Staff, Students, and Classes UCLA has a total of 44,947 students, with 30,873 undergraduate students and 14, 074 graduate students. There is an extremely large undergraduate population at UCLA, which I think might be good for me, as there is a better chance to meet people who are similar to me and share common interests, and due to the amount of students, I won’t feel like I am under a microscope since there is only so much attention faculty can give to each student. UCLA has a 4,300 faculty members and for undergraduates specifically, there are 1,937 full time teachers and 611 part time teachers. The average class size is 10-19 students, however there is a large disparity in class size at UCLA, as 23% of classes have 2-9 students and …show more content…
There are five different meal plans for students at UCLA: Cub 11, Blue 14, Gold 19, Bruin Premier 14 and Bruin Premier 19, and there are four different payment options to pay for these meal plans. Cub 11 gives 11 meals a week and intended for students who don’t spend as much time on campus or require less meals, Blue 14 gives 14 meals a week, and Gold 19 gives 19 meals a week. Bruin Premier 14 and 19 are the same as Blue 14 and Gold 19, respectively, but meals that aren’t used up at the end of the week can be used anytime throughout the quarter. Meal plans can be paid monthly, quarterly, financial aid quarterly, or in full. The price for each of the 5 meal plans are included in an overall housing cost for UCLA, so depending on what kind of dormitory a student lives in and what meal plan they choose, prices will vary. This is the cost for the full payment for each meal plan if living in a triple occupancy residence hall:
Bruin 19P
Gold 19
Bruin 14P
Blue 14
Cub 11
$12,825
$12,166.08
$12,555.96
$11,983.68
$11,739.72
The dorm options at UCLA are residence halls, residential plazas, or residential suites, with all of them are being either double or triple occupancy and the buildings themselves are co-ed. All of the dormitories are already furnished and
You can also get 14 meal plan that costs 2,198 per semester. The books that are new and bought from the school costs $500.
The dorms are apartment style with four private bedrooms and shared living space and kitchen. Dorms are gender specific and there are complexes for housing married couples. Housing for fraternities and sororities are lodge style. Approximately 64% of students reside in on-campus housing. The campus is also home to academic halls, administration center, several sports fields, an indoor swimming pool, two dining halls, and a wellness center. The university has guest housing available for visiting family members and
Students who take under 12 credits will pay $1,172 per credit hour. All students must pay the annual $750 campus student fee. The basic meal plan is $3,570 per year and the cheapest resident hall will cost $3,280. Graduate degree classes will cost between $441 and $535 per credit hour. All students who want to receive financial aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The university also offers various merit and need-based scholarships available to first-year and transfer
On the UCF’s Housing & Residence Life website under Rates, it provides the agreements of each community, the room type, building location, and finally the pricing. For instances, students wanting to live in a shared bedroom at the Apollo Community, choose amongst several building options, after selecting the Volusia location, students then proceed on paying the requested amount of “$2,470.00”. Keep in mind “Rental rates are listed by semester per person per room type. [as well as] . . . All rates are subject to change.”(“Rates”). Another example, this time choosing a private bedroom at the Towers at Plaza on the Tower III Building, student will be required pay a total of “$4,440.00”. Both examples provided illustrate how the pricing is too high for one person and how it is unsure if the cost will
The meal plans at UCSD depend on whether a student lives in a residence hall or in an apartment. For residence hall residents, there are the 3900 meal plan, that costs $3,900, or the 3536 meal plan, which costs $3,536. For those who live in an apartment, the previous two meal plans are available to them, as well as the 3150 and 2740 plans, costing $3,150 and $2,740, respectively. Each plan is designed to allow the student to budget their meals according to their situation, like if they plan on going out to eat or cooking themselves, and additional money can be added at any time, allowing for more purchases. This is a table of all of the meal plans as well as the estimated daily and weekly budgeting:
Students are required to live in on-campus residence halls until they reach the age of 20. There are five halls in total, and while they are co-ed, each floor is dedicated to a specific gender. There are often private rooms available for students who don't wish to have roommates. There are also a couple of apartment-style buildings where older students can live on-campus. While there are no fraternities or sororities at the college, many residence halls have unique activities they engage in, leading to fun and bonding between the students of the halls, similar to Greek
I plan to room in Ben Reiffel, one of the newer dormitories on campus, which costs $2,657.40 per semester. If I were to stay in housing conditions of a similar level of comfort and contemporariness at USD, I would have to stay in Coyote Village, which costs $2,890.65 per semester. There may not appear to be a large difference between Ben Reiffel and Coyote Village, but these expenses can quickly add up for college students. Ben Reiffel offers many amenities for students including kitchens, laundry rooms, and fireplaces on every floor; air-conditioning; and vaulted ceilings. Along with comfortable rooms, SDSU offers many dining selections and I found SDSU’s meal plan options to be much simpler to navigate than USD’s. Some SDSU dining choices that USD lacks include Panda Express, Extreme Pita, Erbert & Gerbert’s, and Starbucks. SDSU Dining emphasizes healthy choices and it offers many resources such as nutritional information for its menu items and wellness education. These amenities are especially useful for students who may find it difficult to make healthy choices amidst both the bustle of college and the temptation of the Dairy Bar’s world famous ice
The University of a Florida offers meal plans for students who wish to have a meal ready for them rather than worrying about what they are going to eat, or perhaps cook, throughout the day. The problem with this idea however, is that students oftentimes do not take full advantage of this system. Whether it is cooking, eating out, or even going home on the weekends, there are several factors that can get in the way of taking full advantage of the meal plan. This dilemma often leaves families asking the same question: is buying the meal plan that is provided by colleges actually worth the money? While buying a meal plan for college appears to make sense for many incoming freshmen, it does not always translate into the most efficient use of
One thing students lose when they decide to dorm is privacy. They have to share a bedroom, bathroom, and living space with other students. Some students have no experience sharing a room with another human being, and the transition can be frustrating at times. Studying is difficult
With the meal plan there comes meal points which brings some sort o gaming nostalgia. Just like a game you have a certain amounts of meal points at the beginning. You use those points to buy food from the various dinning places at cal. There is a set price point for the common dining hall, however if one chooses to eat somewhere else like at the campus restaurant, then the prices vary. You can purchase points as well, $1.00 is equal to one point. If you run out of meal points you can purchase you food with actual money as well. If you don't spend all your meal points then at least a 100 meal points will be transferred over to the fall or spring semester. There are three residential meal plans standard, premium, and ultimate access. The meal plan cost is including in the housing, according to Cal's website the estimated price for food is $1,034 annually so about $86 monthly. For the standard meal plan you are given 2,500 points per academic year or 1,250 per semester. On
Freshman at NDSU must stay in the residence halls the first year. There are 12 residence halls: 4 low rise halls, 3 high rise complexes, 2 gender specific halls, and 3 upperclassmen halls (An Introduction to Residence Halls at NDSU). Each building has one or two different learning communities based in them. For example, Thompson Hall, which is one of the multi-gender high rises, is home to the Health Science and Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences groups (An Introduction to Residence Halls at NDSU). The first year students are required to have a meal plan as well. The meal plans offered at NDSU are 5-Day meal plans and 7-Day meal plans. The 5-Day meal plans includes 3 guest passes and the 7-Day meal plan includes 7 guest passes for the dining halls (NDSU Dining).
This problem has erupted into such a large issue that “protests arose in Alabama, where students at several universities sued to block the plans, but the Alabama Supreme Court ruled against them in 2011.” (1). Some students truly don’t have the money nor the means to pay for these meal plans that colleges are trying to get them to pay for. Saul wants students to realize that their money is going to student union buildings and different ways to improve the school. Saul even states that, “the particulars of the contracts reveal that much of the meal plan cost does not go for an individual’s food. Colleges use the money to shore up their balance sheets, create academic programs and scholarships, fund special ‘training tables’ to feed athletes, and pay for meals for prospective students touring campus” (1) meaning that students are paying for food, but the money they use to pay for this food, isn’t actually going to the
College is a life changing experience for students. College is a new environment for most students and comes with lots of challenges. Things such as the increased difficulty of academic work and not being around the same social groups as a student was before college can make the transition very difficult. One of the best things a student can do to help with this transition is to live in a campus residence hall. Students should live in dorms because of the community that this creates. Students will gain many beneficial social interactions, will be able to better complete academic work, and will ease the adjustment to college life.
All four processes- collaboration, consultation, teamwork, and co-teaching, as they occur in the school context, involve interaction among school personnel, families, and students working together to achieve common goals. (Dettmer, Dyck, Thurston, 2005, p. 7)
An essential tool to create a safe environment for students to learn is classroom management. I hope to create an effective classroom management plan that dissolves barriers that are stopping students from learning. I am highly committed to make my classroom a safe environment where my students are provided with the best opportunity to be challenged and engaged in learning. As a special education teacher, I seek to meet the needs of every student I work with, so they have a sense of belonging in my classroom. I believe belonging will create a classroom atmosphere that will be conducive to student-centered learning in which all students are challenged to be critical thinkers.