<p>What my parents want from me is to get a GPA as high as possible.</p>
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<p>If that’s really all they care about then you should go to a crappy CSU… one of the small ones that no one has heard of. Might not be as beneficial when it comes to applying to grad schools though.</p>
<p>Yes, there is the opportunity here to party. But it’s also really really easy NOT to party. No peer pressure or anything of that sort. Whether or not you want to party is up to you. And plenty of people who DO party can still sustain high GPAs. Psych is a good major to do this because I’ve heard it’s pretty easy.</p>
<p>Davis will have parties too. If you want to go somewhere where there are NO drugs and alcohol to be found… then I don’t know what to tell you other than move to Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>it depends upon the person then. I am a studious person but my parents are worried that if I am far away from them, they think that I will lose motivation to study. They told me that If I am far, they “can not check on me to see if I am studying or not”</p>
<p>for some reason, they still think that UCLA is like high school where many peer pressure each other.</p>
<p>I have really Conservative parents.</p>
<p>I am touring UCLA tomorrow with my parents. Hopefully going there will try to dispel the “party school, students do not care about their studies” perception of a college far away from home</p>
<p>If you are coming tomorrow, there’s going to be less people on campus. Some North campus majors (humanities, social sciences, etc.) don’t have classes on Fridays, so a greater proportion of students on campus will be of the physical and life sciences. If you want to believe the stereotypes, then the physical/life science majors are the hard workers and studious ones.</p>
<p>Be sure to take your parents through the court of sciences, where engineers and pre-meds roam. It’s the area with Math Sciences to the north, Boelter Hall to the west, Geology/Young Hall to the east, and Life Sciences to the south. Powell library might not be a good idea to tour on a Friday because there are less people studying on a Friday.</p>
<p>Actually, UCLA is everything your parents told you it was. So if they told you that everybody including the Dean does drugs on a daily basis, I just want to let you know that it is absolutely true.</p>
<p>You sound really boring and it seems like your parents choices in life will dominate your life. I’m going to bet they will choose your future spouse too. You don’t seem like the type that belongs at UCLA. If you wanna go to the “we should listen to our parents because they teach us responsibility” then go take online classes at University of Phoenix and stay at home all day long so your mom and dad can protect you and make sure you get high GPA so you go to good grad school. Notice my change in tone to the fobby Asian parent…</p>
<p>Also, if you would like, Westwood offers 2 bedroom apartments so instead of living in the dorms, your parents can move to Los Angeles with you and they can make sure you don’t talk to girls or boys and so that you do homework all day.</p>
<p>Actually Pinoi, one can tell from the content of your posts that you are NOT a party type person. The posts you make lead me to believe you are the last person who would go to a party, hell you probably don’t even have the kind of friends that party (no offense). So stop worrying about that ,because regardless of the school you go to, you will do nothing but study.
Transferring schools doesn’t turn you from Steve Urkel into a party animal overnight</p>
<p>Its just. My parents mentality</p>
<p>^notaznguy put it bluntly, but you really need to stick up for yourself…</p>
<p>I’m surprised that you’ve went to 2 years of community college but stayed this sheltered. You can’t blame this on your parents at this point. </p>
<p>Let them know what YOU want to do and where YOU want to go. This is your education and future you’re putting sweat and blood into. Someday when you have a full time job, your parents can’t sit there and make sure you do work in front your boss. Having your parents dictate your every step of the future is a recipe for disaster. At the very least, please go to a school out of driving distance of your parents…going to school far from home is a great way to learn to become independent.</p>
<p>Why are you letting your parents make these decisions for you in the first place? You went to community college so I’m assuming you’re at least 20. I started school here when I was 17. Sorry to be harsh but it’s seriously time for you to take some control over your own life. Do you plan on doing what your parents say the rest of your life? Eventually you’re going to have to make your own decisions.</p>
<p>Were you allowed to take off your leash during the tour? Or were they afraid that you might run free and go do some lines in the bathroom?</p>
<p>I’ve seen your posts around CC and not to be a total a.s.s. hole but you really need to stop tripping and grow the hell up. Who cares if it’s your parent’s mentality? Shouldn’t you be able to make your own decisions on what school you want to go too? Just to let you know, whether you go to a party school like SDSU or a socially dead school like UCSD whether you party or not depends on YOU, not the school. An outgoing person who loves to party and ends up at UCSD WILL find parties and a social outcast going to SDSU can just choose to not attend. Do you think that if you go to a “party school” someone is going to hold a gun to your head and command you put down your books to party with them? And no offense, but the way your personality is coming off it doesn’t seem like you’ll get invited to any parties anyways so you certainly don’t need to worry about that.</p>
<p>How old are you anyways? Like what another CCer said, considering you went to a community college for 2 years you should at least be in your 20s and possibly older. Don’t you yourself think it’s sad that you’re still being patrolled around by your parents? I mean, you say that if you decide to go to Davis your parents can check up on you. Are you that dependent on them that you constantly need to be checked up on? Please don’t give that lame “I have strict Asian parents” bullcrap because I have Asian parents that go nutso on me for no reason sometimes too but I just tell them how it is. I think it’s time to take off the bib and tell mommy and daddy that you’re a big kid now.</p>
<p>I went on a tour today, and for some reason, their mentality changed after they saw the campus.</p>