<p>Hi Tiffany,</p>
<p>I sent in my picture for my Bruin Card but have yet to receive it by mail.</p>
<p>Assuming we sent in a valid picture through the Bruin Card website, do we receive our bruin cards on the day of our Orientation?</p>
<p>Sorry to keep asking questions but when we meet with our department counselors,is it in groups or individually?</p>
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Not a problem at all, I’m here to help for now! To answer your question, after you have lunch with your OC, you’ll go over to your department building (Psychology-Franz, Anthropology-Haines, ETC) and you’ll meet with someone in the department who can answer all your questions about the degree requirements, or anything else really. They should also provide you with a list of courses they are offering fall/winter/spring (or expected to offer). You don’t get to meet with them individually, because there are…probably like 20-30 other transfers who are in that room and obviously the person doesn’t have time to meet with all of you, lol. They do stay afterwards to answer individual questions, but other than that, your OC can pretty much take care of your questions, they train a lot!</p>
<p>To gcarrillojr: I wouldn’t advise sending in your picture…but I guess it’s too late for that! What ends up happening is that they stretch out your picture (or something of the sort) and it makes it look a bit…distorted, LOL. Anyways, because they know your Orientation is soon, they would probably hold it for you and when you go ask for it, they should have it. Or maybe you can sneak in and get a new one! The Bruincard picture is actually given to your professors on their roster sheet (so if they print it, they know how you look like!) I find this especially in sections/small courses. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>To Salmos: I’ve had some history courses in there actually. To be honest, I don’t like it either. The classrooms are big, but I just…I don’t know, maybe it’s my OCD or the fact that the women’s bathroom is always so dirty. Sorry to place a negative perspective…):
You’ll find that even though that is your department building, you’ll have a bunch of courses outside of it.
Oh and the bag thing…it’s not just for Orientation…it’s forever, LOL. You’re allowed to get ONE piece of fruit or TWO cookies or ONE dessert/ice cream cone, but that’s all. </p>
<p>To 323Guy: Sorry about that…but everyone has most likely had their first pass. Luckily for you all…you get to enroll in all your courses (which should be 3!) It gets better Winter quarter since you are all junior status, and thus get better enrollment dates…I would hope! I actually met a friend (who is a Psychology major) who didn’t get into any of the courses she wanted to get into for Fall quarter and the first week of classes, she crashed all the courses she wanted to get, and got in. It didn’t work so well Spring quarter…lol, but try to crash, and honestly–be on URSA because people drop ALL the time! If they are “non-enrollment” sections, your OC will register you, no worries. </p>
<p>To ybgirl: Like you said! That’s a huge no-no, lol. Sometimes Psychology/Psychobiology majors cannot pass 100A/B so they have to change majors…so why would they allow a student to take a course that requires those pre-reqs if they don’t even pass them? Haha. I know! If you don’t take 100A/B you’re screwed (lol) but you can take other courses for your minor if needed, your OC will go over that with you.</p>
<p>I hope everyone had a great weekend! I can’t believe it went by so fast! I was a huge procrastinator and now I might not get a lot of sleep this week…anyways, I know Orientations are coming up so I hope you all enjoy yourselves. Remember, it will be hot! Bring a water bottle! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask while I’m still around here!</p>
<p>-Tiffany.</p>
<p>So how does the orientation work in terms of the OC. Do you get matched with an OC according to your major? Because I’m an MIMG major and I’m switching to neuroscience. I called the neuroscience department counselor and she said she would change it for me at orientation.
Or when we go with our OC to the major department do they automatically take you to the department of your current major even if you want to switch?</p>
<p>Okay thanks. I was also wondering if we need to do a petition or get a PTE code, do we do that with our OC?</p>
<p>Tiffany, seeing as how you must have gotten a full ride because of regents, did you have any outside scholarships? I got about 10k in outside scholarships from my community college and I’m kind of bummed that the financial aid office told me that they would reduce my grants from UCLA in order to compensate. I know either way I’m covered but I wouldn’t have gone through all of that work to know I wouldn’t get to keep the scholarships and they could have gone to someone else.</p>
<p>Also, do you really think it’s better to get our bruin card at orientation? My orientation date is tomorrow and I haven’t sent in my picture yet. I just assumed that there would be this impossible line and it would take forever. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>First off, thank you for the thread and putting in so much time to answer questions and help people.</p>
<p>I was wondering if you could elaborate on Regents criteria. My main question is if it’s possible to qualify based on only gpa/financial need. Would a 4.0, 0 EFC transfer have no chance of getting it without ECs and other things?</p>
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I doubt it, to be honest. There’s so many students that meet that already that they don’t consider it as much as they probably used to. Sorry, but glad I could help!</p>
<p>To IndieRockNRoll: Nope, I didn’t. The fact is, I didn’t apply to any outside scholarships because I knew I would be in the same situation you’re in now, lol. :/<br>
As for your other question…if you didn’t mail in your picture and your Orientation is tomorrow or soon, you’ll have to get it done on campus anyways. I prefer it actually. If it’s not that packed, I would go the earlier the better (but not so early that everyone from Orientation is going) because the workers are actually nice, lol. Sometimes they’ll let you see or re-take your picture. </p>
<p>To Calile63: If you do have to petition/get a PTE numbers, that’s all up to you, nothing to do with your OC, lol. </p>
<p>To nooriebee: I mentioned this twice in the thread, pay attention! (jk, not really!) Usually, your OCs are of a completely different major than yours. It doesn’t matter because they really know their stuff, and if you have specific questions, you can ask those in your departmental meeting after lunch.
About the switch, let your OC know about it ASAP so hopefully you can join the others in the departmental group meeting…but worst comes to worst…you can switch during your meeting with your OC (after browsing for courses). </p>
<p>Hope everyone who is coming onto campus tomorrow has fun! Let us know how it went! I’ll be in the hospital and then campus all day…(literally!) </p>
<p>-Tiffany.</p>
<p>Haha. What I meant was where or who do we go to if we need to do a petition for a pre-req/get a PTE code?</p>
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I was running on two hours of sleep, I apologize, lol.</p>
<p>To answer your question…if you need to file a petition you do that with your corresponding college, whether that be AAP or the College.<br>
To get a PTE code, you speak directly to your professor. I met some people who approached their professors after seeing the course was W-Listed and they got a PTE code.</p>
<p>It’s almost 7, and I saw a bunch of cars already heading towards campus. 
I’m glad I’ll be in South campus the rest of the day! Have fun!</p>
<p>Quick question: if you were invited to AAP Scholar’s Day but you weren’t able to go, is one still considered part of the program? It seems like their counseling unit is a lot more in-depth and personable.</p>
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That’s a good question! AAP doesn’t actually expect everyone to go, but yes–you still are apart of AAP. There was some people who RSVPed who didn’t end up going actually. So don’t worry…and I know! AAP counselors and just AAP in general ROCK. To all those taking difficult courses, there’s tutoring!! Take advantage of it!</p>
<p>Hi Tiffany,</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the financial aid. So I’m in the process of accepting my financial aid award and I’m unsure whether I am supposed to self-report scholarships that I received while in community college. Am I supposed to list the scholarships I received whilst in community college?</p>
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<p>Sorry to butt in but I actually called the financial aid office about this a few days ago and yes you do have to include any outside scholarships. Especially if they are going to UCLA before being disbursed to you (like mine are).</p>
<p>To gcarrillojr: Are you asking if you should report scholarships that you’ve received DURING your stay at your CC? Or are you asking whether or not you should report scholarships that you’ve gotten from your CC? If you’re asking the second one, then the answer is YES, you must report any scholarship that you may be getting to UCLA FA, so they can take away some of the FA they have given you.</p>
<p>hey RheeL3, im going to be a junior this fall. If I had a sort of rocky year sophmore year and if I get straight A’s junior year taking 4 AP’s while scoring well on the SAT do I have a shot at UCLA? its my dream. I also volunteer at UCLA and am on the swimming/diving/and waterpolo teams. thanks for your time</p>
<p>I received a couple of scholarships in May while I was still taking courses in community college. Would I have to report them?</p>
<p>Hello? sorry im really anxious for your answer =]</p>
<p>To gcarrillojr: So basically, you already got the scholarship and won’t be getting it again? If that’s the case then no. They want to know the money/scholarships you’re getting FOR specifically UCLA. </p>
<p>To swimfishie: I’m not good at chancing, and as my initial post on this thread stated, I will not chance people, sorry about that! Besides, people need more information than just that! When I was a senior applying for the UCs…I had a 4.5, 2200 SATs, 5000+ volunteer hours, Varsity tennis, peer tutor, CSF, NHS, and probably so much more I can’t remember at the moment…
Regardless, good luck to you!</p>
<p>Hi Tiffany,</p>
<p>If we have accepted our Work-Study on the eFan can we begin applying to job offers posted on the UCLA Work-Study website? Or are the Fall jobs going to be listed later in the summer?</p>