UCLA is a world class research university that receives hundreds of millions in research funding every year.
You can imagine the irony when students realize they still can’t find research positions here.

Each year, tens of thousands of students from thousands of schools across the globe vie for the chance to call themselves Bruins. One of the few things unifying that massively varied applicant pool: sitting at a desk and taking the SAT – or the ACT, if that’s your cup of tea.

In December, the University of California’s 10 chancellors all made a decision to promote and preserve intellectual pursuit over a political agenda.
It was the right one.

UCLA objectively trumps many universities in most regards – but there are some things that we can learn from other schools.
Providing good career services, for example.

The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars is supposed to be a haven for international students as they navigate a new country and culture, miles away from their friends, family and home.

Bruin Bash and sensitive sociopolitical topics typically don’t go together. This year they did – and tickets still sold faster than Bird scooters flying down Bruin Walk.

Picture this: it’s nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit and you’re trudging down Bruin Plaza, hoping for some shade. You manage to get up Bruin Walk without melting into a pile of jelly and then suffer all the way up Hedrick Summit, hoping to escape the heat by getting into your dorm after an exhausting day of summer classes.

UCLA seems to believe that taking cumbersome calculus- and statistics-based classes every quarter qualifies as an arts degree.
Economics and business economics are considered Bachelor of Arts degree programs, even though the two majors put a heavy emphasis on mathematics.

The undergraduate student government has typically been foreign to international students.
It is no secret that international students have needs that are different from those of local students.

This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.
UCLA’s John Wooden Center offers world-class exercise facilities to fit the diverse fitness needs of students and faculty.