<p>Are there many cause I just saw one in my suite bathroom? :[</p>
<p>eww omg thats scary</p>
<p>I hope you killed it and left it there to show the rest of them what happens if they stay.</p>
<p>and posted little sticks in a circle with the dead one in the middle as a ritual sacrifice</p>
<p>aww i let it escape :[</p>
<p>A protein-filled treat!</p>
<p>I love the dorm so far.
love the roommates (fits my personality, all of my age, similar background yet diverse goals), love the suitemates (they are smart with computers and know lots about ucla so they can be helpful when learning about the campus), bathrooms are clean, and R.A. is very knowlegable and helpful (same major as mine so he can be like a private counselor).</p>
<p>Roaches are sad though :(</p>
<p>That's very dirty. For the amount of money that UCLA makes off of dorm students, they can afford to get someone that'll spray for roaches. There just isn't any excuse. If I were you, I'd b<em>t</em>h my head off.:p</p>
<p>Umm I just got back and I see two black spiders up on the ceiling (I'm on the top bunk) and a silverfish. I think I need to talk to the housing management. Grr this sucks</p>
<p>I was under the impression that Berkeley had a tough policy on changing majors, well maybe some more than others. Haven't you looked at some of Sakky's post? He's very vocal on the engineering policy. Here's one of his posts found in the Engineering forum.</p>
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<p>In fairness to Berkeley, it should be said that Berkeley is not the only school with impacted majors. Plenty of other schools have the same problem. But the key takeaway is that Caltech does not. As a Caltech student, you can choose any major you want and switch at any time.
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<p>See even a great institution like Berkeley has its flaws. It just comes down to which flaws you are able to live with.</p>
<p>As for orientation, I didn't go to either UCLA's or Cal's orientation to compare. Personally, I thought it would have been a waste of my time and money.</p>
<p>I did look at dhl's post. I think s/he is a typical student with rosy cheeks and a twinkle in their eye that roam the dorm halls. Nothing wrong with that.</p>
<p>First of all, lets get some things straight here.</p>
<p>Engineering is not part of the college of letters and science, its a separate college of its own, so switching majors to engineering will obviously be a different story.</p>
<p>Like i previously said, one is accepted by college, not by major, so if lets say im an econ major, and i wanna switch to sociology, it is definately possible. However, this could not be done at ucla.</p>
<p>Anyways, i am not an engineering major, so thats not a problem of mine.</p>
<p>If it was a big roach, like 1-2 inches long, don't worry about. It's more problematic if you see roaches that are half an inch or less in size. That means the area is infested. I read somewhere that a female roach can lay a few thousand eggs during it's lifespan.</p>
<p>Use 1 part boric acid:1 part sugar to kill roaches and/or silverfish and spread it around the wall periphery. The sugar does the attracting, acid does the killing when ingested. You can get a big old bottle of boric acid at Home Depot or any hardware store that sells it.</p>
<p>Have fun living with the creepy crawlies.</p>
<p>^ thats what we do when we have armies of ants at my house :rolleyes:</p>
<p>It was a smaller one :(</p>
<p>LOL...from another forum</p>
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Wait till they start flying around at night and landing on your face. If it could happen to me, it could happen to you.
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I even woke up once with the small cockroaches (the typical one u find in the northeast) on my face and my ear.
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When I lived in Detroit, I had a roach problem. My best weapon against them--the vacuum cleaner. I don't like squishing them, so i would just vacuum them up. Of course, this was not an option the one time when I got into the shower and found myself face to face with a huge, nasty one on the ceiling.
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I helped a friend move, stayed with her for a few days, and ended up crashing on the floor. I kept waking up in the middle of the night really "itchy" and brushing off these little hard things... Turns out there were roaches crawling on my arms and face. Bad times.
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<p>I was mistaken on my last post. A female roach only lays 30-40 eggs. So for every critter you get rid off, there's potentially 29-39 more. Don't know if that's more reassuring.</p>
<p>Sprinkle the boric:sugar over storing tape and lay it on the floor. It's an easy, eco-friendly way to kill the buggers without mess or resorting to bug sprays.</p>
<p>that is disgusting. ive never had a problem with that in de neve.</p>
<p>except there was a moth in my room when i moved in. sklmsdklfdsfds</p>
<p>Foghorn, was that in Hitch or another dorm?</p>
<p>^^Neither. It's a bunch of medical students living out in the East Coast.</p>
<p>Get a gecko or gila moster for a pet. They're quite efficient in regards to pest or insect control.</p>
<p>Edit:Obviously, don't leave any type of food opened and lying around. Try to keep your living area as dry and moisture-free as possible. Water is an attractant, helping to sustain organism growth and propagation, whether it's bugs, bacteria or viruses.</p>
<p>Remember that Hitch is surrounded by a lot of trees and vegetation, so you get the occasional "visitor."</p>
<p>If the problem is serious and recurring, talk to housing. I had a problem with ants and it was taken care of quite quickly.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions</p>