<p>Woodland hills to UCLA is actually pretty easy. From Woodland Hills, take the 101 South and take the 405 South (the connector, hang on the far right lane for that switch). You’ll see all the signs saying “Exit UCLA”</p>
<p>You just take a straight shot with Sunset Blvd and depending on where you want to park, you can take a right turn at any moment. I suggest you google it.</p>
<p>Have you tried contacting the orientation office? Telling them about your financial troubles and how it is important to switch to the 28th? I just switched OUT of the 28th so there is a spot open, technically.</p>
<p>Well see, I won’t have a car or anything, so I was questioning transportation as well</p>
<p>hm… well, you can walk to the corner of Victory and De Soto, take the orange line to Universal studios. You can get on the orange line whenever, check this page to see which one is closest to your cousin:</p>
<p>[Metro</a> Orange Line Map](<a href=“http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/orange_line.htm]Metro”>http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/orange_line.htm)</p>
<p>Then take the train from Universal to Wilshire/Vermont and take the red line West to UCLA. Most likely Bus 720.</p>
<p>You can always ask the driver or the station, I’m sure they’ll help. If you just ask, “How do I get to UCLA?” they will tell you.</p>
<p>My directions are rough. The train is clearly faster. But in order to get to UCLA by 7:30, you’ll need to be on the bus hours ahead of time. Maybe your cousin can drive you? =/</p>
<p>OR you can take the blue line bus East to Sepulveda. Then take the red line SOUTH, Bus 761, and get off at a stop at UCLA (you’ll most likely stop at the East side of UCLA, if you reached the South end of UCLA, get off as it is your last chance to do so). I believe it stops on Hilgard.</p>
<p>Thanks, xleper… </p>
<p>So I should give both of these a couple of hours?</p>
<p>yeah, at least. the train route will be faster, but they both should have an hour and a half, two hour buffer. </p>
<p>ask your cousin if he/she knows anyone that will be heading towards santa monica. then you can just take the Big Blue Bus to UCLA. I’m sure there are hundreds of other routes you can take, ask your cousin. I’m also sure that the members of this board can throw their own opinions in!</p>
<p>we shall find a way for you to make it UCLA! lol.</p>
<p>Dude, just call that number and switch it to the 28th…don’t waste all that money and time when you will be coming to the same area a couple weeks later. </p>
<p>You should be fine leaving from Woodland Hills. Maybe you could get your cousin or something to drop you off at the Pierce College terminal and then you have a straight shot from there. Depending on where in Woodland Hills she lives, that would be quite a walk. Here is the link for the Metro Trip Planner: [socaltransport.org</a> | Metro Bus and Rail Trip Planner for Los Angeles and surrounding Counties](<a href=“http://socaltransport.org/tm_pub_start.php]socaltransport.org”>Metro Trip Planner)</p>
<p>I made up a mock transportation route for ya just to give you an idea of the area and time:</p>
<p>You are traveling on Thursday and Arriving at 07:30AM . Fare class: Regular. Max walk: 1/3 Mile. Mode: ANY. </p>
<h2>Starting at PIERCE COLLEGE </h2>
<p>Ride Metro Bus 164 ( BURBANK STATION) heading east
From: VICTORY/WINNETKA(SE corner) Lv: 06:11AM
To: VICTORY BL/BALBOA BL(SW corner) Ar: 06:24AM
Pay $1.25 + $0.30 for Transfer., Monthly Pass: $62.00, (EZ Pass accepted)
Ride Commuter Express 573 (CENTURY CITY - PICO RIMPAU) heading south
From: BALBOA BLVD/VICTORY BLVD(SW corner) Lv: 06:41AM
To: GAYLEY AV/STRATHMORE DR(SW corner) Ar: 07:17AM </p>
<h2>Use Transfer or Media + $0.85, Monthly Pass: $56.00, (EZ Pass accepted) </h2>
<p>Ending at UCLA - ACKERMAN TERMINAL
Total cash fare = $2.40
Trip time is about 1 hour and 6 minutes.
Trip distance is about 15.36 miles.
*Driving cost: is about $8.31 (based on AAA’s formula at 54.1 cents/mile) </p>
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<p>The time will obviously vary a little bit, but you get the general idea. I would say to leave yourself about an hour to an hour and a half to get there. Also, check-in starts at 7:30, but they’re not going to stone you if you arrive at 8. lol So don’t worry about it…just don’t arrive to orientation after 1 pm and you’re good to go. Hope that helps. :)</p>
<p>Thank you, kitkattt</p>
<p>Just to check – you guys are all paying $125 or whatever it is for orientation? At the transfer student reception I was told there is a crappier version of orientation which is free, but the orientation office claims not to know anything about that.</p>
<p>Yep. We are not paying for it now, but it all gets billed to our account. I do not know of any free orientation thing though. I know they have free tours and whatnot, but that’s about it. :)</p>
<p>Thanks! They’ll have to hit me over the head with a brick and take it out of my pockets. I suppose not being permitted to sign up for classes would qualify as a brick.</p>
<p>The free ones are workshops that will be offered in August and September. I don’t think you can see them on MyUCLA until you tell orientation that you aren’t going (as I did). No way am I paying $125 for a one day event that doesn’t seem to be useful to me.</p>
<p>Ah, that’s interesting to hear. I wrote to Orientation asking about it and they told me there is no such thing, and suggested a fee waiver.</p>
<p>So how true is it that if I have a later orientation, I may not get the same classes? I’m scared of switching to the 28th for this reason…I don’t want to switch and then have to “settle” for classes and wait for a quarter to take classes on my major track.</p>
<p>Interestingly, after electing not to attend orientation, I was still able to review the ‘Educational Planner’ that you’re supposed to fill out, which is not what I understand a planner to be, but more like a survey. Perhaps it’s a planner in the sense that they use this to group people by areas of interest? It asks you to rate several topics on on their importance to you. Presumably these are the sorts of things discussed in orientation.</p>
<p>None of the topics were of interest to me, personally. I can see orientation being useful for a very young person, one coming from another city, perhaps worried about keeping up with the workload, or one living away from home for the first time.</p>
<p>choice of major<br>
academic requirements
academic ability<br>
transferability of units
from a former school<br>
graduate/professional school
study skills<br>
career plans
social life<br>
extracurricular activities
living arrangements<br>
parking
research opportunities<br>
community service opportunities
personal problems</p>
<p>If you signed up for early arrival in additional to your orientation fee, doesn’t that mean they’ll provide housing for one night? I called them and they told me they’ll accommodate you, but only YOU and not your family.</p>
<p>I think they’re lying about the existence of the free workshops just to squeeze more money out of us. From other threads I have read here on CC about past orientations, it doesn’t sound like the information they give out is worth $125 . . . It sounds like people mainly enjoy it as a socializing event. </p>
<p>I think the only situation where it would be more useful to attend would be for those people in impacted majors who want a better opportunity to register for fall classes (since the first orientation date is scheduled before the start of second pass enrollment for continuing students).</p>
<p>What is this second pass business anyway? Continuing students are only allowed to sign up at certain times? Also, I was on the MYUCLA website looking for some possible electives and I noticed that a lot of them don’t allow you to sign up for them unless you are majoring in that particular subject…what’s up with that? Are we eventually able to sign up for these?</p>