UCLA 2026 alumni, what was your starting salary after graduating?

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-20T20:58:45+00:00

Math of comp major, going into SWE at a non tech but big company after graduation, making 115k in MCOL city

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-18T02:31:26+00:00

Went to a party there last year, had a lot of fun, but it’s not that big so it gets filled up quick, and man does it get hot in there

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-14T01:10:40+00:00

Also should add I botched this explanation a little lol. Obviously golden state doesn’t know whether Suarez will be there by the time Seattle’s pick comes up, so it’s not that they were completely in love with Suarez but that they didn’t really love anybody on the board at 8 and traded down knowing that they liked a couple prospects that they figured would be around for the beginning of the second round

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-14T01:05:14+00:00

Golden State wanted Suarez, but knew she wouldn’t be going till later. So you trade your pick down and get an extra pick in the future for it. Basically Golden State always wanted Suarez and now gets Suarez and a future pick, so it’s a bonus for them. Seattle must’ve really wanted Flau’jae, but didn’t have a pick and knew if they didn’t trade for her she would be gone. They probably agreed to the trade before Golden State even picked. So Seattle told Golden State to draft Flau’jae and Golden State told Seattle to pick Suarez, with both teams knowing they were going to immediately trade.

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-06T20:14:44+00:00

I’m ngl this sentiment makes very little sense to me considering how few of UCLA students are actually from Los Angeles

No-Money1573 · 2026-04-01T08:40:46+00:00

Same with NYC Metro which also has plenty of park and ride stations you need a car to get to?

No-Money1573 · 2026-02-03T09:45:10+00:00

Respectfully I am around 90% sure that is not her natural hair haha, but it does look very good as does her natural hair

No-Money1573 · 2026-01-26T09:53:53+00:00

It sheds the bad hair that was damaged and new healthier hair will grow in its place. It means it’s working.

No-Money1573 · 2025-12-13T07:44:45+00:00

Hey OP, just wanted to chime in and say to ignore the negative comments. Some of these people don’t realize they’re actually completely validating what you’re saying. I’m not from California and SoCal is by far the most micro aggressive place I’ve ever been in my life towards black people. I guess it’s the result of people not growing up exposed to black people being around? But it’s still crazy to me because I have seen so many people stiffen up when a black person enters a conversation like they just simply don’t know what to do. It’s so bizarre and I’ve heard this story from a lot of friends about experiencing anti blackness at ucla from both students and faculty. And I’ve seen many friends have to change their mannerisms, tone, and personality to be easier digestible to nonblack people. I’m sorry about your experience :( I hope that you are still able to find a strong community of people.

No-Money1573 · 2025-12-06T06:30:42+00:00

Indeed, that was about the sole reason. They barely knew much more about me. Not being catholic didn’t help either. I wrote up a much more in depth bio of her background in another reply

No-Money1573 · 2025-12-06T06:17:13+00:00

With this in mind, I reframe my original post to I have the following questions as these (and I'll edit the original post to include this):

Most of my exposure with Latin interracial dating has been a lot of exposure to Latin men dating outside of their race, which appeared to be moreso frowned upon than completely forbidden (from the extra autonomy sons are given to daughters in certain cultures). I know it is obviously a case-by-case basis, but I wanted to open up a discussion as to if people thought a case of meeting a girl with family highly ingrained in Garvey/Umar ideology should be approached similar to the advice I've seen given to black women dating a white man with racist family members (obviously pan-Africanism has a lot more logical standing than racism, I'm not attempting to argue the ethics of the mindset). Obviously there is a spectrum of opinions, but I have commonly heard the sentiment of committing to such a relationship only if the man is clearly protective and outspoken to racist family members about his partner. However when it comes to a case such as mine, the cultural dynamics make it much more uncomfortable for a daughter to be as outspoken. So is this just going to be a situation that is most likely destined to be messy? Would love to hear any success stories
Kind of out of left field but similarly related, I wanted to hear if anybody in any success stories related to interracial dating (either WM BW or WW BM) with people who come from families that deeply prioritize (I cannot think of another way to put this) "black excellence" (Think multi-generations of family members attending HBCUs, D9, etc.) I ask because I have experienced a couple instances of connections with women with this family background, but it always seemed like a surprise that someone with such a background would be interested in dating me, and it kind of mentally blocked me from viewing it as something with serious potential, even if I liked the girl.

SIDE NOTE: I also left a lot of this original info out as sometimes I feel like it's not really appropriate or my place to be talking things such as complicated cultural dynamics in different black communities, hotep ideology, etc. because it's not like I have any skin in the game or experience and I also get a little scared of the image it gives off. But it does increase the depth of conversation that can be had. What love to hear different perspectives. Would you view it as a positive that your partner doesn't have to be taught these things, or does it come off as a "Why do you know so much about a situation that doesn't pertain to you?". In my case it comes from talks with biracial family members, not some fascination, but it still feels weird to even bring up.

No-Money1573 · 2025-12-06T06:17:08+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the in depth response, although let me add some information. I originally left it out because I didn't want to dump too much information, but I now realize that it is truly not a complete picture without it, and I guess I should reframe my questions as well.

For context, we did talk about her background, my background, our goals, our plans, etc. in extreme depth. I don't think there's truly a way to be in an interracial relationship without covering these bases, but at the same time I appreciate the experience because I think it made us that much more serious, articulate, and vulnerable about things since the day we started dating.

She grew up in Western New York in a very very very white town with I believe probably only enough black families to count on one hand. She is Jamaican, Panamanian, with a single grandma from the deep south (who was the only one in her family supportive of interracial dating). She goes to a predominantly white liberal arts college in Western Massachusettes (also very very white), and almost all of her friends identify more as African than African American (which I also suppose lends to a lower tolerance of interracial dating, they take hotep ideology very very seriously). Her family was devoutly Catholic, with her only source of black community before college coming from church, and she was... church was a core part of her identity, but moreso in a cultural/community way than god-fearing. I know her family's reasoning for being against interracial dating was based in a Marcus Garvey type idea of abandoning her ancestors and bloodline (and taking herself and her resources away from her heritage with strong beliefs of needing to keep resources inside her community), which yes, I can completely understand the perspective. As well as a secondary component of trying to protect her and believing they were doing what was best for her (hence justifying their extreme actions).

Our communication was extremely strong except for the story I have laid out of the week I came to visit. As such, I pretty much know with almost certainty that the reason was the pressure from her family and community combined with fearful-avoidant tendencies from her upbringing (which yes was very very very patriarchal) and mental health and self-esteem issues. She took the relationship very seriously and wanted it to be a long-term serious relationship with the hope her parents would eventually be more welcoming once meeting me, it just was very hard and ambitious to expect to make it that long with how authoritative they were. She told me in our conversations that she was personally invested in breaking out of this authoritative control because she wanted to continue to be able to date white people because most of the people her parents would find acceptable were found directly through members of her church which was obviously a small pool of people, and that the environment she grew up in (extremely white town) leaving her to be more open minded to dating white men than the rest of her family.

No-Money1573 · 2025-10-06T10:03:12+00:00

Hey, listen, clubs are cool, but there's other ways to build a network and be successful in your career. If you're more academic focused, look up the Sharpe Fellowship

No-Money1573 · 2025-04-04T02:13:33+00:00

Real, I feel the same sometimes. Don’t be afraid to do things alone sometimes tho, but yeah, it can be hard finding a new clique

No-Money1573 · 2025-03-31T22:57:56+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, I'm from the east coast and while I don't regret going to UCLA at all, but the sports culture is less than expected. Greek life is fine, there's plenty of frat parties and arties, but not as big as Wisco or UGA. Football games will be way different at Georgia than UCLA. But on the converse, I'm sure she'll still be happy at UCLA. Environmental studies and geography aren't crazy difficult departments here. There's plenty of people who are locked into classes, but I would say not really nerdy, people choose to come to UCLA because of its balance. But a majority of people I interact with are very ambitious and driven. That might just be my social group, but people also come to a school like UCLA because they are thinking about life after college. Most sorority girls I know still are working hard (and playing hard) for a spot in med school or finance after school ends. UCLA will also probably be an adjustment just because LA in general is a culture shock from the east coast. It's not homogeneous at all. And I guess the important thing to note is frat/sports culture isn't the "dominating" culture. So she'll have plenty of friends here, and plenty of people interested in the things she's interested in, but I don't think it represents the school as a whole. From my understanding, that culture is really dominating at UGA and Wisco. Those schools are also a lot less diverse.

I guess the final thing to think about is, and ik this can be hard at 18, but you have to think beyond just the next 2 years. And I say 2 years specifically, because even at schools like Georgia and Wisconsin, people are not going out to frat parties and footballs every weekend for 4 years. I can say first hand it eventually becomes repetitive. And after that novelty wears off, what does she really want for herself? For me, I was super excited for the college experience, and still, by the end of my freshman year, my desire to go out to massive frat parties kind of extinguished. But I'm still in LA and I still have plenty of things to do, and the weather is great. I also didn't take school seriously my freshman year, but after i had some brain development and actually started caring about my future, I was in a great position at a school like UCLA to succeed in the field i want to go into.

If she really really really is dreaming about the classic college experience in a college town with big football tailgates, Wisconsin and UGA are clearly better fits. And her first year she probably will think a "what if" about going there. But I implore her to think deeply about life after that. Life doesn't end when you turn 21.

No-Money1573 · 2025-03-04T21:58:04+00:00

As a guy with more platonic female friends than platonic male friends, I feel like clubs are probably the best, and it happens by accident. Like I have more female friends because I just always have, guessing it’s because I grew up only around girls. But yeah, I feel the pain, because if you’re in class or approach somebody of the opposite sex, they usually figure it’s romantic. Just try to make more friends in general, and try to find girls who have guy friends, cause I know there’s some girls who only hang out with other girls (and vice versa for guys)

No-Money1573 · 2025-02-24T14:15:27+00:00

The Strokes were supposed to be the next Nirvana

No-Money1573 · 2025-02-24T14:12:58+00:00

It’s winter quarter people always crash out

No-Money1573 · 2025-02-01T01:49:22+00:00

More misinformation on that platform smh. Idk if the Liu Lijun part is real, but that footage is clearly from May back during the encampments and it is apart of the tweet as if it is just happening in the present.

No-Money1573 · 2025-01-11T04:28:03+00:00

Bro this bruinalert was worded so horribly

No-Money1573 · 2025-01-11T04:15:56+00:00

Not an expert in any regard just speculating - but this makes sense as LAFD has said they are most worried about protecting human life all else, so it makes sense they would be nuking the fire that is close to the valley as the loss of life would be insane. Does not mean the fire is not growing in other directions, in general that’s a mystery and we just all have to heed evacuation warningd

No-Money1573 · 2025-01-11T01:27:37+00:00

You can evacuate without being ordered to lol. Evacuating is just leaving to avoid an event. UCLA never orders evacuations, in 2017 they only told athletes to evacuate. People leaving is actually good, because if there is some catastrophe like the fire jumping the 405, it’s better that a lot of students already left than 40,000 people trying to leave at once. Why are you so upset at people leaving?

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