UCLA orientation, day 1

Well I just got back from good old Session 107, my introduction to life at UCLA. I didn’t have access to the computer lab at school so I’m recapping my experience on my weblog now. First of all, I had a great time and I was very impressed with the organization and time put into the orientation program.

I arrived early on Monday and slept in the dorms overnight before the first actual day of orientation. On Tuesday, the madness began. The majority of kids arrived at 8:00 AM to get their room keys, etc. and the place was a zoo. Luckily for me I had already finished unpacking so I could just hang out for a little while. After all the kids were situated, we had to all cram into Moore 100 for a “Welcome to UCLA” lecture. The lecture was your average introduction, not over the top and not too boring.

The rest of the day was pretty ordinary. We met our counselors, and my ending up in Vahe’s group was eventually a good thing. He was a really cool counselor and he made the three days of Orientation very pleasant. Other than that I really don’t remember most of the day. We did some talking went to some more lectures and that was about it. However, at night we did go down to Westwood, which was pretty fun. I ended up at California Pizza Kitchen with about ten other people and we had a good time.

At night, I slept like a log. The night before, when I actually arrived, I got virtually no sleep, since a car alarm kept waking me up. Day 1 was a different story. I really don’t remember waking up at all that night.

Overall, it was a good introductory day.