<p>can someone cite the scary stats that they mentioned?</p>
<p>I second kfc4u. As for anyone who actually walks barefoot around a dorm bathroom/shower with open wounds on his/her feet... no comment. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I believe the scary stats were probably from the sexual violence portion of the lectures. Like I believe one of them was 1 out of 6 women will get raped or someone will attempt to rape them (lifetime).</p>
<p>Yeah, the statistics (about sexual violence and sex in general) were on the 3rd day; the sex lecture. Some were during the video presentation. There was a "Who wants to be a Millionaire" type game where the contestant had to guess (multiple choice) which statistic was correct. For example, what % did not have sex during the entire stay at ucla (or did have?). Something like that..</p>
<p>So where the heck are all the good christian girls?!</p>
<p>Teal--was the "sex lecture" mandatory? Not that it doesn't sound riveting...</p>
<p>hmm i dont remember this during my orientation last year...</p>
<p>if i remember correctly it said something like 60% of girls who enter ucla are virgins and 48% or something came out as virgins. for the alcohol thing i think 45% drank 1-3 glasses (lite drinkers), 25% are non drinkers, and the rest are heavy drinkers (3+)</p>
<p>and last but not least, 1 in 10 ppl on ucla are either bi, gay, lesbian, or transgender.</p>
<p>there was also this rape thing. er i mean rape video. er i mean rape awareness presentation. the whole health thing is not as bad as u may imagine it to be. </p>
<p>there are comedic parts to it as well. for example the triangle vs circle. hahahaha</p>
<p>just go in with an open mind and u will come out more informed. =)</p>
<p>The presentation on how to put on a condom was pretty hilarious. I don't think it's mandatory to attend all the lectures since you don't sit with your orientation group so it's not like your orientation counselor is going to find out. However a lot of the lectures were interesting to listen to (I really enjoyed the one about diversity on campus; it wasn't really a lecture but a student panel) so I will definitely recommend attending.</p>
<p>Oh, the student panel on diversity killed me. The third one (Robbie, I think his name was) just hit me like a ton of bricks; I could barely make it through the discussion group afterward. Very sad, but crucial for everyone to hear.</p>
<p>The sex one wasn't that bad. I walked in expecting a comedic relaying of most of what we already knew (which did happen), but the rape presentation was pretty intense. A lot of people 'stood up,' including myself, and that was...heavy.</p>
<p>How is everyone split into groups? Based on what criteria?</p>
<p>i think its based on majors. can anybody confirm this? thanks</p>
<p>Yes, the orientation groups are split up by majors. For example I'm a poli sci major and everyone in my group was either a poli sci or international development studies major. Your orientation counselor will also have the same major and thus can give you good advice about what classes to take, etc.</p>
<p>I can also confirm that split you up based on majors... They put all the Engineering majors together for my group, and my counselor was a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major.</p>
<p>ya okay cool. so just letting everyone know ^_^</p>
<p>haha yeah they split by majors, but as a philosophy major, I was in a group with a bunch of undecided students :)</p>
<p>I'm curious, for those of you who've been to orientation - what did you think of the club presentations on top of Ackerman? Did you guys find that you actually went back and read through all those flyers you picked up and such, or did you throw them away (like I did two years ago hehe)?</p>
<p>Icarus, haha I plan on reading the flyers (or emails) from the clubs and maybe I'll read all the workshop handouts too.</p>
<p>Your orientation group is basically decided on by your major. I don't think your roommates are, since all 3 of us had different majors.</p>
<p>And as for the ? if you had to go to the sex lecture, you might want to because your orientation group might have a discussion right after</p>
<p>it's good to know that at least 50% of the girls have some self-respect and come out as virgins.</p>
<p>I just hate the thought of having dirty seconds after marriage. I just can't accept that.</p>
<p>lol notice the statistics are for girls not guys. i wonder what it would be for guys tho... maybe like 30% going into UCLA and 1% coming out??!</p>
<p>i love double standards</p>
<p>The 1% are the proud engineers.</p>