<p>What do first years usually do after their freshman year at UCLA? Im looking into applying for an internship but I hear that even the ones that are offered to first and second years are de facto reserved mostly for upperclassmen. Another option is to do summer school and get a part time job, or I could get a full time job.</p>
<p>What do you think is the best option?</p>
<p>Note: I need to decide quickly because summer school deadlines and application deadlines are approaching</p>
<p>during my summer of freshman year, I took 4 classes to fulfill my writing 2 and ge. I found it much easier than even 3 classes during the regular year.</p>
<p>Most people I know, including me, just chilled. It was like high school all over again. I went on vacation to Asia for a month so yeah, it was basically a summer vacation.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a few people I know stayed at UCLA or went to another UC and took summer school classes.</p>
<p>I personally didn’t know anyone that was able to get an internship during the summer immediately after their freshman year, but I’m sure there are a handful of ambitious people that have done it.</p>
<p>I really really recommend taking classes at a community college to fulfill some requirements. At least in engineering, after 105 or so units (including AP) this isn’t an option anymore. </p>
<p>I took an online cc class and did an internship the summer after my first year.</p>
<p>Internships may be hard, but they aren’t impossible to find.</p>
<p>For my Freshman summer I did:</p>
<p>-an internship in Santa Monica (15hrs/week)
-math 33b at Santa Monica Community College (10hrs/week)
-part time job on UCLA campus (18-20hrs/week)</p>
<p>it kept me busy and was definitely do-able.</p>
<p>went to SMC every morning from 9am-11am.
went to internship M-W noon-5pm.
went to job TR-Sat noon - 6pm.</p>
<p>I’m a Civil Engineer, what classes could I take online?and what website?</p>
<p>Just get your GEs out of the way.</p>
<p>Took 33B at a CC, worked at Jamba Juice.</p>
<p>I did physics 1B, 1C, 4BL, Stats 13 over 2 sessions and took a couple of part-time jobs. This past summer did research.</p>
<p>I took CS32 online. Alot of cc’s offer CS31 online too. Just check assist.org</p>
<p>a lot of premed first years did summer school</p>
<p>what website did you use?</p>
<p>planning to do summer session A with math 115A and math 170A. should be bundles of fun.</p>