How overblown is the UCLA name???

drax12
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:40:59 +0000

I don’t think it’s a dumb thread, thinkgolden.

And the OP, binks09, was stating instances when he or she ran across regular people, eg, a friend of family, et al, who’ve been impressed that he/she attended UCLA. Rankings of u departments don’t have a consideration in this thread.

I wasn’t real crazy about the condescending tone towards UCLA, eg, ‘it’s only … UCLA.’

But this is true probably of students from all across the nation. I’m sure Harvard students become insensate, become desensitized, towards taht u’s ultra-prestige the longer they attend u there, along with a lot of them complaining about the education they’re receiving, which has been noted several times in surveys.

I’m sure binks will get his/her feeling of accomplishment back a few years after he/she graduates from UCLA. But being in the midst of the u, in the pit … in the routine, it seems fairly common or commonplace at the time. From a distance, though, it always looks better. Once he/she distances him/herself from UCLA, it will look like an incredible accomplishment.

And those who have kids who’ve been denied from UCLA, and hadn’t had a chance to experience the school wouldn’t have these same feelings from the very top students down to the regular kids who attend high school the C+ to B students, about 80% of which have been denied (the rate of denial is higher for in-state students).