University of California-Los Angeles Top Questions

I wish I was comfortable with drinking, it would have made social interaction a lot easier.

I did my research and knew most everything. What I didn't know only strengthened my resolve that this is truly a great school.

I wish I had known how competitive it would be at this school.

I wish I had known that I was going to have to study 20 times more than I did in high school!

I wish I had known the background nad specifications of some specific departments at UCLA that have captured my belated interest both academically and career-wise. They are Film, International Development Studies, World Arts and Cultures, Ethnomusicology, and Geography. While few high-schoolers think of these departments when choosing and enterring universities, these departments at UCLA are some of the best in the world of their type, and it makes me wish I had committed to a few them early on in order to have further explored my future in these fields.

Nothing.

I wish I could've known my major and not wasting time.

school is easy!

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I wish I knew UCLA had so many hills and stairs, as it does become VERY annoying to walk 30 minutes every day, just to get to class.

Internships and work experience are necessary during college.

Don't know.

It would have helped me a lot if I had a clear career goal before I started attending this school. I know that a lot of students tend to switch back and forth between majors, and establishing a feasible goal before attending school would have allowed me to be more productive for my time.

As individual people, most students at this school are not good people.

I wish I had known to take more advantage of the cultural events going on around campus

background of professors

I wish I had known that UCLA was SO much larger than my high school. I went from the top of my class to just one of many intelligent students.

I wish i new more about the way my department is run. it would have influenced my decision to attend.

That the surroundings were so expensive.

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