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strongergodzilla · 03-13-2008, 05:06 PM

I just wanted to post here to give my impression after the first quarter too, didnt see any history majors posting

I had a 3.4 at CC and i got a 3.567 or something my first quarter here at UCLA. The classes were way different, the time frame much faster but once you adjust to the speed of the quarter system it all kind of falls into place.

For me, its not the studying that takes up my time, its the reading for courses. its seems that generally *disclaimer*...GENERALLY, north campus majors (english, history, poli sci, psych, philosophy, etc etc etc) have to spend much more time reading rather than studying, because generally, north campus majors have the traditional midterm, few essays and a final and maybe a project or 2.

South campus (science majors, engineering, mathematics, etc etc etc) seem to have much more studying / hw to be done. Problem sets are constantly being assigned, they can have 2 or 3 midterms, quizes, a final, and projects, etc. The people i know in econ are always studying, and Ravatech (sp?) is brutal. Be prepared to have a nervous breakdown.

For me, and most of the people i've met in my classes who are north campus majors, its 2 or maybe 3 hours a day reading, an hour of misc. other class work during the normal weeks. Midterms can be harsh depending on the teacher, a few solid days of pure studying though and you should be ok, again its different person to person. Finals week is similar, just more studying obviously.

I wake up, go to class, get food, come back and nap. start reading, eat dinner, hang out, read more, do assignments, sleep, rinse, repeat. in between I see friends etc, play games, practice guitar, but you get the general idea. some people are slow essay writers, and that can really be a killer as a north campus major. My final for a class this quarter is a 25 page paper, and throughout the quarter quite a few 5 page ones (considered more or less the usual length). If you can get a 5 page paper done in a day or two, you better work on being able to do so, because if you are north campus major, chances are you will see a lot of them.

03-13-2008, 05:06 PM	#56
strongergodzilla Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 61	I just wanted to post here to give my impression after the first quarter too, didnt see any history majors posting I had a 3.4 at CC and i got a 3.567 or something my first quarter here at UCLA. The classes were way different, the time frame much faster but once you adjust to the speed of the quarter system it all kind of falls into place. For me, its not the studying that takes up my time, its the reading for courses. its seems that generally disclaimer...GENERALLY, north campus majors (english, history, poli sci, psych, philosophy, etc etc etc) have to spend much more time reading rather than studying, because generally, north campus majors have the traditional midterm, few essays and a final and maybe a project or 2. South campus (science majors, engineering, mathematics, etc etc etc) seem to have much more studying / hw to be done. Problem sets are constantly being assigned, they can have 2 or 3 midterms, quizes, a final, and projects, etc. The people i know in econ are always studying, and Ravatech (sp?) is brutal. Be prepared to have a nervous breakdown. For me, and most of the people i've met in my classes who are north campus majors, its 2 or maybe 3 hours a day reading, an hour of misc. other class work during the normal weeks. Midterms can be harsh depending on the teacher, a few solid days of pure studying though and you should be ok, again its different person to person. Finals week is similar, just more studying obviously. I wake up, go to class, get food, come back and nap. start reading, eat dinner, hang out, read more, do assignments, sleep, rinse, repeat. in between I see friends etc, play games, practice guitar, but you get the general idea. some people are slow essay writers, and that can really be a killer as a north campus major. My final for a class this quarter is a 25 page paper, and throughout the quarter quite a few 5 page ones (considered more or less the usual length). If you can get a 5 page paper done in a day or two, you better work on being able to do so, because if you are north campus major, chances are you will see a lot of them.