<p>Yup wht the question says.</p>
<p>Aside from the insane illness infectious rate, sure.</p>
<p>definitely. couldn’t happier :)</p>
<p>wondering about this too. i started a similar thread at berkeley, and the majority agreed that people over there are often depressed, stressed-out about work, and unhappy. how is it at ucla?</p>
<p>The more north you go, the happier the people are. The more south you go, you find the stabbier people.</p>
<p>stabbier? also the more north thing is definitely in contrast to what people on the berkeley forum said about berkeley.</p>
<p>generally unhappy. go to ucsb.</p>
<p>By north, I’m assuming azngamer54 means north campus (not northern California).</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore and is very, very happy. Lots of friends, very full social life. Always busy doing something and manages to keep a 3.9 GPA. She would never spend the time on a website like this. I really, really appreciate all the info I have gotten on CC, both from students and parents but I want to say (please don’t flame me all you regulars) that those that are very busy having a full social life, going to the gym, out to movies and dinner and the beach really don’t spend time in their rooms on their computers. Not to say that those who post here aren’t extremely happy, just that those who are loving life at UCLA are probably not going to be available to answer your questions.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of clubs, sporting events, campus activities to attend and be a part of. Join a sorority or fraternity if that is your thing. Get involved with activities on your floor or house. At UCLA the world is at your finger tips. If you are not happy there than you might be the kind of person that isn’t happy anywhere. It is a huge school and can be overwhelming for some who would be better at a small, cozy LAC. But it is an exciting, vibrant place if you are out-going, social and ready to grow as a person. The campus is beautiful, the sun is almost always shining and when I have been visiting the student body looks happy, healthy and at home.</p>
<p>BTW…north refers to North Campus. Not a separate campus but just the north end where you have humaities, social sciences, etc. The south section of the campus is the engineering, pre-med, hard sciences, etc…so they may be a bit more stressed and may not appear as “happy” with good reason!</p>
<p>^Haha, there may be a thread of truth to that initial statement. It really depends on what kind of person you are. Personally, I would rather lollygagg on the internet for 10 minutes, get bored of that then go back to studying. If you hang out with friends, especially when you know you have looming obligations, it’s kind of tough to always be the lame one that ditches them to go do homework. </p>
<p>Aside from taking an unusually long time to adjust to the quarter system and consequently being stressed out, I think I can say I am generally happy at UCLA.</p>
<p>I am VERY happy here. I love UCLA soooo much <3 There’s so much to do here. You’ll never get bored. love it!</p>
<p>beeohbeeoh,
I think with UCLA, at least for me, its a give and take. If I were to write a list of positives and negatives for UCLA, the positives would probably out weight the negatives. The positives would mostly consists of things like: range of classes available, the financial aid I have, the resources I get just because UCLA is so big, etc.
However, the negatives, would have to do with fit. UCLA classes are too big for my liking. Discussions don’t help, as I’ve found them to be too much of “reviews” and not “discussions.” Hopefully this fit feeling will change next quarter when I take two seminars. I imagine “reviews” would be beneficial for those majoring in the sciences, but for things like humanities I expect more. Office hours with professors have proven to be impersonal, or limited in time based on how many students are waiting outside the door. I have this to compare to from having attended a smaller private college prior to UCLA. Also, I would like to add that fit(or happiness), for me, has nothing to do with the students/extracurricular activities. I say this because I am an LA native, and my social life, or usual activities involve Los Angeles, not the campus. There is a lot to do in LA, and I can’t imagine limiting it to on campus.
Also I would just like to add that my cousin who is currently a grad student at ucla, also feels its not a match for her. nor fulfills her academic needs. This is after her experience attending private schools throughout her life.
I don’t think my cousin nor my situation are reflextive of the general population at UCLA. I know had I the opportunity to afford any school I could, UCLA probably wouldn’t have been the school I selected. In regards to my cousin, I think she chose UCLA because of the name, and at the grad school level it matters.</p>
<p>Currently I’m a freshmen, and my experience is rather “eh” so far. I’m sure a lot of UCLA students aren’t as glued to their computers as I am, so I admit my general anti-socialness (aka mildly-hardcore-gamer-ness-meaning-I-would-rather-play-video-games-than-actually-go-out-sometimes) may have something to do with it…</p>
<p>Most of the fun things that I’ve done is related to LA and the “college dorm life,” i.e. being away from parents, as opposed to UCLA itself. Basically, I feel that if I went to another college, it wouldn’t make a major difference in my experience (other than the fact that I wouldn’t be living in LA, which was a major part of why I chose UCLA).</p>
<p>Generally, I’m happy, but it could be better, though I blame that part on my south campus major (undeclared physical science, but taking the chem major track) and being in a dorm floor of mainly north campus majors (seeing so many other people having so much free time is a bit… annoying?.. or maybe I’m just terrible at learning and need more hours for studying… >.<).</p>
<p>@whitecadillac, btw, I don’t know if this was intentional or not, but azngamer54’s statement of “stabbier people” is a reference to the UCLA student who stabbed his organic chem (in south campus) lab partner. The motive is still unclear (as far as I know), but many seem to think it’s related to stress from the class.</p>
<p>^Oh wow I never made that connection, lol…thats terrible =(</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with everything silvercross said. One of my suitemates is a theater major and he go to go home like last week because he doesnt have ANY finals. Lame. If I were him I would be very happy at UCLA - err, at home.</p>
<p>Haha silvercross you need to live where I live. Everyone’s engineering or phys sci or life sci. But they all still go to parties and whatnot so not so sure heh</p>
<p>I, for one, am very unhappy and the only way to keep from going bonkers is listening to videogame playthroughs on YouTube as I study. Who knew that listening to Silent Hill and TSE4 playthroughs with commentary could be so nice? I’ve never even played those games. I just needed some sound.</p>
<p>And I’ve had to ask a couple of friends and my roommate to “hold me” when I felt like almost breaking down. It’s all good~~</p>
<p>CC probably isn’t the best place to post this question… :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Gotta love Let’s Plays.</p>
<p>I dont own an xbox so I just watch Halo 3 and CODMW2 gameplays on youtube during study breaks pretending Im playing. Im so lame, lol. Though if I actually had one I think it would be much worse because I would be playing for like 3 hours instead of watching around 15 minutes worth. ~.~</p>
<p>I love L0rdVega, he’s pretty fun to listen to and not so distracting. And I still have to study for 2 more finals wheee</p>
<p>I agree. CC is not the best place at all to ask these types of questions.</p>
<p>College is what you make of it. </p>
<p>You can choose to study all day or go party every night. The key is to find balance so that your GPA doesn’t die.</p>