<p>PLEASE!!!! Can an experienced bruin tell me what he or she thinks of my schedule for the fall quarter? I just got back from session 105 (btw had a great time) and the three classes I had my heart set on had only one time slot available and so i enrolled in it. One lecture is from mon.-fri. 8-8:50 a.m. Another is mwf from 10-10:30 a.m. The last is mwf from 1-1:50 p.m. I am worried about that 8 am morning class and whether it will be too early for me. Also my classes will be held in public policy, haines, and bunche. How long will it take for me to walk from sproul to those buildings? When are the hrs for each meal? Will I even be able to find time to have breakfast in the morning or do I have to sprint to public policy? and will I have enough time to walk back to covel after my second class to eat lunch and then return back to my 1 am class ( I would like to attempt to get a good seat in the front since its a class of 300 something)?</p>
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<li>8:00 AM classes aren't too early at all, unless you're the type of person who gets drunk every night and skips class. Get used to it!</li>
<li>From Sproul, the Public Policy Building and Bunche Hall are a 15 minute walk, while Haines is a 12 minute walk.</li>
<li>Breakfast is usually 7-9AM. Lunch is usually 11AM-12PM. Dinner is usually 5-8PM. Some abberations do occur depending on the specific dining hall. <a href="http://www.dining.ucla.edu/housing_site/dining/hours.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.dining.ucla.edu/housing_site/dining/hours.htm</a></li>
<li>You'll definitely find time for breakfast, especially if you're not ordering a custom omelette (which can be a 5-10 minute wait). I personally do not recommend eating breakfast before 8 AM classes, because I feel that the crucial early-morning time is better spent sleeping than eating.</li>
<li>Yes, you will have a decent amount of time between 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM to walk to your room, relax and walk back. You should leave your room 30 minutes before lecture if you desire prime seating in a North Campus auditorium, though.</li>
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<p>*1. 8:00 AM classes aren't too early at all, unless you're the type of person who gets drunk every night and skips class. *</p>
<p>Or (like me) you are most definitely not a morning person. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm a first-year like you but it sounds like your schedule will work, although it will suck to get up that early... I think my earliest class is at 9:00 or so MWF.</p>
<p>105 rocked, I'm still down here in Westwood for good now ;). Who was your OC? Maybe I know you, haha.</p>
<p>Right - I forgot to add that if you aren't a morning person, 8:00 AM classes may not be your cup of tea. Some people do worse in early-morning classes because they find it hard to focus at the crack of dawn. Still, at UCLA it's better than not being able to enroll in the class at all, and there are dozens of competing students who would be delighted to take your place in the class.</p>
<p>Thanks Flopsy and everyone else!</p>
<p>to jonez: my o.c. was henri</p>
<p>hi kaligirl87, looks like flopsy got here before i did. </p>
<p>"One lecture is from mon.-fri. 8-8:50 a.m. Another is mwf from 10-10:30 a.m. The last is mwf from 1-1:50 p.m. "</p>
<p>Looks okay in general. Doesn't seem too demanding; it looks like a typical courseload. </p>
<p>"I am worried about that 8 am morning class and whether it will be too early for me."</p>
<p>I'd like to offer an alternative point of view to what others have said. I took an 8am class that was all the way across campus at Dodd. Wow that class was brutal. Had to get up at 7am, get ready, leave around 7:30 for the 20 minute walk while eating a cereal bar and to get a good seat. Unfortunately for me, I should've just stayed in the dorms and slept because it wouldn't have made a difference; I fell asleep or dozed off during most of the lectures. Twice, I was so sleepy and lazy that I didn't even go to lecture, and I'm one of those good students who always goes to lecture! People usually ask to copy notes off me, not the other way around! I ended up getting my worst grade of my freshman year in that class (it plummeted my GPA too) and decided I'd never take an 8am class again unless it was absolutely necessary. Might sound a little exaggerated but that's how I view 8am classes now. Of course, it's also different for everybody. Some can function well in the morning, even if they're in college. But I've never seen more in-class sleeping, ditching (about half the class), and Starbucks in any other class than that 8am one. </p>
<p>"Also my classes will be held in public policy, haines, and bunche. How long will it take for me to walk from sproul to those buildings?"</p>
<p>You should pace yourself to those classes during Zero Week and see how fast you walk. Apparently, I walk slower than flopsy. Also, make sure you take the Charles E. Young north drive to walk to north campus instead of bruinwalk cuz it's shorter and can cut down on your time. </p>
<p>"Will I even be able to find time to have breakfast in the morning or do I have to sprint to public policy?"</p>
<p>If you're a relatively fast eater, you can probably even go back to the dorms area to grab breakfast after your first class and then head back for the next one, although it's time consuming for a walk and back. Another option would be to get breakfast from the Cooperage in Ackerman Union, but you won't be getting your swipes worth and the money can add up. My personal choice is to bring breakfast with me (like cereal bar on the go). Unforunately, the to-go breakfast places like Puzzles aren't open before 8am. </p>
<p>"and will I have enough time to walk back to covel after my second class to eat lunch and then return back to my 1 am class ( I would like to attempt to get a good seat in the front since its a class of 300 something)?"</p>
<p>yes, your break between your 2nd class and lunch is better. you should have plenty of time (2.5 hours!) to walk back, grab lunch, and head back to campus for class. i bet you'll have enough time to eat a nice relaxing lunch too and head back to your dorm to check email or put down your books and pick up the next set of books for your final class.</p>
<p>would it work to ur advantage if u are a morning person and took an 8 am class? i mean if a lot of ppl sleep/skip the class then mayb the curve will be more generous :D</p>
<p>^hahaha i like that</p>
<p>I'm curious kfc4u what class you're talking about. It must have been pretty boring and to take it during the morning! Uh. My earliest class is 9 PM MWF at Dodd and while it's not as early as 8 AM; it's still pretty early (for me). I hope Classics 10 is not as boring (and tough) as the class you took!</p>
<p>Your earliest class is at 9 PM?
Damn. :eek:</p>
<p>Speaking of typos, I also made one in my first post: Lunch is actually from 11AM-2PM, not 11AM-12PM. :confused:</p>
<p>"I'm curious kfc4u what class you're talking about."</p>
<p>It was Econ1 with Bresnock. Although 8am was too early for me, there were some other factors that I could've attributed to my low grade though (lack of interest in econ, difficult for me to grasp, and tiresome/time consuming frat pledging... which i ultimately gave up in order to save my GPA).</p>
<p>Not to hijack the thread...</p>
<p>Any current students, what are your thoughts on rushing a frat your first quarter. Pros/Cons?</p>
<p>"It was Econ1 with Bresnock. Although 8am was too early for me, there were some other factors that I could've attributed to my low grade though (lack of interest in econ, difficult for me to grasp, and tiresome/time consuming frat pledging... which i ultimately gave up in order to save my GPA)."</p>
<p>Oooh I'm starting econ 1 with bresnock tomorrow morning, how is she?</p>
<p>Punch Bresnock in the face for me, would you? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>LOL. well, bresnock was an okay professor, probably the definition of average or a little better. compared to the "bad apples," then she's not bad at all. she tries to make sure everyone understands everything. she doesn't use a mic in a 300+ lecture hall, but i've heard her voice carries to the back. and she's actually a tenured prof at cal poly pomona. i like her choice for textbook though (written by krugman from princeton/ny times). </p>
<p>"Any current students, what are your thoughts on rushing a frat your first quarter. Pros/Cons?"</p>
<p>Pros:
- Parties fall and winter quarters because the next rush for most frats is in spring (if you pledge in spring, then there's no fun left in the school year after that)
- Develop a small, tight-knit group of friends early on so campus feels smaller
- Priority over the spring pledges for frat housing (i think).. or at least you get to be the ones initiating the pledges hehe</p>
<p>Cons:
- Might not adapt to academics and pledging at the same time
- Can't make friends with a variety of people and probably won't know many people in your own dorm floor
- Can't explore too many other clubs or activities for fall quarter</p>
<p>8am classes aren't THAT bad...it really comes down to the professor and your own time management skills. If you can discipline yourself to go to bed at 12, then you should be fine...if not then well...pray that the professor either curves generously or is like my chem lab professor who just handed out handouts that he read to the class for an hour. </p>
<p>eventually you'll find what works best for you. having an 8am class your first quarter might be brutal since you'll be fresh off of 3 months of summer vacation, but since you're going to be going through a crap load of changes anyway you might as well jump right in when your schedule is relatively light</p>
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<p>dude. WR Allen is teaching econ 1. This is THE semester to take econ 1 it seems. I'm betting $10 breeznuts will be back teaching econ 1 in winter 2006.</p>
<p>i have lectures/discussions every weekday at 9. any thoughts on that? then a break before another lecture mwf at 2</p>
<p>Back in the day, a perfect schedule for me would have been M-Th, including evening classes, with none before 10 am. That way, I could have a 3-day weekend. I went to a small, urban, Jesuit Catholic school, maybe 5 blocks x 4 blocks in size. Work-study in the library ruined my Friday, but it wasn't like I really had anything else to do on Fridays.</p>
<p>I could have never survived on a huge campus like UCLA. I did have to learn how to walk in wind chill and snow, which was traumatic enough for a spoiled bay area native like me (grew up 6 miles from Berkeley).</p>
<p>Even with my perfect schedule, many meals were missed as I often did not wake up in time for breakfast and missed lunch sometimes because of classes or work in the library.</p>
<p>I pulled an all-nighter and fell asleep in math class the next day. When I finally woke up, another class and professor were in the room. That, and barfing in the library while on the job, after a night of drinking and partying, were my most embarrassing moments. Not very intense by today's standards.</p>