UCLA Depresses Me

Introduction
I am a current Freshman at UCLA. Last spring I was given the option to attend UC Berkeley as a spring admit or UCLA as a regular admit. I loved everything about Berkeley- I loved the social atmosphere, the academic prestige, and I especially have always loved the Bay Area. However, it was farther away from home and at that time, I was reluctant to attend UC Berkeley due to the rumors of its fierce competition and its cut throat grading system. So UCLA kind of fell into my hands as default. Now that I'm here, I greatly regret my decision to not attend UC Berkeley. I know it's still early in the game to make any harsh judgments, and I have tried my hardest to not compare UCLA with Berkeley, But I still cannot help but wish I were attending Berkeley right now. I've never been partial to the city of LA. I thought I would be able to ignore some of the negative qualities of the city like the smog, the superficiality, and the huge intimidating city atmosphere and focus on the school, but I find myself already growing tired of these things. Now I realize that a large part of your college experience depends on the city you are in and I have never liked LA. The college itself is of course, a fine school but I never felt the same "connection" as I did at Berkeley when I first stepped foot on the campus. There was something very invigorating about walking around Berkeley that I cannot feel here. My decision to attend UCLA, as you can see, was not well founded. I am wondering if I still have available options or if Berkeley is completely out of the picture now. I hear transferring to Berkeley is difficult and I don’t know their policy on accepting second-year students. I just want to say to all of those students out there to choose wisely.

Campus Life and Social Life
You get tired of the superficial people here easily. This place is as superficial as everyone says it is. Like I said, I never really liked LA. People from other states dream of coming here because they see and hear about it on tv but it's really not a healthy place to be. You have to move with what's going on in music and movies in order to relate to most of the people here. Everyone is similar: there are not many people who have special interests here. I noticed that not many people here push themselves to do things beyond their comfort zone. Academics
Academically, I think it's pretty easy. As far as the professors go, I really enjoyed meeting some of them. I don't think the faculty at UCLA are any different from any other college. It's ultimately up to the students to make the experience. The classes are huge and everyone does their own thing. I think the departments here aren't great but they don't suck either.

Student Body
Most of the students are from California. Especially Southern California. LA is a really big city so everyone drives. I think you need to really explore the city to really understand why people act the way they do here. The students are into a fashion, music, movies, and dressing up in all occasions. It's not as chill as you think it is.

In Closing...
UCLA is not as competitive as they claim it to be. The video says that and all but it's totally false. Sorry for insulting your video, MTV U.