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<p>Those are graduate programs. For now, I’m just worrying about undergrad programs since I can always transfer when it comes to graduate school.</p>
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<p>Give me a break … as if someone who’s applying to Stanford or Cal Tech would consider Chapman. To apply to either of them, one has to think he/she has a chance -> super-high stats. Super-high-stats students as a fallback would never consider Chapman, a fact of life. We’ll allow your one student anecdotal reference, but you’d be hard pressed to cite another. I wouldn’t think this other person would exist.</p>
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<p>The SAT’s you cite for UCLA are also understated. UCLA purposely understates scores so as not to deter underrepresented students in applying to the U. The collection of scores include redundant postings among SAT and ACT (not best between the two, not a CDS component), and possibly among SAT’s themselves, in addition to the U not superscoring. Just a clarification when someone posts UCLA"s median scores.</p>
<p>If money is no object I would go to UCLA because of their great Med Schools and possible tie in with Nutrition. If money is an object how much more is UCLA going to cost you a year instead of going to Chapman? UCLA is going to be very tough because many of the students there all they did was study in High School and received As in most of their honors and AP classes. Chapmans graduation rate is very high and most finish school in 4 years which is very unusual at a UC. If there is a big saving for you going to Chapman you could use the money you save for when you go to grad school.</p>
<p>Well, thank you all for your opinions!!! I’ve finally made my choice…</p>
<p>And you’re going to leave us all hanging…</p>
<p>UCLA, woot woot!</p>
<p>Congratulations on your decision, and welcome to the Bruin family :)</p>
<p>Thanks!! I’m really excited to start college! (and CAN’T WAIT to finish high school…)</p>
<p>Good for you! It must feel great to have the burden of choice off you! Now you can sit back and make plans. Congrats!</p>
<p>OK, here’s another perspective. We know one student at UCLA in music, who loves it! His classes are TINY-- only one or two have been large. How large or small classes are, and how impersonal or intimate your department/teachers, is a factor of your MAJOR. So those big generalizations, OCELITE, may not apply to UCs. If you are majoring in English or Psychology, and maybe sciences (depending on which), you will have larger classes. You need to find someone majoring in film at UCLA to find out how small or large the classes are. If they are anything like in music, they might be small.
Our other friend is at Chapman, got wonderful financial aid, but is absolutely miserable with the social scene there, and how wealthy and materialistic people seem. So you never know. Go hang out with students there, go visit their film departments and talk to people in the offices, and see how you feel!</p>
<p>Oh wow, I posted that and then your decision popped up! Go Bruins!! : ) Hey maybe you should meet my son, a music composition major… : )</p>
<p>Hey y’all! Haven’t updated this thread in a while. I’m so excited to start at UCLA! I’ve already been “bruin-tised” 
It’s funny to read my own previous posts about how I wanted to do nutrition and music and how things change so drastically over time. I’m now a pre-communication studies major and pre-public health minor. I decided to go in a slightly different direction than I initially anticipated but am happy with my choice. I’m still doing music, but in my own time. As for the nutrition, I’m trying to get into an alternative medicine club so that should be interesting!</p>
<p>musicmama: Sure, I love meeting new people :)</p>