<p>I got in, but im unsure if i want to attend. I know its a good school.
Has prestige. But i've also heard a lot of negatives. Lots of competition, not much
access to professors, large class sizes and difficultly in getting classes u need due to number of students. Anyone have similar concerns? If im getting more aid at a private school like Rice (less name recognition but still a great school with more professor interaction and smaller class sizes due to smaller number of students), how would it compare to UCLA or berkeley?</p>
<p>Also got into Rice, UC Berkeley, UCSD. Others im considering are UCSB and Fordham cus both gave me great financial aid. Thoughts? Really confused Any help would be appreciated</p>
<p>All that generally applies to UCs.</p>
<p>It’s weird that people always cite the professor access and class size. But most students I see generally don’t really care for that personalization.</p>
<p>I’ve found that UCLA has adapted very well to the growing student body (or one grew as a result of the other?) and that big does not always mean bad. Sure, you get to meet a lot of new people daily, but academically speaking there’s a lot of resources for every imaginable thing you could think of. I’m a transfer student so it was very gratifying to see so many transfer support/counseling groups throughout campus, like the AAP Transfer Student Center, Center for Community College Partnerships, Student Transfer Opportunity and Mentor Program (STOMP), etc. UCLA’s also a huge research school so if you’re looking for research experience for med/grad school, there’s so many university-wide programs and also departmental opportunities with so many professors and so many topics of interests that you’ll feel blown away by them all. If you’re interested in the brain, just take a walk down Westwood Blvd and you’ll see like four different *buildings *that deal with neuroscience, neurobiology, neuropsychiatry, etc.</p>
<p>Big is good!</p>