<p>To both current and former Bruins, what is good and bad about UCLA? (i.e. weather, too many people)</p>
<p>Kinda vague question don’t you think?</p>
<p>Good: Academics, proximity to Hollywood, Santa Monica, and downtown, weather, food, diversity, fun controversies always happen here, NCAA basketball, amount of pride.</p>
<p>Bad: NCAA football, losing to USC 11 times in the past 12 years, Tyler Honeycutt leaving, Malcolm Lee declaring for the NBA draft, Neuheisel is still head coach, loud Asians on the phone in the library, etc.</p>
<p>On the extremes probably food and weather are really good and parking is really bad. there’s really nothing that bad about UCLA besides parking lol</p>
<p>Just a few of the negatives.
Bad:
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[<em>]Paid for parking permit but no available spots.
[</em>]Enrolled in a course but have to stand up because someone on an unofficial waitlist is taking your seat.
[<em>]Some courses fill up in a few hours, preventing some seniors and everyone below from enrolling in important courses.
[</em>]Diversity in class is low (some of my statistics classes are about 90% Asian. Have friends in the life sciences and engineering that say similar things.)
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<p>Obviously everything above will vary greatly based on your major, time you arrive to the parking garage, how much you value diversity in your classroom, etc.</p>
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<p>The bizarre thing is that pure math classes tend to be much much more heavily white (and 90% male). Similarly, North Campus classes seem to often be much more heavily white (and female). But the gap between math and applied math/statistics just seems weird to me.</p>
<p>@thiscouldbeheavn, What about upper division psychology classes? What are their demographics?</p>
<p>^asian and white, more white than asian. and more females (like everything except engineering)</p>
<p>you have to give us something to compare to…</p>
<p>good- girls</p>
<p>bad- budget cuts</p>
<p>Bad - Future Den pass owners will have to sit BEHIND the basket, which is like 30 feet away from the basket, when New Pauley opens in Fall 2012. Sucks for the new students.</p>
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<p>They’re changing the seat configuration too… this move will make the make the closest seats worse, but the students that will now be able to sit in the 200’s will have arguably better seats, and the students that still end up in the 300’s will no longer be totally disconnected from what’s going on below.</p>
<p>Like all things, it’s going to be hard to judge completely until it actually happens.</p>
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<p>I haven’t taken any :/, only math, statistics and philosophy.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the administration should have expanded the sideline seats for the students (like Cameron Indoor Stadium - Duke), but I guess greed and $$$ is valued over the expense of the students experience. Sure, let’s give the students some of the worst seats in the house, just like at the Rose Bowl. It’s not like the students are important. It’s all about the moneyz.</p>
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<p>Yep, without the moneyz UCLA would be in a financial hole and cutting sports like the Cal athletic department. Who needs *<strong><em>ing baseball? And it’s not like anyone gives a *</em></strong> about UCLA’s national championships in all those sports other than basketball.</p>
<p>Student attendance at Pauley has been really poor before Pac-10 season starts… While I agree students got screwed with the seating changes, it’s partially their fault for not showing up for most of the games… (only two games are guaranteed to have full student section… U$C and Arizona games)…</p>
<p>Thanks for all the specific responses guys 
Also, what do most UCLA students do in their free time? like ec’s, intramurals, party, exercise, explore LA, etc. But I think I heard somewhere that pauley pavillion is being closed down next year for renovation. And something that really concerns me about UCLA is the campus is the smallest in terms of size. Do students ever feel like they’re bored of UCLa campus because they’ve seen it all so many times?</p>
<p>You really think a couple hundred seats in basketball fund all or even the majority of non-revenue sports? Think again. It’s called football.</p>
<p>^agreed, football has always been the money maker. unfortunately haven’t seen too much progress since I’ve come here…was hoping for a coaching change.</p>
<p>@theRADtomato47: trust me, there’s PLENTY to do here: we’re in the city of LA. if you’re coming here, make sure you take advantage of the opportunity. students do everything you just listed: there are hundreds of clubs to check out, intermural sports is big throughout the year, the gym is great (they offer cheap classes too), and there’s a lot of sights to see around the area…and thankfully most are available by bus. if you want to party, thursday/friday night are always big in the apartments/frats as well. a couple of cool events that happen during the year too…be sure to attend bruin bash, spring sing, the SC bonfire, and maybe dance marathon. oh and SUPPORT UCLA SPORTS! i don’t think any schools have remotely the same number of NCAA championship teams we have</p>
<p>yup, pauley is closing next year but consider yourself lucky…you get to enjoy the new building for the 3 years after. the campus is small, but since there’s so much to do, its not a problem. oh and be sure to live in a hall…WAY more social than the other forms of dorming and you’ll make some great friends. </p>
<p>anyway, sorry for the wall of text and good luck</p>
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<p>Who said that? The reality is that the athletic department has razor thin profit margins, and actively cutting revenue streams as you suggested would necessitate cuts in other areas.</p>
<p>Do you have any evidence to support that the athletics’ revenue is razor thin to the point that they cannot risk a couple thousand dollars? Is the administration was at all concerned about revenue, they’d invest in the football team and hire a decent coach and pay that coach market value. One of the reasons big name football coaches don’t come to UCLA is because the administration doesn’t want to shell out the money for it.</p>
<p>I guess if you need to make cuts, it’s best to slash at the students first. Thanks UCLA for using your own students as human sacrifices. Keep it up and you’ll lose the majority of us as future boosters and supporting alums.</p>
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<p>A couple thousand dollars? Do you really think that’s how much the seats around the basket bring in? Anyway, the published budget for 2008/2009 had $64,896,000 in revenue and $64,896,000 in expenses.</p>
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<p>Ah, the melodrama. You read Bruins Nation too much.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any insight about taking evening courses? I am looking to move back to L.A. soon and am wondering how that works at UCLA since I will likely be working full time. I am an Art History major right now and will likely continue with this degree wherever I go. Holler!</p>
<p>There are very very few classes in the evenings on the campus.</p>