Note: This page was made many years ago when I was at UCLA, because the general frustration that I, and many had experienced regarding its bureaucracy and its reluctance to change, so I made this web page was to express our discontent.

Now, many years later, what remains in my memory of UCLA is rather how hard we, the students, worked; the inefficiency of UCLA, as a higher learning institution is no longer a relevant issue. I guess this is because I graduated already; and clearly, in comparison with other students of my Masters program, being a UCLA graduate showed a difference academically.

And finally, the myth that UCLA grads are everywhere has been personally verified. They are indeed everywhere and pursuing their personal happiness. IE. When I was in Washington, I sublet my apt to a retiring journalist, a war reporter and a UCLA grad who just went to Afghanistan and Iraq, I then traveled to Sun Juan, Puerto Rico, stayed in an environmental friendly hotel own by an former script writer and entrepreneur, another UCLA grad.  

Question: Is it possible that UCLA grads will replace the “neocons” as the new ruler of the world?

The older version I highly recommend to anyone who is considering this school to forget about it. I do not know one student who likes the way he/she has being handled by the UCLA BUREAUCRACY! Even Professors are complaining. Moreover, I know personally that some good professors who really cared about students’ learning have been "fired" by the school. WHY is this so? I think it is all about money. More professors write, more UCLA gets better reputation, thus more financial donations. However, the fact at UCLA is that if you care more about teaching students, hence with less time to write, you are FIRED! Antagonize UCLA is not my objective, but I am not the only one who is frustrated by such incredibly disorganized institution, which is composed by an huge army of civilian bureaucrats who's first objective is to maintain the high paid job at the cost of tax payers and learning success of students. At UCLA, it is a common knowledge that students are on their own.  Examples:  I was working one point at the Internship Office, my boss Mr. Bravo, "Dario" was considered the only person at UCLA who cares about students.  A professor of mine, retiring US ambassador - diplomat in residence, who I later met again in Washington, complained about UCLA bureaucracy in the class. Now remember he is from Washington and the States Department!!! No need to mention how bureaucracy works in DC.  Finally, I met a visiting researcher from Australia at the Olympic pool near the Sunset, he took a great pride being at UCLA, which we all understand why, but later, he started to express his frustration to me, said that, this is the school where Internet was invented, and they are not even able to get me a dial up number. According to him, school gave him a wrong numbers, and since weeks, no one fixed it. Where is the students' place at UCLA? No where ! Now my question is why the school has such a huge student service bureaucracy?  The bottom line is simple, UCLA must change its organizational structure, and half of these civilian employees should be fired in order to make the school more productive, efficient; it must use taxpayers money to teach students rather than maintaining their overly paid jobs.                          One More thing: Perhaps we should consider the option of inviting IMF and the World Bank to UCLA, they will do a better job of firing and cost reduction. Viva capitalismo.

UCLA vs Students Do you think UCLA and its BUREAUCRACY care about students? I am (was) student, and I am frustrated by its bureaucracy !! I am (was) student, it sucks! I am (was) student, UCLA is bad I am (was) student, UCLA is ok I am (was) student, UCLA is good I am (was) student, UCLA is very good I am UCLA student, I just don't care I am not a UCLA student, but know UCLA sucks towards students I am not a UCLA student, but know UCLA is great towards students Current Results PS: if you would like to make any relevant comments, please go to the poll and make yours, critics and jokes are welcome.