<p>You can even bring up TAs, ask if they have a good one. Whatever you talk about, somewhere along the way, give them your name and ask for theirs.</p>
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That’s not entirely true, I used my administrative position on a large Internet fansite and got a positive response from an internship position application. Still waiting for an interview time on it, but I think that’s what made me stood out.</p>
<p>I agree with ucla<em>ftw. Just work up the courage to say something to the person next to you in class! I’m super shy, but I did that last quarter. The girl next to me was really nice and now we’re friends. All I said to her initially was, “my god, this class is boring.” So, like ucla</em>ftw said, just say something about the class or ask about the homework. And don’t be shy about speaking either! Even if you think you’ll end up looking like a fool, chances are no one will care. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>GOD…TODAY WAS A TOTAL FAIL AGAIN…i was late to my chem lecture only by like a min but class already started,and then in math i tried to start up a conversation with this one person…but they were a total nerd…this sucks…i dont think im ever gonna meet decent ppl :(…there are those groups that just hang out with asians…the frat idiots, or nerds with no social skills :(</p>
<p>You’re worrying about social life instead of grades?</p>
<p>Cmon…I don’t dorm, I commute 2-3 hours daily to and from UCLA. I leave after lecture so the only time I actually get to talk is during lecture. Yet somehow I’ve managed to meet 4-5 friends. </p>
<p>You might want to start getting facebooks, AIM, MSN, Skype…whatever online software you need to keep in contact. It’s the digital age!</p>
<p>And don’t bash nerds…c’mon…I’m a nerd.</p>
<p>join a club, it’s the fastest and easiest way to meet people. it’s also a major reason why people get into greek life, though that’s not the only option. you can get involved in things like unicamp, IM sports, daily bruin, undergraduate business society (there’s pretty much a club for every major), ANYTHING to give you a smaller group of people to get to know, because it seems like you’re overwhelmed by the size of ucla.</p>
<p>ya i think im just gonna give up tryin to meet ppl in lecture, its pointless and its awkard and most of the ppl just keep to themselves…it really kinda sucks tho…oh well i think ill just join a couple of clubs…my mistake was wasting time with ppl on my floor in the first couple of weeks of the first quarter…a lot of them are trashtalkers and condescending…hopefully i have a chance to meet ppl who are smart, outgoing, freindly, and dont try to be someone that they are not (ie-wanna be partiers), and who are chill like me…thx for advice guys, its good to know at least there are a couple of decent kids at this school</p>
<p>^ Yea, I actually know the feeling. I gave up on my floor. I’m friends with a couple, but we don’t hang out or anything (due to differences in schedule/major so we never see each other), but for the most part, I don’t really like my floormates. xD I find them too loud/annoying (<em>cough</em> jerk neighbor who plays loud music during finals at 2am <em>cough</em>) or just hard to relate to (my fault for having a floor of mostly north campus majors). </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the only real (and consistent) way to make friends outside of the people you live with are classmates and clubs/organizations, because of the forced vicinity. And for some people, the club activities can get too time consuming (or just plain tiring). So now you’re stuck with classmates who you have to approach without being too “needy”/“creepy”. Just try to make a comment on what they’re doing or something about the class. And whatever they say, try to extend on that. And make sure to get a name, that way you can say hi if you see them again, or just want to call them over or something. </p>
<p>Of course, you can just meet some random people like in the dining halls or like waiting in a line for something. What to do in those situations kind of depend on the situation though.</p>
<p>Be brave! And introduce yourself to whoever you feel you want to become friends with. If I saw someone like that in lecture or wherever it may be then it would make me want to do the same thing.
Although, what I do is just stick to people and they don’t seem to mind.</p>
<p>I would agree that Clubs are probably the quickest and easiest way to meet a large group of people. However, from my experiences on south campus, it’s generally hard to meet people in lecture because for the most part after about weeks 2 and 3 the only people who are going to lecture are the ones who want to listen to the lecture. I find it easier to meet people in discussions, and I think that is probably the best place to ask if you want to be in a study group or the like.</p>
<p>While waxmann’s observation is more or less correct regarding lectures, discussions aren’t always that much better especially for south campus. Of all the south campus discussion classes I’ve had, they’ve never taken attendance and so hardly anyone bothers to go to class. Of ~20 enrolled in my 8AM discussion, a mere 8 showed up this week.</p>
<p>Well, I’m not surprised. It’s a non-required 8am Discussion.</p>
<p>Wow, mnop444, that’s really really sad. Now I understand why you have a vendetta against this university.</p>
<p>Wow sentiment ure a stalker and creeper who has nothing better to do with his time, that’s really sad. Now I understand why you bumped this thread. Lol and no the only reason i criticize this institution is a reason that has been discussed by many:</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Bruin | South Campus classes must change](<a href=“http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/2010/2/26/south-campus-classes-must-change/]The”>http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/2010/2/26/south-campus-classes-must-change/)</p>
<p>Read the article buddy</p>
<p>HAHAHAHA sentiment thank you for finding this old thread bahahahahaha. </p>
<p>so much for making friends mnop… <em>sadface</em></p>
<p>This explains a lot.</p>
<p>@mnop444</p>
<p>Seems like that article is biased. That person transferred from south campus to humanities, so of course they feel like the system needs some sort of reform. Of all the classes I’ve been in (Computer Science BS and a Mathematics Minor) so far there have been completely fair grading scales and students who do well get A’s, while the others not so much.</p>
<p>Looks like you’re comparing apples to oranges. There is quite a bit diversity in south campus topics (biology vs. computer science, for example) and your generalizations don’t help your arguments. None of my classes have been graded on any sort of bell curve and most of the lower division math classes give at least 30% A’s and something like 33% B’s.</p>
<p>tl;dr
Students don’t graduate because they can’t take the heat.
Quit generalizing about south campus, there’s a lot of diversity in majors down here.</p>
<p>@mnop444
Actually, I just found this thread by reading the ‘Comm Studies a joke major?’ one. </p>
<p>Is it wrong to be concerned for my fellow forum members? </p>
<p>Stand strong, soldier. Stand strong.</p>
<p>the person that wrote the article got all the way to hardinger and still quit? </p>
<p>The only classes with wack grading scales Ive experienced so far is 14A/B (without previous exposure to chem). If you can make it through those classes without killing yourself just stay a science major. </p>
<p>and gratz to mnop for keeping CC scandalous. =D</p>
<p>sid3000…lol ill disregard ur last comment…but ya it is weird that person got all the way to hardinger and still quit…maybe she did bad in LS (which seems unlikely cause LS is way easier than chem lol) or maybe physics (but everyone gets As in physics lol)…very strange indeed</p>