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[quote=Anonymous]My DD graduated last year from UCLA.  My thought, since you asked :)

Pros:  DD says it is the absolute BEST college experience she could have had.  Westwood is a great college town in the middle of a world class city.  DD was in a sorority so she had a VERY active social life. A PP said there is a great balance of work hard and play hard, and that is absolutely true. While she had great social experiences, she also studied hard and got a great education. I got to spend a LOT of time in LA and met many many of DDs friends and roommates.  The students are wicked smart, go-getters, self-starters and all-around great people.  It is a truly diverse campus in every sense - racially, socio-economically, etc.  DD double majored and graduated on time, even after studying abroad for a quarter.  All of her friends also graduated on time (contrary to the constant posters here who like to say it takes 5 to 6 years to graduate from a UC), and they all got great jobs even during a very tough job market.  DD is working for a tech company (on the business side - not a tech major) making six figures. She minored in Entrepreneurship and had amazing professors who were actual entrepreneurs and brought real-world experience to their students.

Cons:  This school is NOT for the faint at heart.  DD had NO advising until her sophmore year.  Freshman advisors are all senior students and it's hit or miss.  You have to navigate a maze of classes and the first two weeks of every quarter is dog eat dog.  They end up getting the classes they need but they have to be assertive and advocate for themselves.  DD would show up at a class every day the first week of the quarter until the proessor let her in! There are strikes and protests and her senior year was tough with all the Gaza/Isreal encampments and general campus strife.

Would she do it all over again - in a heartbeat.

Good luck!

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