get pumped for your final year. 🥳🍴
PLUS: We’ll be unveiling an exciting new project that directly involves YOU — don’t miss this exclusive first look! 👀
Let’s kick off senior year the right way. See you there! 💼💬
08/24/2025
The new semester is almost here, and it’s your time to shine, seniors! 💥 Join us for the ACE Senior Mixer — a chance to reconnect with your fellow seniors, share some laughs, enjoy great food, and get pumped for your final year. 🥳🍴
We’ll be unveiling an exciting new project that directly involves YOU — don’t miss this exclusive first look! 👀
Let’s kick off senior year the right way. See you there! 💼💬
05/06/2025
Join us in celebrating another ACE Alumni! This week we recognize the success and achievements of Dr. Daniel Georgie. Dr. Georgie has been pivotal in mentoring some of the ACE undergraduate pre-health students. We are very grateful for his contributions and proud of his success!
04/28/2025
Scholar spotlight!! Join us in celebrating Alyssa Rodriguez. Alyssa is interested in pursuing a M.D. after graduation. She also recently presented her research at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research at Cal State San Bernardino. We are so proud she is part of our community!
04/14/2025
Join us in congratulating rising junior Samyuta Maradani.🎊 Sam was recently accepted into a Business Analytics Master’s program here at Loyola Marymount University! We are very happy for you Sam, we wish you all the best with your program📚❤️
04/08/2025
Alumni in the spotlight‼️ This week we are featuring Dr. Travis Shirley-Scott. Dr. Shirley-Scott graduated from LMU in 2011 and went on to pursue neuropsychology at Fordham University. 📚🎓
If you’re interested in learning more about Dr. Shirley-Scott connect with him on LinkedIn.
Once again we are so proud of our program alumni and their success after graduation. 🎉
Contact us if you’re interested in being featured!
04/07/2025
Join us in congratulating ACE Scholar Isabella Chhina! We are so proud of her and eagerly looking forward to the speech she will deliver during graduation.
❤️🎉❤️🎉
03/18/2025
This week we are highlighting one of our Ace Scholars: Sarah Omachi!
Sarah has been highly involved on campus and in ACE. If you had a chance to attend our recognition event you would have heard Sarah present the senior address. She was recently accepted into Harvard for her graduate program! We are so proud of Sarah and all that she has accomplished.
Keep up the great work❤️
03/11/2025
Hi everyone,
As you may know, today is LMU’s 2025 Day of Giving!
I am not asking you to give, but feel free to share the following announcement with family, faculty, staff, and others who may want to give toward ACE’s efforts to support you on your path to graduate and professional school. Add a personalized message along with the announcement if you’d like. ACE website: www.lmu.edu/ace
Best,
Academic Community of Excellence
01/15/2025
We’re still taking applications for our 2025-2026 ACE Cohort! Please show your interest in participating in this program by filling out an application by the priority deadline of February 1, 2025. Looking forward to meeting our new ACE Cohort!
