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I went to the University of California, Los Angeles. I found it very easy to navigate, but I had an advantage. As a Los Angeles native whose dad is also an al
by byoung2 16y ago
I went to the University of California, Los Angeles. I found it very easy to navigate, but I had an advantage. As a Los Angeles native whose dad is also an alum (UCLA Dental School '75), I spent much of my youth here. We always went to basketball games at Pauley Pavillion, and since my middle/high school was right down the street, UCLA was the closest library. It also didn't hurt that Westwood was the place to go see movies back in 7th/8th grade (usually followed by all-night arcade free play at Ackerman Union).
But for people not that familiar with the campus, I guess it could be a little confusing.
- newyorker 16y agowould you say that as a newbie it is hard to find your way around from class to class or to learn where all the 'scattered' administrative offices are? also, were the building and classroom # coded normally or arbitrarily? that can be frustrating, i know from my university, they labeled the building with random letters - who knows how the freshman understand it!
- byoung2 16y agoThe numbering of the classrooms within a building seemed random. For example, Royce 162 is next door to Royce 190. 163-189 don't exist. These rooms were pretty small, so it is unlikely that they would be split into 30 smaller classrooms. Similar story with the 3 massive lecture halls in the chemistry building (Young Hall, but not named after me): CS24, CS50, and CS76. Why weren't these named CS1, CS2, and CS3? But that confusion only lasts a day or two.
- newyorker 16y agoThat's confusing, but like you said its probably minimal. By me, on the course schedule they listed your courses and class numbers. I.e. 2304A, where A represents Whitehead building. How are you supposed to know that?! The building codes for the most part make sense, but some don't. The classes make sense.