<p>I have been seeing a lot of freshman posts about being upset about not getting in, but in reality it is the best thing that could happen to you. Going to UCLA will destroy your GPA. No matter how hard you try or how smart/able you think you are, it won’t save you. Honestly I wish I never came here. If I could change back the hands of time I would have gone to a Cal state school and then a better school for grad school. Are there any new students at UCLA that feel my pain? </p>
<p>Hardworking? Okay try taking CS 31 with Rohr. Nobody can pass his exams. Maybe i’m taking the wrong professors?</p>
<p>Did you guys initially struggle in adapting the quarter system? I’m a transfer student so I am used to the semester system and taking more exams rather than one midterm and a final.</p>
<p>You’re complaining after CS31 with Rohr? (I guess it’s understandable if you’re not a CS/EE major…but that was just an intro CS class…)</p>
<p>My first class at UCLA was CS31 with Rohr, and I did just fine without any prior CS experience. And I do have a couple of friends who got 100% on his midterm.</p>
<p>The average GPA at UCLA is around a 3.1, which is slightly above a B average.</p>
<p>So I think you’re an unfortunate anomaly. Stop scaring kids away from UCLA; it’s a great school, and you should be honored that they admitted you. People are successful on a daily basis here. There’s tutoring, office hours, etc. If you aren’t doing well, do something about it besides crying on these boards.</p>
<p>There’s a reason why UCLA is famous…its not easy, they dont have a low acceptance rate for no reason. Maybe you should focus more on your priorities and study more?</p>
<p>I’m a freshman here, and I love it so far too. I’m a north campus major. Although the intensity of the workload here gets to me sometimes, I came in knowing that UCLA was going to be competitive. I’m also planning on applying to grad school, and although GPA is important to me, what I’ve really enjoyed about UCLA is that I take in what I learn. Even though this is only my second quarter, all material I learned in classes taken first quarter intertwined with the material I took second quarter.</p>
<p>I have friends that are in south campus majors (comp. sci, engineers, etc.) scattered at different UC’s and community colleges, and they tell me that college is just hard in general. It’s what you make of it.</p>
<p>Um, our school isn’t necessarily known as ‘cutthroat’ (e.g. Chicago, Swarthmore, Reed, et al.) It’s actually considered fairly balanced. If you’re considering the more ‘cutthroat’ majors or ‘premed’-dom it’ll be difficult wherever you go. As a South Campus major, is it not surprising that you’d face curves and competition at a large state-school that’s one of the best public schools in the nation? Hardly. </p>
<p>Are you in your first year btw? Hopefully it’ll get better for you.</p>
<p>You should have complained about the lenient admission policies of UCs for community college transferers. The undergraduate kids who are admitted for a greater standard would probably do fine.</p>
<p>Correction: Reed is the opposite of cutthroat; grades are not visible, there are no ordered lists, no dean’s list, there is no way for students to be in competition with each other. These schools are hard, often stressful.</p>
<p>I got a 1 on the AP Java test and knew essentially nothing about real programming when I came in as a freshman. I got A’s in CS 31 with Rohr/CS 32/CS 33 with Rohr, so it is most definitely doable if you even just try. So like I said before, I don’t feel your pain, the projects definitely are not that hard if you just think about them and try instead of leaving them until the last day.</p>