<p>So, I know the undergrad population is roughly 25k, which is a little big for my taste (my other top choice is about 9k), but there's some things I really like about UCLA's music history program.</p>
<p>How often do you feel like just a number at a school that size? Is it hard to take advantage of certain opportunities because of the high volume of people who are trying to get the same things you are? Does being in a smaller department help?</p>
<p>You will always be just a number here, until you find and carve out your own niche, in which you will cease to be a number but will still be a number everywhere else.</p>
<p>It’s a lot like the real world, except crammed into one tiny campus.</p>
<p>Dunno what you mean by “certain opportunities.” Even in 200+ lectures you won’t have to stand in line or anything to speak to the professor or anything.</p>
<p>Whether 9k or 25k, you will always be a number. And the school campus doesn’t feel that big; you could walk across it in 15-20minutes if you tried. In terms of opportunities (research, internships,club positions, recommendations? idk what you really mean here) you can get them if you want them/try to get them hard enough. I wouldn’t be worried too much about being a number, there are near 7 billion of us on the Earth anyways.</p>