As a freshman with no car, what's there to do on friday nights and on weekends?

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<p>So I kinda just would like to get an idea on some of the social life as a first year student.</p>

<p>How far is Westwood from UCLA campus itself? Can you actually walk there to the movie theaters, restaurants, stores, etc. (as in no form of vehicle transportation necessary at all!)?</p>

<p>How expensive are the things in Westwood? My cousin at Stanford says Palo Alto is extremely expensive so she rarely goes around that area often.</p>

<p>Do many people go home on the weekends to the point that the entire campus is dead silent?</p>

<p>Can you actually walk around campus or Westwood late at night (like at 1 AM or 2 AM) and actually be safe? I thought about this for 'SC and I know for sure you can't walk outside of campus at around 1 AM unless you wanna get robbed or shot :p</p>

<p>How big is football at UCLA? (I'm a big college football fan, but I know UCLA football sucks butt :( ) And how exactly does one get to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena if one doesn't have a car?</p>

<p>Are there any frats that aren't all into drinking like crazy? I like going to parties and all, but I don't really drink.</p>

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So I kinda just would like to get an idea on some of the social life as a first year student.</p>

<p>How far is Westwood from UCLA campus itself? Can you actually walk there to the movie theaters, restaurants, stores, etc. (as in no form of vehicle transportation necessary at all!)?

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<p>You can walk to westwood in 5 minutes</p>

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<p>How expensive are the things in Westwood? My cousin at Stanford says Palo Alto is extremely expensive so she rarely goes around that area often.</p>

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<p>Food and stuff isn't going to be more expensive than anything else but as a guy I've found that it's nearly impossible to pick up a pair of jeans for under like $150 here. Clothes are the only thing I have a gripe about, but you can always hit up the bus if you need to go to a mall. </p>

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<p>Do many people go home on the weekends to the point that the entire campus is dead silent?</p>

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<p>People go home on the weekends but not that many. Plus those that usually go home every weekend aren't the ones that are going out everynight and doing tons of stuff. Either way most people stay on campus...it's not dead on the weekends. </p>

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<p>Can you actually walk around campus or Westwood late at night (like at 1 AM or 2 AM) and actually be safe? I thought about this for 'SC and I know for sure you can't walk outside of campus at around 1 AM unless you wanna get robbed or shot</p>

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<p>You can walk around westwood and the campus late at night. I've gone into westwood at 2am either to hit up habibis or to get some subway/taco bell. Not a problem or unsafe at all. </p>

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<p>How big is football at UCLA? (I'm a big college football fan, but I know UCLA football sucks butt ) And how exactly does one get to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena if one doesn't have a car?</p>

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<p>It's not nearly as big as at other schools but it's still pretty big. I'm assuming it'll be bigger next year because we have one of the best coaching staffs in the country and it looks like we'll start seeing real success in the next few years. If you don't have a car there are plenty of ucla busses that bring the majority of UCLA students to/from the games. It's not a problem at all. I think you just need to get a "bus ticket" the day before the game, it's like $2 or something. </p>

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<p>Are there any frats that aren't all into drinking like crazy? I like going to parties and all, but I don't really drink.

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<p>I'm sure the christian fraternity isn't that big on it, but assuming you're talking about the social fraternities there's drinking but at the same time you're never going to be forced to drink. Almost everybody else will be drinking though.</p>

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Can you actually walk around campus or Westwood late at night (like at 1 AM or 2 AM) and actually be safe? I thought about this for 'SC and I know for sure you can't walk outside of campus at around 1 AM unless you wanna get robbed or shot

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<p>I did it. Small defenseless Asian girl. It was on the night of Undie Run, though, and I was fully dressed. So that probably should be taken into account. But it is sort of a pointless question, because we have Escort services (get your mind out of the gutter) that everyone should have programmed into their cell, and they can come and walk you home late at night.</p>

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<p>The sad thing is when I read "we have Escort services," I literally thought about the escort service that we have. Once I read what was in parenthesis, I was like OHHHHHH.</p>

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<p>nothing much to do on weekends</p>

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<p>You're on a campus with tons of mostly bright, interesting, fun-loving people your age. You're a short walk to a really nice part of LA with restaurants, movie theaters, etc. It can be as fun as you make it. No worries. Just don't sit in your room waiting for fun to come to you, although if you leave your door open it has been known to force its way in.</p>

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nothing much to do on weekends

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<p>Ha, try getting out and meeting more people. There's tons to do on the weekends here.</p>

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<p>Many organizations have retreats or roadtrips on certain weekends. That gives you time to find a job or study on weekends when not much is going on. This works out great because you play some weekends, but you can really use most of your weekends to study/work.</p>

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<p>MrMoo and I found $4 jeans at the Thank You Mart. Granted, they might be old/used(maybe? We haven't come to a conclusion yet), they were in pretty good condition, and in weird sizes that fit me...</p>

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<p>i'm going to UCLA next year too! and yooo i got a car homie-tC 08'...holla at cha BOI if ya need a ride nex yeaR...lol</p>

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<p>Good luck getting parking for that.</p>

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<p>Dude, jeans, Thank you store, $4.</p>

<p>Nvm, Spam mentioned that already. LOL</p>

<p>Pink is not a small defenseless asian. She can, and will, kill you.</p>

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<p>It kind of scares me how most small defenseless asian girls are actually liable to kill you.</p>

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<p>Sex. Lots of it.</p>

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Do many people go home on the weekends to the point that the entire campus is dead silent?

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Not completely dead. Then again, I lived at De Neve... At any rate, it does die out a bit on the weekends.


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Can you actually walk around campus or Westwood late at night (like at 1 AM or 2 AM) and actually be safe?

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Agreed with the others. North Village (where all the apartments are) isn't the best-lit. Some of the roads kinda suck (e.g. Strathmore, Kelton....) The village itself is fine.</p>

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<p>"nothing much to do on weekends"
i agree. most of my engineering friends who live in socal also go home most weekends</p>

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<p>Don't listen to Newton. He makes whiny loner threads.</p>

<p>There's tons to do on weekends if you make it that way!</p>

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<p>that's right, pink. my grandma used to say "only the boring get bored."</p>

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<p>agreed with pink and hiker.</p>

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<p>You can always masturbate!!</p>

<p>If you're worried about walking at night, just carry a shank!</p>