<p>So now that we have all transfered, and classes are underway, how do you all feel about your CC preperation for the UCs... do you feel it prepared you well or do you feel somewhat screwed?</p>
<p>i feel as if im screwed badly. i never really had to read a novel in my CC and i gotta read 3 for one class. i mean this is a crazy amount of work compared to CC but i gotta do it i guess</p>
<p>are you an english major?</p>
<p>the math major pace seems to be comparable so far, except for i feel things are poorly explained and due to the huge class size its hard to ask questions, i will see how helpful the TAs are tomorrow.</p>
<p>( i wish i could edit post title to say "do you feel prepared")</p>
<p>no. the desks are smaller. classes are massively bigger. the reading is INTENSE...three times as much as community college. </p>
<p>sidenote: are there outlets in the lecture halls for laptops?</p>
<p>the desks ARE smaller...... whats up with that.//.</p>
<p>in my large classes tons of people fell asleep.</p>
<p>I felt its not fiar because i had to listen and felt a sence of moral responsibiltyt o learn, i hate people who skate on by.</p>
<p>ANyone in Lin ALg and Diff Equ. I need a group of study people.</p>
<p>bfired- the outlet thing just depends on the room and where you're able to get a seat.</p>
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<p>Yeah, tell me about it.
I'm taking 3 History courses, and you know how reading-intensive History courses are. Altogether, I bought 16 books this quarter. <em>Sigh</em>...</p>
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<p>I felt its not fiar because i had to listen and felt a sence of moral responsibiltyt o learn, i hate people who skate on by.
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<p>Seriously.
I always sit in the front now (that is if I'm not late to class first, like today :() because I feel like I'm going to fail by being in any UCLA class. Why are UCLA students so smart? I feel like an idiot compared to them.</p>
<p>Dude. Most UCLA students are NOT all that smart. Take that from someone who was in your shoes last year. </p>
<p>Really. </p>
<p>You're probably more prepared for your classes than they are. Just because they're used to campus and are nonchalant about classes doesn't mean that they're super smart or that they don't have to try or that they won't end up completely failing in 10 weeks. </p>
<p>You'll do much better in your classes if you go into them with confidence in your abilities and by telling yourselves that you'll totally kick their asses on the curve.</p>
<p>There's definately a lot more reading at the university; perhaps a few hundred pages a week. Also, the books are more difficult to read and require time, focus and energy. However, although the work is hard, it is manageable if you study every night. Also, professors are very knowledgeable and friendly, which makes the work much easier. To sum it up; I love UCLA. </p>
<p>But to answer your question, I think that community college helped me a lot to prepare for the university. The smaller classes, study-oriented atmosphere and the helpful professors and friendly students set me on the right path and was a great experience.</p>
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<p>I hope you're right.
I'm kind of slacking right now because I still need to get used to the transition from summer vacation.
I'm still staying up until 4 a.m. which makes me tired throughout the rest of my days especially since I have 8 a.m. classes now.</p>
<p>The one class that I think prepared me the most for UCLA was an online Business Law course. What a nightmare... I still remember those cram sessions I had at Lollicup and the library to this day.</p>
<p>freshmen here and i had 500 pages of reading this weekend. very doable though. does it get even more in upper div??</p>
<p>Yeah. Well, I'd work on the getting on schedule thing. I'm doing it too- it's hard and I'm tired but yknow. </p>
<p>But don't think that they're smarter than you or that they'll do better than you just because you're a transfer and they're four years. It's self defeatist and just wrong all around. Just focus on yourself and as doing as well as you can and you'll be just fine. I know it seems like they think the stuff is easy just because they're not taking notes or not worried about the reading or whatever, but it's generally just that they don't care. This will obviously be reflected in their grades in 11 weeks.</p>
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500?!
What classes are you taking?</p>
<p>Does it get worse?
It depends on the major really.
Expect to do so if you are an English or History major.</p>
<p>Ben- eh, not really. but i suppose that depends on the major. </p>
<p>I try not to count pages though because that could be daunting sometimes. Generally I only have anywhere from 10-40 pages per class per week, more or less depending on the class and the week. It's really not so bad.</p>
<p>they hit us hard in the beginnign! it wont be 500 next week</p>
<p>i can never read that many pages...i'm thinking of dropping the cluster too.. it looked more interesting on paper to me.. =/</p>
<p>I'm in upper-division as a junior transfer and I have about 500 pages or so this week. It's hard, but the difficulty of the courseload reflects well on UCLA and its reputation. Some people may think this is too much, but I've heard that at Berkeley, students are hit with 1,000 to 2,000 pages of reading <b>each week</b> (although this may be a huge exaggeration). I wonder if any Berkeley students can give us some info on this.</p>
<p>I feel like I'm the laziest student in there. I stay in the library all the times but I spend half of the time on the book and the other half on my laptop. :(
All the courses I'm taking are upper division, but I don't feel the stuffs are harder. However, I worried about midterms and exams. Because the total points for most courses are only 100 or 200, every point is so important. I used to have courses that have total points over 500.</p>
<p>What classes are there?????????? what majors?</p>
<p>I am math econ major, and all we have is homework every week, its by no means any more homework than it was in CC. granted the teachers suck a whole lot more at UCLA... which was surprising.</p>
<p>The reading just for ONE poli sci class (political parties) is intense. I've never read so much for a class in an entire semester as I have these past few days.</p>