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Your ultimate source for honest, unbiased information, College Prowler delivers an inside look at UCLA, straight from the students mouths. Complete with hundreds of student quotes, grades, stats, and reviews, this student-written guide offers a comprehensive collection of information about UCLA. See how students rate their campus when it s time to look beyond the brochures and talk about the issues that really matter.

Introduction from the Author

Amid the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, and tucked away in one of the most glamorous neighborhoods, lies a university that adds even more allure to the already rich traditions of the city. The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) is a world-renowned institution with joint campuses planted in over 35 different countries around the globe, and professors that are so knowledgeable in their fields that some have even received the Nobel Prize.

Located in the filmmaking capital of the world, there are movie premieres weekly in the adjacent town of Westwood. The warm weather beckons students to venture outside to study year round, and the prime location offers students a quick escape from their studies to one of the local beaches for a quick dip in the Pacific Ocean. UCLA’s strong athletic program, with some of the most notable national-championship teams in recent history, also helped to make the school such an internationally-respected institution.

The University is growing, and the diverse student body only helps the campus flourish. The diverse mix of students fits well into a University that houses five different schools of study, from Letters and Science to Arts and Architecture. Here in the melting pot of Los Angeles, under the guidance of intense professors, and surrounded by many other brilliant, young minds, creativity blossoms and students grow intellectually both inside and outside of the classroom.

There is a longstanding tradition of hard work and dedication at UCLA. Much of the student body requires financial aid and hold jobs simultaneously while taking classes. The resourcefulness of students at UCLA has grown throughout the years as college costs have increased and academic standards at the school have skyrocketed. Many professors note that there is a difference between the public-school student who has to make him or herself heard in the crowded lecture hall versus the private-school student who has smaller classes and does not have to grapple for that same attention. The difference is that at a public school like UCLA, students have to take the initiative in their classes much like people need to take initiative in real life to achieve certain goals. Students need to be resourceful and work harder to gain their professors attention, and there is definitely something to be said of the person that can meet that challenge at an institution as rigorous as UCLA.
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Erik Robert Flegal, Author
UCLA