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I don't know any engineers who've actually taken that program. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>lol i was looking into that study abroad program for tokyo u as well. </p>
<p>is it practical for engineers to study abroad? any benefits?</p>
<p>the main benefit that comes up in my mind is - the experience.</p>
<p>A counselor told my friend that studying abroad for an engineer wasn't about the major....the experience is the important part....</p>
<p>ucla engineerng is very particular abt what kind of abroad courses get credit as eng courses. Supposedly.</p>
<p>If you want the "experience" (whatever that is) you can also travel after graduation...study abroad for engineers IMO is a waste of time...it takes as on average 5 years as it is to complete our degree. Why waste more time on study abroad? Let's leave that to the fluffy majors...</p>
<p>You can always do a study abroad in the summer taking a non-engineering course or two and get some GEs out of the way. The main point behind the study abroad is the experience of the different culture and locale.</p>
<p>you would definitely get a different "experience" from studying abroad than just traveling.</p>
<p>anyone have the book for Engineering 183 : engineering ethics (4th edition) for sale?</p>
<p>Hope you find a cheap price for it. 183 text was pretty much useless except for the exams where you can look up specific case studies and just make up some crap in a few minutes. You probably know already that you don't need to read it too much.</p>
<p>Hey zero, how hard is 103 compared to 105A?</p>
<p>I would say 103 is harder than 105a. 105a is basically the stuff you learned in physics with more details. Also Halil is the TA, so you're good. 103 shouldn't be too bad this quarter since Bahadori is the prof.</p>
<p>How much of the book is covered in 103? It looks tough (even first chapter). I know for 105A, it's only half since the other half is for 133A.</p>
<p>automath: don't buy the book...you will never use it</p>
<p>BoelterHall: I don't remember how much of that POS book is used in 103. Probably half of the text is used since it might be used for MAE 150C if you decide to take it for elective.</p>
<p>How much more difficult is it to be admitted as a freshman to HSSEAS than to the general UCLA college? </p>
<p>Also, once admitted, do you find yourself mostly surrounded by other engineering students or is it easy to find people outside your major to socialize with?</p>
<p>it's pretty easy to find people outside your major to socialize with because the people on your floor will def. not all be the same major as you.</p>
<p>also you will meet people at other social events - there are lots of chances. i don't hang out with any other CSE majors.</p>
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<p>Also, once admitted, do you find yourself mostly surrounded by other engineering students or is it easy to find people outside your major to socialize with?
The admissions rate of HSSEAS isn't significantly lower than the admissions rate of CL&S. When you're admitted, you'll be surrounded by CL&S people in the high-rise dorms and on most of campus. However, some floors are predominantly South Campus, and I don't know if that's a coincidence. :rolleyes:</p>
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Is this really true? I remember last year, the undergraduate EE admission rate (non-transfer) was 27%, which is higher than the overall UCLA admission rate.</p>
<p>Flopsy, since you're a com sci major urself, what advice would you give to other cs majors?
I mean, have you done internships/attended interviews for campus selections?</p>
<p>have u minored in anything? i'm thinking of a humanities minor, but I've heard that's not really popular among other eng majors.</p>
<p>I'm a soph cs major...and i should be done with all my lower division cs classes by winter quarter- spring at latest. do u think i have a realistic chance of graduating at the end of four years?</p>
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My biggest piece of advice is to get a partner for all CS upper-division classes that permit working in pairs (especially CS 111). I have done an internship, and endured plenty of interviews with many selective companies. I did not minor in anything besides Economics which is the required "technical minor" for my curriculum. Yes, I think you have a realistic chance of graduating at the end of four years, provided that you don't have a minor attached to being CS. Some minors are more doable than others, though -- if your humanities minor is a language that you've already tested out of the 1-3 and 4-6 series for, it's doable. :rolleyes:</p>