Any Questions for a Current UCLA Student(s)?

<p>Do you recommend transfers to live on campus? Or should I just get an apartment with couple of friends? Would my financial aid change if I don’t live in the dorms?(on my fasfa I picked on campus housing)</p>

<p>@Rheel_3</p>

<p>wow…are you still answering questions for people?? you are a good person.</p>

<p>^
Yes I’m still here. I decided to wait a bit, plus I had a bunch of work going on and in the process of gaining an internship, so I’m running around all of UCLA, haha. </p>

<p>To shsjj: I do recommend transfers living on campus, but of course everyone has different experiences. For me and my best friend, it was just easier but next year we will be ready to live in the nearby university apartments! Because you will not be living on campus, your financial aid WILL change. It will decrease. I also don’t recommend living off-campus because it is super difficult to get a place without a huge price tag. Think about it, by the time you start hunting, all the returning students will be done and have somewhere. Now is actually the time to start apartment/house hunting (yes I have heard of a lot of people renting out a house, that works for some). Hope this helps! </p>

<p>To jg2290: Did you end up getting that question answered by Admissions? That would be tricky…they don’t want your GPA this last semester/quarter to drop down past a 3.0, at least from what I heard. Hope everything works out! And in response to your other question…considering we have already completed IGETC/GEs, we don’t…
By the way…congratulations to everyone who got into Cal! I was super excited getting into both Cal/UCLA, but ultimately ended up picking UCLA. </p>

<p>FYI: If you turn in your housing application ASAP, the more likely you will get what you wanted. I remember last year when we revealed what we had gotten for housing, a lot of people were disappointed…why? Because they submitted their application super near or on the deadline! I know people need time, especially those who need to decide, but this is just an FYI!</p>

<p>To acryu9: Hello! Did you get your question answered? I definitely think they will rescind you, I’m sorry. Even though that is a tough situation, you need that English class as an IGETC/GE requirement, and UCLA/Cal are super strict with having those completed.
As for your other question, once you transfer over to a UC, your GPA starts all over, so you start with a 0.00, good luck in whatever happens to you!</p>

<p>If you all have any more questions…feel free to ask! I still have a two midterms to go through and I have an interview for an internship at the RR hospital, but hopefully I will make some time next week!</p>

<p>-Tiffany.</p>

<p>I called them at 3:57 and just hung up after waiting. I am a political science major actually, does that change whether i ever got to take a math class EVER again?</p>

<p>^
Edited! Sorry, I have a bunch of things on my mind right now, lol. I remember now, you asked about having two concentrations. Well, I hope on Monday you’ll call again! I’m pretty sure you’re in the clear (for not having any more math courses), stop trippin’, LOL.</p>

<p>Hi Rheel</p>

<p>it’s me again</p>

<p>I was reading a previous post concerning housing? how does it work and what do you mean by turning our application ASAP so that we get what we want? what are the option that we have? what’s the best option? and what are the prices? </p>

<p>I’m interesting living in a res hall so i can meet other people since I don’t know anyone in LA and that way I can rent an apartment with them the next year.</p>

<p>What’s the best place to live on campus? Do we need to have a car?</p>

<p>Edit: how do you pay for college and housing? do you have to give all those thousands of dollars before I start there? I don’t get ANY type of financial aid except private scholarships and I was wondering if UCLA gives payment plans?</p>

<p>^
You can call me Tiffany, that’s my name, LOL. Rhee is a way of saying my last name and L3 can also stand for it too, I wanted to be all sneaky with my username without being obvious which is why I chose it, but now with people calling me Rheel…I think to myself “why didn’t I just name myself wheel?” Hahahaha. Anyways…</p>

<p>Once you accept the SIR/pay the $100 (if you have to) you’ll be able to turn in your Housing application, which I did! I filed it in and that’s all…you also have to pay a $30 fee. I meant…well I don’t know know what other way to say it…if you turn in your application as soon as possible (ASAP) you have a better chance of getting your first choice in housing. So basically in the housing application you have some five options (or more, I can’t remember since I filed it out in January…) of housing and from those, they pick where you will live. What I have seen with my transfer friends from here is that those who turned it in as soon as they decided that they were going to attend UCLA got their first/second choice instead of not getting what they wanted. Does that make sense now? Please let me know if it does or you need more explanation!</p>

<p>There is no “right choice/best choice” because we’re all different. Like I explained in a previous post, take me for example. I could not live somewhere where I didn’t have a private bathroom. That was CRUCIAL for me. So on my application, I put “private” bathroom. If you feel the same way, you should pick Plaza and hopefully you’ll get DeNeve. Other people are comfortable and even see it as a way of meeting new friends by sharing your bathroom with three other people aside from your roommate! </p>

<p>Prices can all be seen here, along with brief pictures and descriptions of the dorms/university apartments:</p>

<p>[2010-2011</a> Contract Housing Rates and Payment Plans (1004377)](<a href=“http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1004377]2010-2011”>http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1004377)</p>

<p>Site specifically for transfer students:</p>

<p>[UCLA</a> - Transfer Students](<a href=“http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=faab878bbd712010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD]UCLA”>http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=faab878bbd712010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD)</p>

<p>To be honest, you don’t need a car. That’s my opinion, because there’s a bunch of ways of getting around. I love to walk, I actually walk about 2-3 miles a day since I go all over campus and then to Westwood, etc. Anyways! There’s the BBB and CCB! .50 cents! Plus the Metro! Besides, traffic in LA is gross. Seriously. Police here are VICIOUS. I was walking to my dorm at around 6ish today and two cops were driving when suddenly they rushed off to give someone a ticket. One bad thing about living in the dorms (or in LA in general): You never stop hearing the police sirens/ambulances, I stopped counting, lol. </p>

<p>If you have any questions, please leave them below!</p>

<p>Hey with the housing, is all the dorms random or do you have qualify for some. I want the one with the living room/tv and 3 room mates. I heard its on a hill. Are transfer students scattered around or is it just in the residence hall? Do we priority over freshmen and sophomores?</p>

<p>Hi Tiffany~ Thank you for taking the time to help answer all of our questions. I wanted to ask you about financial aid because when I submitted my FAFSA I put that I would be living off-campus, however I want to change it to on-campus…do you know how I could do this or if they let me? Thanks!</p>

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Hi! No problem! I love helping you new transfers out! You all ask good questions that would be helpful for the future transfers! About your question…go back to your FAFSA and fill out a corrected FAFSA. Once you sign it electronically, it will be automatically be re-sent to UCLA and your award will change to a larger amount (hopefully). </p>

<p>To jg2290: I laughed so hard when I read: I heard its on a hill. ROFLMAO. Whenever UCLA students say “the hill” we think of ALL of the dorms. When you get here and you have to go up the hill, you’ll see. Although, De Neve is a bit nice because it’s right on the start of the hill, yay. You’re thinking about Saxon Suites. I personally don’t like it. They feel creepy and back in the day the back way to getting there was called (still kinda is) “rape trail”…you’ll see once you tour. Again, it is spacious, but…well I guess you’ll have to decide! You don’t have to “qualify” to get a dorm, lol. The only thing I can think of are those special “theme” dorms. I know my friend who is becoming an RA next year is in the “Chicano” floor in Rieber Hall, etc. And your last question…everyone has already picked where they will live. I suppose except incoming freshmen, lottery (fourth students/second year transfers) and you guys. To be honest I think you guys get the last picks, BUT you are guaranteed housing next year, for sure. Keep in mind that you don’t exactly get to pick where you’re living. For example, say you end up really liking Saxon Suites and want to stay there next year. There’s no option in the application that lets you pick “Saxon Suites” you would have to pick “suites” and so on and so forth. </p>

<p>To KidKrasher: I am on a full scholarship here at UCLA. I don’t have to pay for anything here, but there are payment plans with financial aid students (like myself) can do for housing, as indicated on that rates sheet. I think it’s every quarter you pay, for three installments.</p>

<p>hi. so i heard from all the schools and i decided to go to ucla.</p>

<p>housing is a big problem for me. i will have to live off-campus because i and my sister, who goes to SD now, have no place to stay during the breaks. we had been living together until she went to SD. She stays with me during breaks. Also, im old(25) and i dont think i can get along with young students. anyway, im looking for a 1 bed 1 bath or a studio apartment, around the campus. could you recommend some good places stay? im sorry that im asking too much. you can ignore my question.</p>

<p>hi! </p>

<p>I want to ask about changing majors or double majoring once you are fully matriculated into ucla. So I got accepted as a women studies major and I wanted to know if I could switch majors like to sociology, political science, or european studies? Is it possible? If not, can I double major???</p>

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At UCLA you cannot switch into impacted majors. If I’m not mistaken, PS and Sociology are impacted and thus you can’t switch. The other you may. I don’t recommend double majoring because you’ll probably have to stay an extra year. By your second year, the fees are going up (in case you didn’t know) but if you want, you can! </p>

<p>To passwordis123: Yay for you picking UCLA, it’ll be a challenge but I’m sure you’ll do fine, you seem dedicated enough! Regarding your question, because I live on campus I would have no idea, sorry! Although I definitely recommend you looking for places NOW! Wish you the best of luck next year!</p>

<p>Lol… I knew this little fact but I totally forget about. So no majoring especially with the fee hike… meaning switching. So can I switch into euro studies or anthropology?? They are non-impacted majors. Wait, is there a list of all majors that you can transfer into??</p>

<p>Do you know if I can switch from Econ to Bus Econ?</p>

<p>This probably sounds stupid but… I put living off campus on my FAFSA but now I’m not sure I marked it correctly. </p>

<p>If you want to live in, say, the university apartments, is that still considered living “on-campus?” Also; if you don’t know anyone to have roommates with at the apartments they just assign you people, right?</p>

<p>@itzcaroll: If you double major you don’t necessarily need to stay an extra year. It all depends on the unit requirements for your respective second major. If you took classes at a CCC to prepare you for both majors, then already right there you’ve knocked off the lower division requirements. You should also be prepared to sacrifice your summer(s) in summer school, as you will very likely need them if you plan to graduate in 2 years. ALSO, some majors require units in classes not related to your major, so you can kill two birds with one stone with one major satisfying that requirement for your second. I know philosophy does this, and I am fulfilling that with my political science classes. Expect in each quarter to have 4 classes, maybe up until your last quarter before graduation, though that is rare if you scheduled accordingly.</p>

<p>so i SIR’d and submitted the housing app. When should i be notified of the orientation, official FA amount and the housing? Also i found out that there is a minor at LA called public affairs. Can i just say i want to do poly sci as my major and minor in PA or would i have to get permission and do pre reqs? From what i saw, it was only offered as a minor so there was nothing i could take at my CC for it. Assist.org only shows majors</p>

<p>"Public Affairs Minor</p>

<p>To enter the Public Affairs minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better and complete Public Policy 10A with a grade of B or better. For further information, contact the program director/counselor at (310) 206-8966.</p>

<p>Required Core Courses (8 units): Public Policy 10A and one course from 10B, C101, 102, M116, C119, 125, Honors Collegium 82, Social Welfare 191, Urban Planning 120, 121 or, by petition only, another applied policy course. Highly recommended: one statistics and one microeconomics course.</p>

<p>Required Upper Division Courses (20 units): (1) Three courses from one of the following clusters: (a) gender and multiculturalism cluster —Public Policy M120, Social Welfare 101, M104C, Urban Planning 141, M175; (b) labor and work cluster —Public Policy 141, C142, C144, 145, 148; (c) policy studies cluster —three upper division public policy lecture/seminar courses (191A may be repeated for credit with topic change); (d) social welfare cluster —three upper division social welfare lecture courses (fieldwork and internship courses such as Social Welfare 130A and 130B may not be applied); (e) urban policy and planning cluster —three upper division urban planning lecture courses (129 may be repeated for credit with topic change); or (f) by petition, a cluster of upper division policy courses proposed by the student; (2) one elective course offered by the School of Public Affairs not used to satisfy the core or cluster requirement; (3) capstone project to be completed during the senior year that may be satisfied by one of the following: (a) Public Policy 187, (b) Political Science M191DC or M194DC, (c) Civic Engagement 105SL, or (d) by petition another upper division applied policy course that requires a substantial term paper.</p>

<p>Fieldwork and internship courses, such as Social Welfare 130A, 130B, and Urban Planning CM165, may not be applied toward the minor. No more than three of the cluster and elective courses may be from a single department, and no more than two may be from outside the school.</p>

<p>Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma."</p>

<p>That should answer your questions regarding the public affairs minor. Also, orientation RSVP is provided in the UCLA decisions site. Sign in, and on the left it says you’ve been invited to events at UCLA. You should do it quickly, as space fills up quickly.</p>

<p>Ok so from my previous posts, deciding between Davis and LA since I can’t switch to psych at LA. </p>

<p>If I want to take Psych 100A and 100B like you told me over summer, can I get financial aid? On the website it says the deadline is april 30th, can I apply for financial aid without SIRing??</p>

<p>edit: nvm all the classes are already closed for both sessions. Davis here I come? haha</p>