<p>UCLA is the biggest UC at over 27,000 undergraduates, so why UCLA if you do not want a big school?</p>
<p>Of the UCs, Merced is the smallest at about 5,000 undergraduates, and Santa Cruz is the next smallest at about 16,000 undergraduates. Santa Barbara and Riverside are the two others that have under 20,000 undergraduates.</p>
<p>If large size is a deal breaker, I don’t see why you want to apply to UCLA at all. If large size is merely less desirable but still acceptable, reconsider adding less selective UCs as safeties.</p>