<p>is it just me or are there very few artsy/alternative kids at ucla? it seems like most people here are the popular/jock type or the average, apathetic type. i always heard that the artsy/alternative kids were more plentiful at ucb than ucla, but i didn't think it would be this apparent: i really haven't found many artsy kids at all, not even in the art club itself! maybe i'm looking in the wrong places or maybe ucla really is just very homogeneous? </p>
<p>i'm not saying people should fit into one category/label or anything, and i have no problem with people being popular/jock, but i just find it harder to relate to most people here than i had hoped cuz no one seems to be interested in all the eccentric stuff i love.</p>
<p>don’t judge books by their cover. UCLA has one of the most diverse groups of people around. The jock people are really apparent, but they don’t completely dominate the campus. </p>
<p><em>stereotype alert</em> the types of artsy people who are into just living life and having a good time probably aren’t the most focused on academics, and hence, don’t end up at UCLA. You might contest ‘but they’re at CAL!’ chances are the ones who are in the general berkeley area don’t go there. Of all 3 of my roommates, none of them go to UCLA, even though we all live in westwood. i wouldn’t doubt if there’s a ton of other people who don’t go to UCLA either.</p>
<p>LAs a big city. if you want to find an artsy crowd, you can always try silverlake. Be sure to rep some UCLA gear, i met two strangers that go to UCLA, and they only knew that i went there because i was wearing my sweater. Great ice breaker imo.</p>
<p>i’m not judging books by their cover. i’ve gotten to know a lot of people at ucla, and barely any share my tastes in music, fashion, art, movies, the whole shebang. and that’s fine for the most part cuz those things aren’t super important, but it still would be nice to find my “niche” with people i have a lot of shared interests with, you know? </p>
<p>and actually, i’ve visited ucb a few times now cuz my girlfriend goes there. she’s not really artsy herself, but yet pretty much everyone i met at ucb (basically, the people who live in her building and some in her classes) were artsy/alternative types…</p>
<p>silver lake does sound like a good place for me to go, but i don’t have a car, and i doubt the big blue bus goes there. :p</p>
<p>getting to silverlake on public transportation would be a pain, but nothing terrible. You could take the 720 on wilshire and westwood east until you hit vermont, then take that bus north until you hit sunset, and from sunset, take another bus going east, and you’ll be in silverlake : )</p>
<p>you could also try venice beach. (the beach next to santa monica) Just get to SM, and take a bike with you down to venice. you should be able to meet some people with similar tastes in that area.</p>
<p>If you’ve ever enrolled in Art History classes at UCLA, which arguably has students that like Art and know about Art, you’ll realize that these students tend to not fit any particular mold in terms of appearance. If anything, those who tend to have an artsy or alternative appearance, rarely have studied Art formally. Even those majoring in design and studio art, rarely tend to have the education in the history of art that one would expect from someone who is creating Art or is inspired by it in Design.</p>
<p>If you want eccentric/artsy looking students look into taking Literature classes, especially in the German and English departments, or classes that have subject matters that cover human consciousness/reflection/existentialism.</p>
<p>Also, for being a Thursday, you just missed Art Walk in Downtown LA. Wear a UCLA shirt, and I’m sure you’ll be able to strike up a conversation with a fellow student, or alumni, who also likes art.</p>
<p>sentiment, i wasn’t saying ucb kids are better artists than ucla ones. lol. i’ve never seen much of either student body’s actual art. i was using ‘artsy’ as a catch-all term for ‘eccentric/hipster/indie/alternative’ types. maybe a misleading word, but i think most people know what i’m talking about, and it doesn’t have much to do with the kids’ actual artistic ability (which is subjective anyway :p). </p>
<p>gatos, i’m always in north campus!! and yet i never see any! but i’ll hopefully find some soon!</p>
<p>kwwboarder, that’s good to know. i wonder where they’re all hiding. </p>
<p>liek, haha, classes that cover human consciousness/reflection/existentialism… definitely sounds about right! too bad none are offered spring quarter. good suggestion though!</p>
<p>My roommate wears a profane amount of plaid… that might be something to look out for. Then again plaid is also a signal of bros so you might have some trouble there.</p>
You brought up both “art” and “movies”! UCLA excels in both Fine Arts and Film.</p>
<p>I’ve taken FILM 133 and the kids over here at UCLA are serious film buffs. The course is upper div and an easy A so I would recommend it as an opportunity to meet “artsy” people.</p>
<p>If you mean people who are really into the arts like art-art, or film, or theatre, etc. then there are plenty at UCLA. I’ve met tons of people who are film majors or art majors. They are truly as far north as north campus goes.</p>
<p>Or are you referring to the “artsy” people as in the emo, punk, grunge, indie kids you used to see in high school? Because for the latter, they are nearly non existent at UCLA. Or any other top university for that matter. I hate to stereotype, but a lot of those indie, grunge, rock kids you would see in high school tend to not give a crap about academics and are less likely to end up at a top university.</p>
<p>I don’t know about Berkeley, if anything, I wouldn’t be shocked if they had a good amount of those type of students since Berkeley does have that hipster lure to it. UCLA isn’t a super liberal campus (at least compared to places like Berkeley) and probably attracts more nerds, jocks, and…normal people?..than anywhere else.</p>
<p>I do know a good handful of artsy/indie people like you are describing, and many of them are art majors so I would also encourage you to continue hanging around Broad and the sculpture garden.</p>
<p>But here’s the thing. UCLA is not high school and more people here know how to think for themselves. The artsy people here are not into indie films and music and art because of some stupid hipster trend; they like those things because they actually like them. Thus they do not exude hipster and oftentimes the majority of people they hang out with are not artsy because they realize that a person’s taste in music is not the only thing that matters. If you’re looking on the surface, for a certain style of clothing for example, you’re not going to find very many people. You have to actually TALK to them before you figure out how artsy they are.</p>
<p>^ Good point. UCLA =/= high school. There are definitely no tools around here (not as many at least).</p>
<p>Also, speaking about style of clothing, nobody dresses like they did in high school. Even though to us it may not always seem like it, the students at UCLA are exponentially more mature and more adult-like than what you were used to in high school.</p>
<p>However, there IS that one kid who dresses kinda goth…you know…that one white guy that wears a long, dark trench coat on even the hottest days…YOU ALL KNOW WHO I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!</p>
but i’ll hopefully find some soon!</p>
i wonder where they’re all hiding. </p>
definitely sounds about right! too bad none are offered spring quarter. good suggestion though!</p>