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04-05-2006, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by lexan Hey, flopsy, I had a quick question about playing in orchestras and such. Do you know any engineers who play in UCLA's orchestra/band/theatre? Do they have time for it? I love playing violin, so I'm hesitant to give it up. What do you think? | Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know anyone who plays in any UCLA orchestras. However, I do know one recent Computer Science alumnus who performed in one of the Asian-American Theatre ensembles on campus. Yes, he definitely made time for performing -- sometimes I think he was more interested in improv comedy than engineering.  | 
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04-05-2006, 12:19 AM
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| Thanks for the quick reply. Maybe engineers just dont have enough time for that kind of stuff. =P | |
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04-07-2006, 02:33 PM
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| I'll be volunteering at Engineering Open House this Sunday from 8-10 AM in either Parking Lot 2 or Royce Quad, and then wandering around after that. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to wear a sign saying "Flopsy" on my shirt because it'll cover up my name-tag... So, just yell "Flopsy" and hopefully I'll be there or something. | |
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04-07-2006, 05:41 PM
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#124 | | Junior Member
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| ^ ohhh no he didn't.
and flopsy, i'm not going to walk around south campus shouting "FLOPSY!" at random passersby. while that would be pretty amusing, i'm sure i wouldn't win any points with anyone. | |
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04-07-2006, 08:53 PM
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| Almost had you going there... | |
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04-08-2006, 02:40 AM
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| >Hey, flopsy, I had a quick question about playing in orchestras and such. Do you know any engineers who play in UCLA's orchestra/band/theatre? Do they have time for it? I love playing violin, so I'm hesitant to give it up. What do you think?
I'm not Flopsy (though I know him, I was one of your writing partners in our Ethics class), but I do have a lot of friends who play music at UCLA. From my experience, I don't know anyone in the band or orchestra who is also an engineer, though one of my friends is a physics major and played with one of the orchestras. I know there are engineers in marching band though obviously you can't play that with a violin.
The big problem is the time and the scheduling. Engineering lectures are long, usually an hour and a half or two hours each twice a week (plus a discussion). Fill your schedule with 2-3 engineering classes plus some other requirements and your time on campus will get eaten up. Orchestra and band rehersals are pretty long too if I remember correctly. You also have to try out for a spot in orchestra and be really good. You have to remember you will be playing with a bunch of people who are music majors and already got in here with impressive try outs.
So if you think you can manage your time well enough and have the chops, go for it. If you can't make either I'm sure you'll find your outlet somewhere, the campus is littered with high school athletes and musicians who now find their fill of their hobbies off of campus. | |
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04-08-2006, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by McGizzle I'm not Flopsy (though I know him, I was one of your writing partners in our Ethics class) | Small world... | |
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04-09-2006, 03:38 PM
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| GOD DAMN, how come they didn't advertise the engineering welcome day more? I just found out right now, and it's 1:40pm. GOD DAMN | |
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04-09-2006, 04:51 PM
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#129 | | Senior Member
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| How was Engineering Open House?
I bumped into three College Confidential lurkers on campus today... | |
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04-09-2006, 05:22 PM
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| I thought it was informative, and parts of the main presentation in Royce Hall were entertaining. I dont know if you were volunteering there or not, but some guy during the Q&A challenged the boast that UCLA is the birthplace of the internet, claiming that Al Gore invented the internet. I left at lunch, though, so I didnt go on any housing/comp lab tours.
Yep, so, since I didn't have to drive too far to get there, and since I didn't stay too long as to get irritated (Imagine spending 4 years there [kidding]), It was a good day. | |
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04-09-2006, 07:37 PM
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| Just got back from all the tours and all (what a long day). I had the great pleasure of meeting flopsy, and he shook my hand :O. The plazas/resident halls looked a lot better than I expected, the food was great, and the greet+meet was really helpful! Overall, the open house taught me every thing (mostly) I needed to know. Quote: |
some guy during the Q&A challenged the boast that UCLA is the birthplace of the internet, claiming that Al Gore invented the internet.
| That was truly entertaining =P. | |
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04-09-2006, 08:38 PM
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| flopsy were you one of the people that either spoke or intended to inside the lecture hall? | |
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04-09-2006, 09:28 PM
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GOD DAMN, how come they didn't advertise the engineering welcome day more? I just found out right now, and it's 1:40pm. GOD DAMN
| Well, its not a life-changing thing if you missed it. But it brings up a good lesson, count yourself fortunate if you learned it before school started. At a big school like ucla you need to look out for yourself; they aren't going to make sure you attend something. You need to read thru all those emails they send you, read thru the info they post on websites, make lists of important things, etc. I know its frustrating to miss this, but if in the end it makes you more attuned it is a net positive. | |
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04-09-2006, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by devr flopsy were you one of the people that either spoke or intended to inside the lecture hall? | Yes and no. If you're referring to the Computer Science presentation in CS 50, there wasn't enough time to include me as a speaker because we were already running behind schedule with the current students who were talking... you might have seen me anyways -- I was carrying the "Computer Science" banner at the head of the procession, and then stood in the back of the lecture hall as one of the ushers. | |
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04-09-2006, 10:54 PM
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| yeah I figured you were one of them... Were you standing at the front when the student presentations turned into UCLA vs. Berkeley? | |
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