UCLA over crowded?

<p>Do you think UCLA is over crowded (ex. 3 in a dorm room originally meant for 2 students)? Do you get attention at UCLA or are you really on your own? Is Engineering over crowded?</p>

<p>After you come here you don't even think about things like these. You will get attention if you seek it. No one is going to hold your hand and make sure you don't **** up 100% of the time, you're an adult now. Engineering is harder to get into, so I would assume it is crowded a bit, not sure though. </p>

<p>The only time the population gets to you is when you register for classes and everything closes up. Oh, and housing too, but thats about it. At least for me anyways.</p>

<p>Here's the (few) times I've felt the school is overcrowded:</p>

<p>-Not being able to eat at the dining hall around 6-7pm becuase the lines are ridiculously long
-Seeing most of my peers in crowded triples my first year (but they managed. you always adapt)
-Not being able to get into any classes (at decent times with good teachers) except history, which is fortunately my major</p>

<p>Besides that, I never think about it.</p>

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Engineering is harder to get into, so I would assume it is crowded a bit, not sure though.

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<p>UCLA is a public school, so of course the campus is crowded. If you are referring to engineering courses, your first year will be full of crowded classes. These are courses which you take with other science students (could be up to 350 students per lecture)</p>

<p>Once you get into your major courses, the enrollment cap will be about 60-90, which is still large. (than you imagine).</p>

<p>It isn't until your last ~10 courses that you will see about 25-50 students.</p>

<p>You shouldn't have problems getting into engineering courses if you plan your schedule well. Who wants to take engineering classes anyways? So priority isn't as important. Even if you don't get in a class, you can always beg and you'll get in.</p>

<p>(sorry to hijack), but I'm sure philosophy majors also fare similarly well to history majors, right? It doesn't seem to me to be a popular major. Anybody have any first hand experience with getting shafted for a philo class?</p>

<p>heh yah... well the philos classes which are GEs fill up, unfortunately. i need phil 8 for my major (go psych...) and EVERYONE on the planet decided phil 8 was their plan B when other classes closed up. now i'm on the waitlist.</p>

<p>however, other phil classes which aren't GEs don't seem to have this problem. because if you don't have an interest in philosophy (ie, aren't a phil major/minor), you're not in your right mind to take phil classes for fun xD</p>

<p>also you should be able to get into classes if you 1. have priority enrollment or 2. were some ..... in HS and came in with 1000 AP units so you're already a junior by freshmen year</p>

<p>You should have taken at least 6 AP classes in high school... :rolleyes:</p>

<p>yes but some count for 8 units, others count for 4, and two years of AP english isn't 8 and 8, it's just 8 >.<</p>

<p>my friend came in with over 60 AP units. she's a year younger but only a quarter behind me in class standing...</p>

<p>dont always expect the professors to give you the attention you need. with 2-3 classes of 300 students, sometimes they really couldn't care less :rolleyes:</p>

<p>I don't think half the students want the attention anyways. In most of my lectures & recitations, when it's 5 minutes before the scheduled end of class, people pack up and get ready to leave.</p>

<p>When professors say "This material will not be on the final - but it is interesting", a lot of students head for the exits.</p>

<p>Sounds like high school all over again to me. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>my HS didn't offer APs...soooo but i got in anyway hahahahah</p>

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I don't think half the students want the attention anyways.
When professors say "This material will not be on the final - but it is interesting", a lot of students head for the exits.</p>

<p>Sounds like high school all over again to me.

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Agreed. </p>

<p>@namaste: key qualifier - you went to a hippy, private school with a good rep no? CMON NOW! bleeds COLLEGE PREP</p>

<p>no, not really... college prep = harvard westlake.</p>

<p>if the definition of college prep = everyone goes to college, yes. if it means going to ivy league types, no. thats harvard westlake.</p>