<p>What I hear from people is that UCLA is "extremely" challenging. I know it differs from what major you choose, but in the big picture, is UCLA that hard? Or are the people I hear from are just exaggerating?</p>
<p>they're just exaggerating.</p>
<p>It really really really depends on your major. I mean, the difference in difficulty between say sociology and EE is pretty big.</p>
<p>What is EE?</p>
<p>^ electrical engineering, a every difficult major,my friend is one and tells me about the harsh curves.</p>
<p>well, it is definitely challenging that every class requires a significant amount of your time and effort to do good, however, it is total exaggeration that it is extremely challenging. If you do your work and keep up with the readings, I'll guarentee you will do fine.</p>
<p>Electrical engineering.</p>
<p>oh, that major sounds disgusting (no offense to all interested in EE, though) </p>
<p>How about Business (UCLA anderson) for example. Still hard, right, but less than EE?</p>
<p>You can't major in business as an undergrad, nor can you be an Anderson student. Anderson is grad only.</p>
<p>You can, however, major in business economics. And it's still pretty hard, yes.</p>
<p>what about psych? is it hard?</p>
<p>any idea how tough psychobiology is?</p>
<p>oh, i thought anderson was undergrad. Yeah, Econ was also something I was considering. So basically, no major's gotta be easy. There's no such thing as "the easy way " in life.. Lol. </p>
<p>I MIGHT go for Psychology, but I don't know if UCLA provides that. From what I've heard, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY is the hardest *****ty class ever.</p>
<p>kevster,</p>
<p>Of course UCLA has psych. I don't know a major university that doesn't offer it. </p>
<p>O-chem sucks. I only know one person who got higher than a C in it (and these weren't bad students.)</p>
<p>Only one with a grade above a C? Hmm... what about everyone else above the average? Lol. </p>
<p>Anyway, I personally like organic chem. It is a bit of a challenge but as long as you study all the reactions you're fine. Though if you HAVE to take the Chem 30 series try to avoid taking ANY class in the series with Prof. Rubin.</p>
<p>ckings,</p>
<p>I dunno. I have a sneaking suspicion that the only people who do well in o-chem are those who go on to major in it. I had no friends who majored in o-chem. I think they're all locked up in the library, growing beards and stuff.</p>
<p>But, again, I never said my sample was in any way a good one. ;)</p>
<p>UCLAri - did you already graduate from UCLA or something?</p>
<p>I graduated in spring 2005, actually.</p>
<p>Oh sweet. Can you share some of your experiences during your time @ UCLA, if you mind sharing? I mean, I would glad to know about a typical day at UCLA, level of challenge at your courses, life at dorms, social life, quality of food, leisure, type of people at UCLA, overall environment of UCLA, etc. No pressure on you, though. You can share some.. Thanks. (PS sorry that's one awful laundry list)</p>
<p>i would love to hear more about ucla from an insiders opinion too...i have to make a decision between berkley and ucla (but i'm leaning heavily towards la)</p>
<p>My courses ranged from not-so-hard (like this one Japanese culture class I took) to incredibly hard (a history class, believe it or not). Life in the dorms was easy. I mean EASY. Social life...well, I'm not the most social guy ever, but I never found myself bored with nothing to do. The food was always good enough, but I got bored of it, so I ordered out or went to Westwood a fair amount. I was rarely bored, and if I felt like "wasting time" I could just go to the gym and workout for an hour or two. </p>
<p>Most UCLA students are nice, smart, and social. Definite pluss.</p>
<p>Overall environment is very relaxed (north campus, mind you) and fun.</p>
<p>Oh sweet. Thanks for the input. Doesn't it feel kind of "lost" with a huge freshmen population?</p>