<p>Hi, I'm an entering frosh into a state college in international studies, I was too scared to move away from family and friends so I didn't apply to UCLA, nor did I think I could of afforded it anyway. I now realize my mistake of not following my dreams, so I plan on trying to transfer to UCLA my junior year or at least trying to go to graduate school there. I am extremely interested in history and foreign study, especially European but I love all areas of the world. I plan on to continue studying French so I can become fluent, and I also speak a little family danish.</p>
<p>Can you describe the UCLA campus to me? How does it look, do you like it?
Also add any thoughts about you UCLA experience to me. Am I making the right choice? If not, what other schools do you think I should check out?</p>
<p>UCLA is one of the most beautiful campuses anywhere, right around Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Hollywood, and all other super classy areas. A couple years ago I thinking between Cornell, Berkeley, and UCLA, and I decided I wanted to go to UCLA by far. I would chose UCLA over any school in the world. I tell people that once they visit the UCLA campus they won't want to go anywhere else.</p>
<p>Oh and by the way I'm a history major too :)</p>
<p>Don't worry... Royce Quad at UCLA is often used to film movies and commercials that supposedly take place on Ivy League campuses. Not exactly gothic, but definitely academic. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>The UCLA campus is pretty much closed off. There are no roads intersecting the campus such that you would need to use crosswalks (OK you do sometimes but there are no streetlights or anything). North Campus is distinctly Romanesque. The farther you go north, however, the more frequently you encounter ancient buildings reminiscent of the 1950s and 1960s. Royce Hall (the two towers you might've seen before) and Powell Library form a nice centralized location between North and South Campus (beyond the points of Ackerman and Kerckhoff). It is just above BruinWalk. South Campus is characterized by box-like buildings in gray and brown tones and schemes. Some of the buildings look similar. It does not have the beauty of North Campus. The courtyard between circumscribed by Royce and Powell descends down Janns Steps to more Romanesque buildings (Kauffman and the Student Activities Center). It meshes well with most of the other North Campus buildings. Behind SAC is the Ashe Center or student health center. It's not particularly impressive. Across from it you encounter the Bruin Bear which is a fairly large statue of the school's mascot. You are in another type of quad area involving Ackerman, Ashe, and the Bruin Bear. Bruin Walk divided the quad. Bruin Walk continues to the other end of campus, dividing the campus nicely into two parts (North Campus and South Campus). It is a bit of a slope from Bruin Walk at Ackerman to an imaginary line that coincides with the buildings of Powell and Royce. The ascension parallels that of Janss steps but is gradual rather than sharp and piercing. Bruin Walk runs to the residential area and meets De Neve Plaza. You pass by the student workout center (Wooden Center) and Pauley Pavillion and also the intramural fields. Look up "UCLA map" in google. Look at the building names. If you are so curious, look them up on google images or something. Also, Charles E. Young Drive (North, East, South, and West) conveniently encircle most of the campus (I think north of the Center for Health Science and the Ronald Reagan Medical Plaza/Center -- whatever it's called.)</p>