<p>UCLA is my top choice at the moment. The only thing holding me back from actually enrolling right now (aside from the price – NJ tuition (oos) is ridiculous, though cheaper than other top tier schools) is the size of the school. Now, don’t get me wrong – I love the size, however I’m unsure if the size of the student body will limit my opportunities as an undergrad. I guess my question here would be:</p>
<p>1) What are the average class sizes at UCLA? What % of classes that a Bio major takes are small?</p>
<p>2) Will I have opportunities to participate in research and get internships? Will the large student body stop me from doing this? </p>
<p>3) What are social interactions like with so many people? </p>
<p>I’m still positive that UCLA is my top choice, I just want opinions from current undergrads. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>1) It depends on the class. Popular prereqs and GEs will be (usually) held in large lecture halls of about 100-200ish students. Discussions/labs will have around 10-30 students. Your classes will start out large (especially because bio is a popular major) and decrease in size as you move up. Discussions will always be pretty small.</p>
<p>2) Yes, no. Nothing will be handed to you, but I don’t think many people talk to the professors or TAs, and they are pretty accessible with office hours and in your discussions you can talk to your TA after class. There are also listings for internships in the Daily Bruin.</p>
<p>3) This is trite, but it’s what you make of it. You will have roommates and people on your floor in your residence hall you will basically meet automatically and you may collaborate with people in your discussions on occasion. The RAs plan events and hall meetings you can go to which makes it pretty easy to interact with people on your floor. If you want more than that, you will have to join clubs and extracurriculars, or a fraternity. You may end up with a few different groups you hang out with. It should be noted that a lot of people tend to fill their schedules with extracurriculars/jobs and spend most of the rest of their time studying (at least in my experience), so I’d recommend finding people to study with (your RAs should have a survey about your classes that they will use to suggest study groups within your hall), getting close to your roommates and people on your floor, and not just joining a single club that meets once a week for an hour, but maybe a few clubs or a more frequent activity.</p>