Dear New Bruin

It’s me, hi! My name’s Adrian Campos, and I’m in my fourth year here at UCLA, double majoring in Anthropology and Sociology with a minor in Education Studies. Some of you may be wondering, “what does that even mean?” or “what do you want to do with that?” To put it simply, my studies focus…

My First-Year Experience

Hi! My name is Kashish Makker, and I am a second-year out-of-state student at UCLA double majoring in Global Studies and Political Science with a minor in accounting. After college, I want to attend law school and be a lawyer and I am so happy that I picked such a wonderful institution to be able…

Create Your Own Journey

Welcome to UCLA, new Bruins! Congratulations on being accepted to the number one public university in the nation! My name is Praneel (he/him), and I’m a third year studying Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG). I’m also pursuing minors in both Global Health and Community Engagement & Social Change (CESC), a testament to the interdisciplinary…

Dear Future Bruin

Dear future Bruin,  Congratulations on your admission to UCLA! It’s an incredible accomplishment to be admitted and a testament to your hard work. My name is Dilara Bahadir and I use she/her pronouns. I am a first-year student from Boston, MA studying neuroscience. Two quarters into my first year, UCLA already feels like home and…

“Let’s Talk Story”: (Re)searching Your Passions, Power, and Potential

Hey there, new Bruins! Congratulations and welcome to the Bruin family! My name is Sean Sugai, and I am a fourth-year student double majoring in Human Biology and Society and Anthropology with a minor in Public Health. Born and raised in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, I am also a proud first-generation and out-of-state college student from an…

Advice From A Random Senior: Finding Your Home

I want to start by congratulating you, the class of 2026! As the newest class of Baby Bruins, Iknow you’ll come to love UCLA as much as I do. Even now, 4 years later, I find myself walkingaround our campus pinching myself in disbelief that I am a Bruin. I hope because you’ve been admitted…

UCLA Chamber Ensemble

Copyright 2011 Pamela Springsteen For the past three quarters, I have been a part of the UCLA Chamber Ensemble. Sounds pretty fancy, huh? But surprisingly, you don’t have to be a musical prodigy to be in it. It is actually a class that is open to UCLA students of any major. The only requirement is…

Bucket List: Freshman Year

As the school year draws to a close, seniors in flowing graduation gowns can be seen all over campus, posing for graduation pictures. I can’t believe that my first year at UCLA is almost over (except for finals, bleh). As UCLA prepares to send off a fourth of its population off into the real world,…

United on Bruin Day

This past Saturday UCLA held Bruin Day to welcome and introduce our campus to incoming Bruins that will officially start school this Fall. I worked the event on behalf of Bruin Ambassadors and I cannot say how excited and thrilled I was to welcome some of our new Bruins home. UCLA has had such a…

Bruin Day and Engineering Open House Weekend

This last weekend was such an exciting and tiring weekend in the same time!! On Saturday, we had Bruin Day where we expecting 15,000 people coming to UCLA!!! That’s an insane number of people, but it was so much fun!!! I get to meet a lot of the future Bruins along with their parents. They…