<p>Well, most Asians entering a college like UCLA don't have experience having a lot of their fellow continent members in the same place. At most high schools, Asians make up ~10% at best of the student body. Most of us, while having many other racial friends based on the sheer lack of Asians, will try to form somewhat esoteric cliques since the drive most Asians have is the same. With this mindset being established in High School, it never really leaves even when you notice that your college is saturated with people of the same race as you, thus contributing to what you could logically perceive to be this culture of Asian lack of support to other ethnic groups.</p>
<p>That, and of course the fact that it is perpetuated in every Asian family that Affirmative Action is going to deny their children admission to selective colleges and thus that an Hispanic or African American colleague most likely took that seat away from a fellow Asian >_></p>
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<p>this made me laugh...lol.</p>
<p>and no, there is no dominant i-won't-help-you-no-matter-what atmosphere here. clearly, though, you should personally be responsible for your own work and effort and not depend on other students to help you all of the time. with that said, i have received considerable help from my peers when i needed it the most. basically, it's a non-issue in my opinion. don't stress about it. :)</p>
<p>Peppers: interesting observation. Are you sure you're not a sociology or anthro major? lol</p>
<p>ekn: That's good to hear. I'm not stressed, but sooooo many people bring this up (often as an explanation for why so-and-so isn't happy or why so-and-so picked another school) that I'm curious to hear various people's perspectives.</p>
<p>UCLA Engineering is 53.7% Asian as of Fall 2006. We have the second most Asian engineering students in North America (with UCI having the most). It doesn't make sense for Asians to stick together if they form a majority of the engineering student body. They just do their best, and the top students don't help anyone in particular. Also, I don't want to make generalizations because "Asian" is a very broad group -- the Asian international student who just immigrated from Pakistan has a very different work ethic from the third-generation Asian-American from Newport Beach. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I got an invitation to the Engineering Open House after applying to Bioengineering. I'm thinking of flying in Friday afternoon to sit in on classes. Is that allowed and what classes do you recommend? I'm looking at the Bioengineering requirements and it looks like most courses are in the morning.</p>
<p>LAKESHOW, did you get into Bioengineering? If so, what were your stats? I'm curious because I didn't get into Bioengineering, but they put me into chemical engineering.</p>
<p>Sorry, the Engineering Open House is on April 15th and I was looking at flying in on Friday the 13th to see if I can sit in on classes. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>Also, btw, since there is the NCAA tourney going on right now, are people really studying for finals at all?</p>
Sorry, the Engineering Open House is on April 15th and I was looking at flying in on Friday the 13th to see if I can sit in on classes. Any recommendations?
<p>I only saw my faculty advisor once -- to sign the mandatory HSSEAS letter I got asking me to see my faculty advisor. He's one of my Computer Science professors, though, so he advises me plenty enough. :rolleyes:</p>