University of California-Los Angeles Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Ashley

the campus is very hilly

Daniella

How signing up for classes work, and how to get involved immediately with all the different opportunities availible.

Turner

How much fun i was going to have, but how much work and reading it was.

Joseph

I feel like I already knew most of what I would be facing, but I never imagined how the outcomes far undermined my expectations.

Lisa

I feel that all the information I needed about UCLA was available, I just did not take the initiative and do enought research about the different extracurricular activities and opportunities offered. There is a such a wide variety of activites, interests, and classes that it can be overwhelming and I did not take the time to fully explore them all before I started college.

Michael

When certain classes were offered during the school year and how to find research opportunities.

Kirsten

I wish I had I wish I had known how to write a real academic essay - it was pretty stressful having to learn it on the fly.

Grace

I wish I had known more about the resources available to me as a theater student. I dont get the exposure to the industry as much as I had anticipated or as many opportunities to be in productions on campus.

Cathy

That its very expensive to live in LA. Other than that, everything is great and nothing out of the ordinary.

Kara

People are not as friendly as the Midwest and generally socialize only with their own racial groups.