Questions from a potential Bruin freshmen

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<p>I recently got that engineering letter for EE, so I’m assuming I got accepted. Anyway, I have a couple of questions.</p>

<li>Should I got to the engineering open house? I live like 7 hours away from UCLA.</li>
<li>Will I learn anything useful from it?</li>
<li>Around when is freshmen orientation? What happens during orientation?</li>
<li>Is freshmen orientation required?</li>
<li>Is it likely I’ll graduate in 4 years if I take summer classes?</li>
<li>How does housing work?</li>
<li>How many years are you guaranteed housing?</li>
<li>How do you get scholarships after freshmen year?</li>
<li>Any other suggestions for an engineer?</li>
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<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>

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3. It depends. The earliest one last year was in the beginning of July. The last one was near the end of August. There are (10?) or more than 10 orientation sessions that you can attend. During the orientation session, they give you a set of workshops that you can attend. Some of them involve your particular major, special programs that are offered at UCLA, doing research at UCLA, being pre-med, etc. etc. You also get a campus tour. Your Orientation Counselors will answer any questions you have about UCLA. You get to do some bonding activities with your peers. You enroll in classes and they tell you how that whole deal works out. Find out more information here[/url</a>].
4. No, freshman orientation is not required.
6. After you've accepted you have a deadline to apply for housing. You choose your preferences (single, double, triple, plaza, residence hall, residence suite, etc.). Last year, it was towards the end of May that they told us our housing offers. You choose to accept or reject it.
7. Four years.
8. Well, there are a number of ways to get scholarships. For one thing, you could visit UCLA's [url=<a href="http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/src/%5DScholarship">http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/src/]Scholarship</a> Resource Center. For another, through your individual department, you might find scholarships particular to your major. Hmm... also, you can do research projects and through various programs through [url=<a href="http://www.college.ucla.edu/urc-care/%5DURC-CARE%5B/url"&gt;http://www.college.ucla.edu/urc-care/]URC-CARE[/url&lt;/a&gt;], you can find opportunities that will pay you stipends or have you involved in fellowships, etc. The point is - there isn't just ONE place where you can get scholarships or something - they're all over the place.</p>

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<li>no. its pretty much a waste of time</li>
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<p>Ok so part of orientation is signing up for classes. Is it first orientations get first priority for classes?</p>

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<p>It's first come first served. UCLA does open some classes for later orientations but, generally, the earlier the better.</p>

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<p>yes, goto the earliest orientation you can make it to, and sign up for it ASAP. in other words...as soon as the website lets you, sign up for it! you snooze you lose!</p>

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<p>you don't need to go to orientation, but if you plan on taking highly sought after courses (poli sci courses, chem, etc.) then you have to sign up for the earliest orientation session and go.</p>

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<p>
[quote]

  1. Should I got to the engineering open house? I live like 7 hours away from UCLA.
  2. Will I learn anything useful from it?
  3. Around when is freshmen orientation? What happens during orientation?
  4. Is freshmen orientation required?
  5. Is it likely I'll graduate in 4 years if I take summer classes?
  6. How does housing work?
  7. How many years are you guaranteed housing?
  8. How do you get scholarships after freshmen year?
  9. Any other suggestions for an engineer?[

[/quote]

  1. If it is possible to, then go. But if you have something important for school, then don't.</p>

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<li><p>Yes, you will learn about the facility, the style of UCLA, the learning environment, and possibly meet prospective students of your field.</p></li>
<li><p>Early July to mid August. You will gather with people with similar majors, along with a counselor of the similar major.</p></li>
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<p>You will select classes, and hear many speeches about "Congratulations ... blah blah what to expect from UCLA .. what are the rules .. don't do drugs .. blah ". None of the programs are mandatory, except between what your counselors says. So you get to experience the 'night life' and the glimpse of staying up late and having fun without any curfews.</p>

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<li><p>No, if you don't go, you can save $$. But you will be losing opportunities to meet new UCLA students.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, you can still graduate if you follow the curriculum. Refer to the engineering thread for complete answer.</p></li>
<li><p>After you've accepted you have a deadline to apply for housing. You choose your preferences (single, double, triple, plaza, residence hall, residence suite, etc.). Last year, it was towards the end of May that they told us our housing offers. You choose to accept or reject it.</p></li>
<li><p>Three or four years.</p></li>
<li><p>There is a scholarship resource center, and there's always FASTWEB. But keep in mind that your grade dips in college, so it would be harder to receive scholarhips. The best time is right now, your senior year of high school.</p></li>
<li><p>Tell us your major.</p></li>
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<p>Hi, if you didn't notice, I had already posted this information. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>hahahahahahahhahaha</p>

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<p>one two three four i detect a forum war...
jkjk ;)</p>

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<p>Not only that, you shamelessly copied my #6 response.</p>

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<p>BoelterHall got owned by Emmeline. :P</p>

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<p>Thanks Emmeline for being mean. :) By the time I got down to #6 I noticed, but I had already spent some time writing the post. And pressing "back" would be time wasting .. </p>

<p>Forgive me for copying and let's be friends.</p>

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<p>so...any hookah bars at westwood ?</p>

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<p>yes, they happen to exist. :rolleyes: =/</p>

<p>sidenote: emmeline, that cracked me up. :D</p>

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<p>Yeah, there's a placed called Gypsy's. I've seen people smoking hookah on campus too...


No. :mad:</p>

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<p>what are all the classes that are in high demand? How do you know if you will take them?</p>

<p>And what is the difference between the different types of housing?</p>

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<p>high demand classes are general ed classes that everyone wants to take</p>

<p>especially english comp 3</p>

<p>and things like math 32a, chem 20a, ALL LABS</p>

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<p>High Demand Courses: Stats 10, Comm 10... really, give us your major and we'll give you a better idea. You know if you'll have to take them by looking at your major's requirements. Do some more research. </p>

<p>Go to <a href="http://www.housing.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.housing.ucla.edu&lt;/a> and you will find some information about the different types of housing. Essentially:[ul][<em>]Plazas: Cleaner, prettier, and newer than all the other buildings. You get a private bath. Larger rooms than residence hall rooms. 3 residents max. Quieter than halls but not as quiet as suites, usually.[</em>]Suites: Lounge area, 1 private bath, 2 rooms, 4-6 residents max. Located at the farthest end of the housing area. Has a lot of athletes. Secluded. Quiet... perhaps too quiet. There is no "floor" -- it's kinda like apts but without the kitchen. Not very integrated community -- so hard to socialize with "floormates."[*]Halls: Smaller rooms. Twice as many people on the floor as # of res. in plazas (something like that). No private bath. Very social. 3 residents max.[/ul]</p>