University of California - Los Angeles
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Reviewing LAs Most Popular Attractions (+ Hidden Gems)
Alicja Banasiak, University of California Santa Cruz, US Griffith observatory If you play GTA you may already know that this place has all the views! You can drive to the very top by car or bus or you can hike, entry into the observatory is free but any shows or presentations are extra cost. From the top you can see the Hollywood sign and the entire city of LA as well as mountains in the background.
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Adjusting to Life at the World’s No.1 Public University
- North America, Uncategorized, University of California - Los Angeles, University of California - Santa Barbara
Final Road Trip and Goodbyes:
I have now been home for over 3 months and I thought I would write about my thoughts on leaving Case Western and my road trip around California. The last few weeks of term were extremely stressful with trying to pack up my belongings, say my goodbyes, plan a road trip and submit all my final work. Luckily, I did not have any finals to take and I decided to leave the campus early and meet up with friends from Manchester to travel around the East Coast. But this did mean that saying goodbye to all the great people I had met felt very rushed. As I am writing this…
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My favourite places in LA!
Lottie Harold – Geography – University of California, Los Angeles – United States If you’re coming to UCLA, California or just the USA in general, it’s likely you’ll head to LA to do some touristy things. I’ve lived here for 8 months and I’m so happy to call this place home (at least for a little while)!
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I joined a frat!
Lottie Harold – Geography – University of California, Los Angeles – United States Firstly yes, I’m a girl. Greek life is infamous in American college movies and in real life it’s pretty much like one expects. Girls are split into sororities and guys are in fraternities, all named after Greek letters, living in beautiful mansions on ‘Frat Row’, and holding huge weekly parties. But what I wasn’t aware of were co-ed fraternities, which usually have a specific theme – such as an academic fraternity, volunteering fraternity, or honours student fraternity.
