<p>I noticed that UCLAs College (Undergraduate) Library has VERY early closing times compared to many other university libraries that allow their students to stay until 3 a.m. So where do most freshmen spend their time studying late at night? And since I have a hard time studying unless its quiet, would you consider the study atmosphere there as comfortable and respectable?</p>
<p>Also, how big/small are the chances of ending up with any of your requested roommate(s) in any residential hall?</p>
<p>One more: I have a 17 inch HP laptop (i'm not very good with small screens). is that going to be too much of a problem around campus? (I've got a good backpack to lug it around in) Do many students bring their laptops to their classes?</p>
<p>The College Library has a Night Section of the Library that is open until like 7? The only bad thing is that during normal hours (before 10), it's not absolute silence. If you are really picky about your silence, I would not study at the College Library. At least I wouldnt study where everyone studies. Go upstairs, lol. </p>
<p>No idea about the chances of the request.</p>
<p>17 Inch = gonna be tough on your back, but it sounds like you can manage. There are a few students who use laptops, but that would depend on your major, wouldn't it?</p>
<p>Most students in my classes do not use laptops. I'm an econ/accounting student, so it depends on your major. I'm just saying that I don't see many laptops in my classes.</p>
<p>Music 15, Art of Listening = lots of laptops...on Facebook, email, Yahoo games, etc.</p>
<p>Chem = one or two in a 100 person lecture. But then again, the professor had all his notes printed in a course reader. </p>
<p>Math = all notebooks</p>
<p>It all depends.</p>
<p>I wouldn't recommend bringing around the 17-inch anywhere. The only times I had to lug my giant around was for chem lab group meetings, last-minute cram sessions, and taking it home.</p>
<p>Library opens during the night hours as mentioned above but i know quite few people that go to study in lounges and at Covel(a dining hall on the bottom and reading/classrooms on the upper floors)
chances of you getting requested roomates are very high unless you put polar opposite of what your friend put such as you sleep at 10pm he sleep at 1am, you smoke he doesn't, and so on
as for laptops i know history students take their laptop a lot since typing is a bit faster way to take notes, in chem and math no one use laptops since its hard to get graphs and equations onto laptop...
Ackerman has a pretty decent deal on mac laptops and quite few people like them, i personally like pcs for their compatibility with softwares such as Ruckus(FREE music download for UCLA students) and i use TV card to watch TV and i don't recall macs have a slot for that... but then you might get someone like my roommate who brings a TV then you won't need tv card...</p>
<p>Keep your 17" in your dorm. If you need a laptop, check one out at the library.</p>
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chances of you getting requested roomates are very high unless you put polar opposite of what your friend put such as you sleep at 10pm he sleep at 1am, you smoke he doesn't
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I don't think they look at this for requested roomates.</p>
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The only times I had to lug my giant around was for chem lab group meetings
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You can avoid this by meeting up in the computer labs (on the hill or on campus)</p>
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<p>Also, just one bit of advise that everyone probably knows but probably ignore: Don't EVER bring your laptop to study. You can figure out why.</p>
<p>libraries have some blackbooks (black macbooks) to check out for 2-3 hours at a time if you dont want to lug yours to campus (i think its 3, but forgot). they boot either OS X or WinXP, each with full software suites (MS office, a whole mess of adobe programs, etc).</p>
<p>17" is a little big for my preference, but its up to you if you want to carry that weight around or not. space wise it should be OK to bring to a library or something, but it would be really bulky to use in a lecture hall. as already said, the amount of laptop usage in class depends on the type of class. its too cumbersome and slow to type out notes that involve a lot of numbers, symbols, equations and diagrams.</p>
<p>mac vs PC...im sure PC will win the majority, but macs have a very large presence on campus. its your personal preference. UCLA store also has some very good deals on macs (ive frequently seen the high end 15" macbook pros on sale for $1999 vs $2499 apple retail), so if you're thinking about buying a new mac for school you might want to wait till you can buy it from UCLA.</p>