Beautiful campus, good school...NOT a great school...

Beautiful campus, good school...NOT a great school. Very good at self promotion, but the steep/insane grading curve used by many professors (a 91% can be a "C") and ridiculously large lectures (400 students in one class) scream lousy pedagogy. Lots of good programs, but again, if you are first generation, low income, and an ethnic minority, there are better schools that will really welcome, challenge, and teach you well. I now live on the east coast and here's the naked reality...not many people, professional and otherwise, know that much about UCLA. You can do better. Take a good look, ask about retention, advising, housing, and post graduation placement assistance. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.