<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Just as the title says, ask me anything regarding transferring (post and pre).</p>
<p>I transferred 2 years ago as a Math/Econ major from a small community college in NorCal. </p>
<p>I'll do my best to reply to your burning questions. I know most of you are anxious about admission decisions.</p>
<p>Til then, I'll be waiting!</p>
<p>Hello! Do you remember if the news about admission given in one day only? I heard that we will all know at once on the 19th of April…</p>
<p>Nope, but when I knew about my admission results, they pretty much sent it out on the same day at 12pm. It was either a Monday or a Wednesday or a Friday. </p>
<p>I remember this because that time, I just got back from school, read some posts on CC that they were indeed sending it out on that day. I checked UCLA’s admission website and refreshed a couple of times. Then I got it.</p>
<p>With so many students there, how competitive is it really (academically, research, extracurriculars)?</p>
<p>That depends on ones major. I have no experience with research, but I do know of friends emailing a couple of professors for research. </p>
<p>Academically, North campus majors (with the exception of Economics/Management courses) are pretty chill. You still have to put in work and the reading can be sometimes unbearable, but they are generally the “easier” classes to take. You should always take whoever is teaching a specific course into account.</p>
<p>South campus, I find the classes to be challenging (Math department). Professors don’t know how to teach either. I find the Statistics department to be overall nice and helpful compared to Math. What you learn is also more applicable and interesting. </p>
<p>Extracurricular activities I didn’t do much. I was just really involved in one org and that was it. No competition whatsoever. </p>
<p>I went to some other orgs infosession and learned that they do filter out people that want to join, based on GPA and other stuff.</p>
<p>how is the job outlook for a UCLA grad?</p>
<p>Was it difficult adjusting from a small town in Nor Cal to UCLA? I’m potentially in the same boat, and to be honest it seems a bit intimidating.</p>
<p>Job outlook is above average. There are a lot of firms recruiting out of UCLA, although they wouldn’t hire everyone. I had more interviews than I could handle last fall.</p>
<p>Well I was kinda born in a really ghetto and populated area so it was okay. The biggest hurdle for me was meeting other people. As a transfer, all the people in your age group have their own cliques/groups already.</p>
<p>Did you transfer during your sophomore or junior year? </p>
<p>I will be attending Florida State University… is that a disadvantage opposed to someone who will be attending a community/state college IN California? </p>
<p>How difficult do you think it is for language major (french) students to transfer? </p>
<p>thank you so much!!!</p>
<p>I was going to ask about the social aspect for transfers to the UCs (a main concern for many I assume). What would you suggest is the best way to meet other people after transferring? Also, do you live on-campus or off? Is it hard meeting people in your classes? Thanks for your time and knowledge.</p>
<p>I was a junior transfer. Transferring from a 2 year California Community College gives you priority. I don’t know anything about language majors, but you can check some statistics regarding transfer GPA by major (forgot what website it was, something like statfinder).</p>
<p>Best way to meet people is to be involved in some org/live in the dorms. I lived off-campus and didn’t really meet the people in my building. </p>
<p>You don’t really meet the people in your classes, with the exception of classes that make you work in groups and such, but that’s a hit or miss. My roommate had luck being grouped with cool people while I was always with the people that didn’t care (yes, we have them here).</p>
<p>How different and how much more difficult are the classes at UCLA compared to a CC?</p>
<p>Liberal arts/Humanities -> There are more readings and some can be really hard to comprehend (I took an Asian American class at UCLA). </p>
<p>Econ/Management -> A lot of math/graphs for Econ. Simple calculus at most. Management (Accounting) according to my roommate is okay. I always see him doing his Management homeworks/exercises/readings though. I remember barely studying for Econ in community college and it was NOTHING. Overall I liked what I learned about Econ at UCLA (although I still think it’s too theoretical for most people).</p>
<p>South campus (AKA Sciences) -> Much harder. I find homework unbearable, haha. It should be doable though. </p>
<p>I study a lot more at UCLA, 2 or more hours a day 3-5 days before a midterm. I’m a bad student: I derp around in class and derp around at least an hour before my “study time”.</p>
<p>Classes are generally set up like this: For the hard sciences it’s MWF and a discussion on either T or R. For soft sciences it’s either MW or TR or MWF or TRF, the ones with Fridays are the ones with labs. Discussion for these classes can be on any day of the week. Difficulty of classes vary by professor as well. Choose wisely!</p>
<p>@iZychr</p>
<p>I assume you graduated already. Did employers look at your CC’s GPA along with UC’s?</p>
<p>I haven’t graduated yet. One more quarter! And none of them really asked me about my CC GPA. The ones that noticed that line on my resume just told me “wow, and your UC GPA is pretty close!”, haha. </p>
<p>I think the biggest downside to attending a CC is the lack of opportunities to be involved and not having anything to talk about regarding your pre-UC experience.</p>
<p>oh, you are in last quarter and already got job offering? congrats! Just wondering if you’ve done any intern during years UCLA? Can’t agree more with lack of resources and opp in CC, now I am thinking doing intern, but I don’t have confident in applying in intern related to my field with the only skills I learn from CC.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m currently an intern. I also interned somewhere last summer. Feel free to email me about the specifics.</p>
<p>I think I was just lucky to get my internships so I couldn’t really give you any advice with regards to getting them or interviewing.</p>
<p>This post is very uninformative.</p>
<p>do you regret choosing UCLA?</p>
<p>@iZychr</p>
<p>Thanks for answering our questions. Were there any other schools you’ve applied to? What made you choose UCLA? How is the social circle/ dorm life there? Do you know of anyone that got the Regents’ scholarship as a transfer? How would you say USC networks is compared to UCLA’s?</p>