UCLA to enroll students displaced from hurricane katrina

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<p>We are also concerned about college students in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama whose schools are unable to open for fall classes. In the hope that we can provide some relief to the students and their colleges, UCLA will welcome displaced students to our regular courses through UCLA Extension for the quarter beginning September 24. Through our concurrent enrollment program, students can complete coursework at UCLA to submit for credit at their home institutions. Academic counselors will be available to guide students in selecting courses suitable to their fields of study and to their level of academic preparation. UCLA Extension is working to determine how many students it can accommodate, and UCLA campus housing is assessing the number of spaces available in the residence halls. Details will be posted at <a href="http://www.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ucla.edu&lt;/a> and at <a href="http://www.uclaextension.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.uclaextension.com&lt;/a> as they become available. For immediate inquiries, please contact UCLA Extension at (310) 206-6201.</p>

<p>The UCLA School of Law also is enrolling as visiting students a limited number of second- and third-year law students from Tulane and Loyola University New Orleans for the fall semester and possibly longer, if needed.</p>

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<p>I was glad to see that UCLA joined in as one of the schools doing this, it's the right thing for them to do.</p>

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<p>Indeed, because who wants to go to a place like SMU? But really, I'm happy, too.</p>

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<p>Until I watched the news these last couple of days I had no clue that the hurricane had this much of an impact. Man that sucks for them.</p>

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<p>I feel for the people at Tulane. Tulane was actually the first school that accepted me this year, and for a while I was considering going there. In hindsight I'm thrilled that I chose UCLA (for multipal rasons) but I still feel bad for those at Tulane.</p>

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<p>I am glad that UCLA is doing this as well, and also glad to find out Berkeley has joined.</p>

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<p>thats pretty cool. so we will have visitors from Tulane on campus maybe?</p>

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<p>Won't all the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina just end up choosing to transfer to Harvard/MIT etc. over all the other schools offering enrollment? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>It depends if that were to show up on transcripts at all. If the school does not show up, I'd think the advantage would be to the student who picks the easiest university possible, in order to boost their GPA.</p>

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<p>haha flopsy. hmm are Harvard and MIT doing this as well?</p>

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<p>gee...where would you want to transplant yourself for winter? Sunny southern California where winter temperatures are about 32 degrees in the early morning, usually at its coldest? Or New England, with all that it implies? I wouldn't care about the name of the school. But, I am biased towards UCLA at this point... :p</p>

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<p>yea i dont think many people from new orleans would want to go to cold weather. that's just my assumption. but then again, tulane students come from all over; from what it sounds like, most are taking classes in colleges near their hometown. </p>

<p>btw harvard is offering spots i believe. i haven't heard anything about MIT. but the list keeps getting updated... it's under the "tulane hurricane emergency" thread near the parent's forum.</p>

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<p>Revision:</p>

<p>Wouldn't all the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina just transfer to Stanford? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Probably not, for multiple reasons, including many would rather go to Harvard, Stanford, like all participating schools, will supply very limited space, and also some people probably want a more lively place to be, like the heart of a city (UCLA Westwood style, or Berkeley style).</p>