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I applied to transfer to UCLA for electrical engineering and I'm kind of hesitant on going there if I get accepted. I've been hearing that UCLA is really "cut throat" aka extremely competitive especially for STEM students. Like I've heard that students don't really like to help each other out and that some classes are set in a way that only a few top students are able to receive an A in the class. I'm all about hard work but I'm also not trying to stress myself the heck out & get a bad GPA when you should somewhat be enjoying yourself at the university. Any thoughts about UCLA as an engineer? Do you think another school would have been a better choice?
You probably committed to a school by this point already, but in case you accepted UCLA if you got in or whatever you circumstance is, I transferred to UCLA this past fall and I wouldn’t necessarily call the coursework “cutthroat” and if you find the right community of people, there’s plenty who are nice and willing to help out where they can. I’m also EE and was lucky enough to make a group of fellow EE transfers and we all took similar classes and could help each other through it all. My whole year was remote, so my perspective is skewed, but the coursework is pretty broad in EE (I think the department wants undergrads to have very broad exposure to EE to basically prep you for a narrower focus in grad school) and the professors are pretty hit or miss. It’s for sure stressful, but not impossible to do and get decent grades. It’s for sure more research/theory oriented and not a whole of hands on aside from a couple circuit labs and such, but I have done some cool projects in the last year. Just put yourself out there and get involved where you can. Hope this helps!
I’m thinking of applying for the same major but might do mechanical engineering since it’s more broad in terms of job opportunities. I really want to do aerospace though for the sake of enjoyment but fear I won’t get a job in the field since it’s such a specific job
@@rafaelespinoza1515 I'm a senior undergrad in aerospace. Aero is very versatile and can be applied pretty much to any job (that specialization stuff is bs) and even with that, the "NewSpace" commercial space industry is thriving. But if I were to go back and pick any different major, it would be electrical engineering or computer science or both. Both very versatile, practical, and in-demand as well. Also, like 7 of the 10 richest people in the world majored in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or both. And they sometimes lead to the same job as aero's anyway (depending on your area of specialization).
Couch & Chat hey! I actually wanted to ask. How come you switched from premed to tech sales? Could we talk about that switch because that’s so much effort and time you put into your studies to be doing something else. Were you just not feeling it anymore?
Hi my name is Jackie, I’m pre-med. Going to UCLA this fall, would you mind sharing the classes you took. I really don’t know. If you could, if not could you share some insight in what classes you felt less prepared for and felt were definitely hard? Please and Thank you.
Jackie Hey jackie, U may not see this, but can U help me out as well? I committed to UCLA, and im also a Bio major on premed track. i would really appreciate it :), if U reply ill shoot U my IG. thank you!!
I relate so much with the desillusion part and the being "in-between" so much social groups but not fully fit in. Thank you for this podcast. A student from Canada
Hey thank you so much for the insights, I'm entering UCLA as a freshman this fall. I was wondering how do you think my experience would differ if I was interested in majoring in something Bio related (like neuroscience) but not as pre-med. I was thinking more of going to grad school and doing research in the field. Given how cutthroat competitive pre-med is and I'd be in the same classes is it a path you'd recommend (even if I have a different end goal - and I need a high GPA for grad school)
I'm a firm believer in studying what you're interested in during your time in undergrad- given that you're interested in biology (i.e., neuroscience, psychobiology, ecology, etc.), it will be a different experience altogether since GPAs are not weighted equally, in this case. This advice is not official advice for getting into grad school; however, what I have noticed that GPAs around 3.0-3.5 get into their desired master's/PhD programs since more emphasis is placed on department faculty you wish you work with/meet. Yes, classes will remain difficult; however, in my opinion, there is a lot less pressure than medical school (i.e., needing a near perfect GPA for medical school admissions).
Thank you so much for the advice! Would this mean it’s also more important to reach out to programs and grow relations with my own department faculty? I will keep this in mind.
Hey man, thanks for all the great info. Just committed to UCLA and now I'm watching all these videos about how hard being a Pre-Med there truly is. Yikes, I'm scared but it's nice to get some unfiltered advice.
Despite all of this, UCLA has been the BEST time of our lives so far. I've learned so much about myself and the world during my time here, and I'm going to really miss it once I graduate in June!
This was very helpful. If I have more questions, is there any way I can shoot them to you guys? I'm an admit for bio/pre-med and I'm sweating my career paths
I have never related more to a video in my entire life. Thank you guys for bringing light to a topic that shows that UCLA has a lot of flaws and isn’t all sunshine. I wish more people would be honest about their experience at UCLA but people will always brush over the bad things about this school
