<p>I'm planning to transfer to UCLA.
However, I live 2 hours apart from UCLA and plans to rent a room somewhere nearby...
It caught my attention that UCLA is located at a higher-class area and was wondering which area should i look around for if i want an affordable housing?
could you give an estimate for the cost and mention any public transportation?
what about the UCLA dorm?</p>
<p>10-Q</p>
<p>it sounds like you haven’t even got in yet…</p>
<p>don’t even think about that right now and focus on getting in first, Lol.</p>
<p>but if you really want to know, off campus housing is substantially cheaper than dorming from what my multiple ucla friends tell me.</p>
<p>(btw just curious, are you asian?)</p>
<p>Yeah, is there some sort of restrictions on Asians due the already large Asian population in UCLA? To create “diversity” perhaps?</p>
<p>And I forgot to mention that currently I am attending a community college so GPA and SAT (if those are what you are referring to about focusing on getting in first) is not that much of a concern for me. Well maybe GPA, but someone from my class was admitted to UCLA for this coming fall quarter with 3.2 (we’re both engineering major) and no extracurricular activities. I’m quite confident that I can maintain my GPA above that.
He was vaguely saying that maybe such admission is only for this semester though. If that’s the case can anyone elaborate on what’s happening in UCLA?
I don’t want to study too hard only to attend CalPoly.</p>
<p>GPA should be a concern for you, and above a 3.2 is no mark for confidence…</p>
<p>SAT have nothing to do with admission.</p>
<p>Just because your friend got into engineering with a 3.2 doesnt mean you need to base your view of admissions on him. It also doesnt meant that anything 3.2 + means auto acceptance.</p>
<p>UCLA engineering is not easy to get into, neither are the classes you will have to take in community college to qualify for admission. </p>
<p>You are worrying to early about where you are going to live, worry about getting in first.</p>
<p>It took me a month to find an apartment , not by campus but i wanted to live alone in a studio and all i could afford was 800, so i lived further away but the point is i had plenty of time from the time i got accepted to the time class started to find a place.</p>
<p>The reason why I’m asking this is because I’m weighing in my options…</p>
<p>If getting admitted to UCLA is too expensive and/or too troublesome to pursuit I’ll just lay back and get in CalPoly instead.If that is not the case I’ll work my ass off to get respectable grades.</p>
<p>Stop telling me to worry about getting in first (twice already!); it’s not helping…
If I can get in and turns out there’s a crapload of other problems, there’s no point for me to try for UCLA in the first place. That’s why I’m currently evaluating that “crapload of problems.”</p>
<p>I’m NOT getting 3.2, so stop telling me that 3.2 is not good enough…I’m saying that I can maintain it above that. If I must make an estimate 3.5 when I transfer, possibly 3.4</p>
<p>One of the major reasons why I’m trying for UCLA is because the admission of that friend of mine…That’s why I asked about any events that happened in UCLA that could have caused the standard drop in admission process…</p>
<p>sounds like you don’t want to listen to what anyone says and just want people to tell you what you want to hear.</p>
<p>ok here. [UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: Profile of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2008](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof08_mjr.htm#SEAS]UCLA”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof08_mjr.htm#SEAS)</p>
<p>3.4 or 3.5 you estimate is NOT good enough.</p>
<p>you need a 3.7 to consider yourself competitive. Plan for cal poly.</p>
<p>The reason you were told twice to worry about getting in, is because that IS the WHOLE battle. Once your in things work themselves out when it comes to housing . … there is public transport, there is dorms, rooming with others, etc ,etc.</p>
<p>Go on craigslist and see how much it costs to room with someone around campus. You can find something for 400 range probably. And there is plenty of public transport all within LA… go to the MTA website and look up various routes from the various places you find on craigslist.</p>
<p>No one here can tell you exactly what route, and how much, prices vary significantly. Someone who is willing to share a 1 bedroom with 3-4 people can pay 400ish, someone else who wants to live alone and next to campus can pay 2000 and yet someone else can pay even more or something in between depending on what they want.</p>
<p>I hear staying in community college is very convenient and not troublesome at all…</p>
<p>i got into UCLA with a 3.5 transferring from a cal state as an engineer major. I didnt finish my prereqs, i didnt even have that IGETC crap finished either. Just write a bomb essay and you’ll get in. but for housing and such, you can get housing for about 500-600 a month, and thats in brentwood and westwood area. thats about 3-4 rooms, each having their own. My friend pays around that much with 4 people and 4 rooms, very spacious. dorming costs around 1100 up to 1300. These are rough estimates. </p>
<p>good luck.</p>
<p>^ igetc is only for community colleges. (I’m pretty sure)</p>
<p>that kind of logic might come to haunt u later in life. just doing enuff to get by xP</p>
<p>IGETC is only for community colleges. you’re right. but then again, its harder to transfer from a 4 year university to begin with. That being said, nothing is impossible and if you believe, you’ll get in 
i dont know what i’m talking about so i’ll stop here.</p>
<p>If you believe you can fly you can.</p>
<p>david blaine did it. well sorta.</p>
<p>“That being said, nothing is impossible and if you believe”</p>
<p>OH PLEASE DON’T TELL ME YOU JUST USED THAT CLICHE!</p>
<p>hahahaahha</p>