<p>Flopsy, we visited UCLA today. Didn't know it's Spring Break, but walked around anyway. The engineering building looks pretty drab and outdated. Is there more behind the doors that we didn't see? Also, noticed a new building under construction called the replacement building. When will that be ready and what will go in there? Some of the other schools I have been accepted to have new, state of the art facilities. Confused now. Please help</p>
<p>For the most part, you won't be taking classes in the Engineering 1-4 buildings until later in your career, I'm a first-year bioengineering student and most of my classes have been in really nice venues. Lakretz hall, Physics and Astronomy are both very new and I've even been blessed with the opportunity to have math in Royce Hall ( the building across from powell library).</p>
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Sorry if the "Engineering building" looked drab (I'm assuming you're talking about the oldest one, Boelter Hall). The ugliest parts of the building are the fourth and fifth floors, which mainly house lecture/discussion rooms. As for the Engineering Replacement Building (which will likely take on the name of an unnamed donor corporation), it should be ready by the end of 2007. It will house the research wings of the Bioengineering and Materials Engineering departments. The nicest parts of the whole Engineering conglomerate are in Engineering I and Engineering IV, which are mainly for faculty offices and upper-division lab courses in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. However, Franz Hall, LaKretz Hall, the Physics and Astronomy Building, as well as Young Hall and the Geology Building are also common venues for Engineering courses, so it's not like you'll be dwelling in Boelter Hall continuously. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Hey Flopsy, can you describe your experience at UCLA? I saw a thread at Cal's forum with students saying that they had a bad experience because of the overcompetitiveness. Does that pertain to LA? Did you enjoy your time? Did you find your time rewarding, socially, academically, etc.?</p>
<p>Yes, I found my study here rigorous and fairly intense. I crave the competition in curved courses -- it's the non-engineering courses (mainly Economics) which are bringing down my GPA, interestingly enough. My freshman year was the hardest on me because of CS 32 and CS 33; luckily that's all behind me now and even CS 111 was easy by comparison. Sophomore year was probably my best year because I had a perfectly-formed schedule all three quarters and thus was able to join the clubs I couldn't join as a freshman. Junior year was all-work/no-play and I attempted to do undergraduate Computer Science research but I eventually dropped out after a quarter because of lack of committment. Senior year is good so far because I'm taking a lighter schedule and drinking more coffee. I have a well-balanced group of friends and things are looking up in my job search. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Flopsy, sometimes it seems as if the difficulty of some courses (like CS 32 and Biskup for math) may not be worth the frustration and lowered GPA, and may not even be giving students as much academically as they are general life lessons. I guess my questions are two: 1) Do the professors/academics in general get better after freshman year? and 2) Is it all worth it after 4-5 years or might it be better to go to a less rigorous university and retain more of your sanity & self-esteem? I can imagine that being where you are now must feel like a huge accomplishment (which it is), but I can't help but feel for all those freshmen that are genuinely making an effort, but are still doing poorly. I guess that's the whole point of UCLA engineering's "weeding out," right? =/</p>
<p>Has anyone tried RSVPing for a spot in those UCLA engineering emails even though they didn't get the email, becuase I use my email through my high school and for some reason I don't get a lot of emails because they get blocked as spam. So I attempted to RSVP just to see if I didnt get the email, and it let me RSVP. Does anyone have any imput on this.</p>
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[ol][<em>]Yes, the professors/academics get better after freshman year, because lecture sizes shrink and you start seeing familiar faces in your discussion sections. Also, professors' office hours are more accessible.
[</em>]That depends on you. Most people at UCLA who switch out of Engineering do so not because of "losing their sanity" (i.e. doing poorly) but because of personal preference... It's not like people haven't been pulling frequent all-nighters before coming to college anyways. :rolleyes:[/ol]</p>
<p>Is it usually a good idea to take 4 classes after freshmen year? I just took CS32 with 3 other technical classes and it was a bit tough but I got through it with all B+ and above except for CS32 which is going to be either a B or a C.</p>
<p>Yes, it's a good idea to take 4 courses per quarter after freshman year whenever you can handle it. You pretty much have to, though, in order to take the 2-unit lab courses and also if you plan on graduating within four years. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>flopsy,
if you could comment on my post (chances for UCs) I would really appreciate it. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=318835%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=318835</a></p>
<p>Sorry for messing with your Engineering topic, I did not know how else to get your attencion.</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
<p>Oooh that was questionable.</p>
<p>KilledBySAT:</p>
<p>UCLA: Reach (Engineering)</p>
<p>Are the job opportunities better for a CS major than a CSE major? Also, how do they differ in their job types after college?</p>
<p>The job opportunities between CS/CSE are seldom definite. Some consulting companies recruit specifically for Computer Science (e.g. Accenture), but there's an equal number of companies recruiting for "Computer Engineering" (e.g. Global Dynamics), which is a field that is really split between CSE and EECE. However, the two majors overlap very neatly overall. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>IS there a certain dorm that is established for Engineering students and what dorms in general are my best chances for getting a single room and own bathroom.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>well, since you don't pick your specific dorm anyway, just state that you want a single. you might end up in a hedrick summit single, but you won't get your own bathroom (it's shared between 5 single rooms). there's no way to get a single room with a private bath except being an RA in de neve or some sunset buildings xD
if you don't get a single, you'll most likely be in a triple (you're a frosh not a transfer right?) in which case, a plaza or suite will give you a more private bath than a res hall. so pick hall as your last choice of the three, and list single as your first preference, and cross your fingers!
to my knowledge there isn't an engineering dorm, unless a bunch of engineering students happen to get together and create an impromptu engineering floor xD</p>
<p>Thanks Liyana -</p>
<p>Yes, will be a freshman (woman actually):) So, on the housing app, I should pick Plaza, Suite and then ????</p>
<p>There's a chance I may have a roomie in the beginning to get an apt so any recommendations is appreciated. Thanks</p>
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IS there a certain dorm that is established for Engineering students and what dorms in general are my best chances for getting a single room and own bathroom.</p>
<p>Thanks!!
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No, there are no dorms for specific majors such as Engineering. The dorms that are your best chances for getting a single room are the Residential Suites (Rieber Vista, Rieber Terrace, Hedrick Summit) but you don't get your own bathroom anywhere in on-campus housing (unless you're a Residential Advisor). :rolleyes:</p>
<p>just a question i want to clarify before giving advice:
flopsy, do you know if the single rooms in the plaza buildings are considered plaza rooms, or suites?
cuz then people wanting a single in those buildings should put "single" and the corresponding room type to get the best shot, right?
because technically there are no single plaza rooms... just suites IN a plaza building (aside from the double/triple suite rooms in hitch/saxon), right?
sorry for the confusion but this has been bugging me for a while... xD</p>