UCLA Where Great Futures Begin

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UCLA Where Great Futures Begin
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Quick Facts
Mascot Bruins (meaning brown bear)
of students 40,000
Colors Blue and Gold
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Campus

• Today, the campus includes 163 buildings across
  419 acres in the western part of Los Angeles
• The continuous construction gives UCLA the
  on-campus nickname of "Under Construction Like
  Always."

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Awards

• UCLA was ranked 32nd in U.S. News and World
  Report's World's Best Universities.
• U.S. News World Report ranked UCLA as the 2nd
  best public university among "National
  Universities" in the United States

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Faculty

• Six professors (two of whom are current faculty)
  and five alumni have been awarded the Nobel Prize
  for achievements in science, economics, and peace

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Athletics

• The Bruin men's football team plays home games at
  the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
• men's and women's basketball
• men's and women's volleyball teams
• gymnastics team (women's)
• men's and women's cross country
• men's and women's soccer
• women's rowing
• men's and women's golf
• men's and women's tennis
• men's and women's water polo.

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Housing

• UCLA provides housing to over 10,000
  undergraduate and 2,900 graduate students.
• Most undergraduate students are housed in 14
  complexes on the western side of campus, referred
  to by students as "The Hill." Students can live
  in halls, plazas, suites, or university
  apartments, which vary in pricing and privacy.
  Housing plans also offer students access to
  dining facilities, which have been ranked by the
  Princeton Review as some of the best in the
  nation
• UCLA currently offers three years guaranteed
  housing to its incoming freshman, and one year to
  incoming transfer students.

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Student Life
2010 2009 Applicants 57,651 55,676
Admits 13,020 12,098 Admitted 22.58
21.73 Students come to UCLA from all 50
states and more than 100 countries, though
according to statistics from 200105, an average
92.6 of the entire student body originated from
California.
UCLA offers over 800 student organizations. UCLA
is also home to more than 60 Greek-letter
organizations. Fraternity and sorority members
represent 13 of the student population.
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Filming

• With a location near Hollywood and a world-famous
  film and television school, the UCLA campus has
  attracted filming for decades.
• Legally Blonde, "Old School", "The Nutty
  Professor", Erin Brockovich, and American Pie 2
  all were mainly shot at the university campus or
  locale

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Traditions

• Unicamp is a week-long summer camp for
  underserved children from the greater Los Angeles
  area, with UCLA volunteer counselors.
• Dance Marathon is an annual event. Dancers are
  required to fundraise a minimum amount of 208
  before the event, which is a 26 hour dance
  marathon. Dancers are not allowed to sit (except
  to use the restroom) during the marathon.
• UCLA students also participate in "Midnight Yell"
  during finals week, a tradition where every night
  at midnight (starting on Sunday of finals week),
  students go outside and yell as loudly as
  possible for one minute, giving everyone a chance
  to take a short break from studying and release
  some nervous energy.
• The quarterly Undie Run takes place during the
  Wednesday evening of Finals Week, when students
  run through the campus in their underwear or in
  skimpy costumes.

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Ms. Lovejoys Favorites

• UCLA alumni
• composer of the Star Wars film score
• Popular music artists Sara Bareilles, The Doors,
  Linkin Park, and Maroon 5 all attended UCLA.
• Giada De Laurentiis is a program host at Food
  Network
• Carlos Bocanegra, the USA soccer team captain is
  also a UCLA alumnus.