Hello future Bruins! My name is Kelsey Takaha and I am a second-year transfer and fourth-year student. I transferred from the College of San Mateo. I am pursuing a double major in Communications and Gender Studies here at UCLA. Some of my other involvements on campus include working as a coordinator for the Student Transfer…
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Choosing My Major & Finding My Way
Dear Prospective Bruin, Congratulations on your admission to UCLA! My name is Vincent Leong and I’m a fourth-year Physiological Science major from Arcadia, CA. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve been granted here at UCLA and it feels like it was just yesterday when I stepped onto this campus as an eager freshman. Coming…
Academic Life
Dear Future Bruins, First of all, congratulations on your admission to UCLA! My name is Sam Duong-Brett (she/her) and I am a third year Human Biology and Society (HBS) major and Global Health minor. When I was a senior, learning about all of the amazing resources and opportunities UCLA had to offer made picking a…
“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…
Research as a Transfer
Hello Future Bruins! Congratulations on your acceptance to UCLA. This is a HUGE accomplishment!! You not only got accepted to the best public university in the nation, but you have done so after having to completely readjust what it means to be a student. AMAZING (to say the least)! My name is Kelly and I…
Finding Support in the Sciences: UCLA PEERS Program
My name is Mel Miller and I am a second year Biology major with a minor in African American studies. My hometown is far away from Los Angeles in Dallas, Texas; but, I chose to leave the Lone Star State for the greatest college experience I could have ever hoped for. April 2018 was the…
Laboratory Research on Campus
My name is Sami Rafeedie and I’m a third year Bioengineering major. I am from Lancaster, California, and I have truly loved my time at UCLA, especially my time spent completing my research in the lab. I came into UCLA as someone without an ounce of experience in a laboratory, which was a significant barrier…
Internship Opportunities and Class Credit
While the classes I have taken on campus at UCLA have been incredibly valuable, one of the best experiences I have had is my internship class at a local elementary school. My goal is ultimately to become a teacher and having the chance to intern at an elementary for class credit has been absolutely amazing….
Rushing through the end of summer session!!
Yes people, it’s that time again when you’re about to run out of time to finish up all your projects at school. Well at least for me it is that time again,haha.. I only have 3 weeks left for my summer session class, yay!!! Super excited, but that also means that less time to…
Summer break addition: research life
Hi there, so as I told you before that I am starting to do research this summer at one of the professors in the Bio-Engineering department. I want to tell you a little bit about how it going so far. As a new researcher, I usually shadow the grad student that I will be working…
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