University of California-Los Angeles Top Questions

large classrooms and competitive atmosphere for pre-med students.

Trying to enroll in classes; they fill up very quickly

There's a lot of bureaucracy and it can be frustrating when trying to get something you need. Recently, IThere's a lot of bureaucracy and it can be frustrating when trying to get something you need. Recently, I?ve had problems with financial aid screwing up my academic satisfactory progress which placed a hold on my account and made me ineligible for financial aid. It took me three visits to the financial aid office for their staff to realize they screwed up. The screw up was a miscommunication between the admissions department and the financial aid department. Unfortunately, this is not a rare situation I've experienced this type of negligence almost every time I've sought assistance.

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Students here tend to be indifferent towards those which they do not believe to be advantageous to have a relationship with in regards to future prospects. Also, housing prices supplied by UCLA are ridiculously expensive for the limited space supplied. Three people are set to a room twice the size of a jail-cell. Consequently, the prices of apartment housing around the UCLA area are driven up and those that come from low income communities are unable to afford it. Therefore, there is a low amount of diversity in regards to economical and racial backgrounds.

UCLA was a cold, unfriendly environment, the rumor that you're treated "like a number" at that school is 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} correct. Doing anything like trying to get parking or even going to the doctor becomes a hassel and a difficult experience. School employees are unfriendly as well. It is an unhappy environment.

There's too many things to do!

The most frustrating thing about my school is the inability to explore everything there, due to the plethora of oppurtunities and limited amount of time at hand.

Really inconvenient dining hall hours and a lack of areas for socializing, plus a hostile, conservative, nonsensical view of alcohol which contributes both to binge-drinking and a socially unfriendly campus. Also, the parking situation is a scam, the police overly aggressive, and the surrounding area is ugly, expensive, heavily-trafficed and difficult to leave, and unfriendly toward students.

The most frustrating thing about UCLA was the lack of parking availability and cost.

Lack of state budget.

Most of the classes require students to be self-learners. Professors generally cover 60 to 70 percent of the course material in lectures and the rest is up to the student to learn on their own.

It is hard to have one on one conversations with professors so there is a lot of learning on your own.