Wk 5 General Meeting:

Study Tips and more!

Your guide to success (or survival) during midterms,

finals, and the future!
Study Time! - Preparation
Take small steps!
Space out your studying before a test to most effectively understand the material.

Find your learning style !

Finding what is your learning style will enable you to find ways of
studying that is most beneficial to you!

Have everything you need!

Having everything prepared will keep you focused for longer periods
of time.
Study Time! - Methods

Pomodoro Feynman
Studying for intervals of time
Teaching the material to yourself
and taking a small break in
using analogies and simple words
between

Write down what you don’t know

Popular time splits: 50/10 & 25/5 and be specific!

Best for learning complex

Best for open ended work! concepts!
Study
Spaces
Hidden Gems on Campus :)
 Libraries
Charles E. Young Boelter Science
Research Library and Engineering
Library

Powell Louise M. Darling Schoenberg

Library Biomedical Music Library
Library
 Outdoors
Sculpture Botanical
Garden Garden

Lawn by Janss
Steps
 Eating Areas
Bomb Ackerman
Shelter Union

Kerckhoff
Coffee House
 On The Hill
Study
The Study Rooms

Sunset
Village
 Office Hours!
● Professors have hundreds of emails a day ● TA Office hours are UNDERRATED

○ In person office hours guarantees a meeting! ○ Similar benefits to Professor OH

● Some Office hours have few to NONE attending ○ Can give exam hints

○ Depends on factors of class not limited to writing essays and

accuracy based p-sets

● Make sure to introduce yourself!

○ Less intimidating for the next time!
○ In the future, professor can write more personalize letter of rec
Tips for meeting people in your
classes!
Get to class a little earlier!
1. 10-15 minutes should be plenty of time. You don’t want
to introduce yourself for the first time while the
professor is lecturing.
Tips for meeting people in your
classes!
Starting the conversation:
2. Start with something about the class. It could be how hard you
a. thought the homework was or how funny you think the professor is.

Let the conversation flow from there. You’ll be able to tell if they
b.
want to chat or not. If not, don’t take it personally. Remember,
everyone has off days.
If you end up getting their contact information don’t be afraid to
c.
reach out and ask if they want to study for the midterm or meet up
to work on the homework!
Test Taking Tips!
Ease your test anxiety by Get there
writing out how you feel early!
1
Plan out which questions
you want to tackle first (try Skim the exam 2
easier ones)
Treat the test as a marathon Keep an eye on
instead of a sprint. Pace
the time
3
yourself!
Pay close attention to
T/F and MC
wording and
Tips
4
circle/underline key words
It is completely valid to ask
clarifying questions from the Ask questions! 5
professor/TAs
Immediately BEFORE & AFTER an Exam

BEFORE AFTER
01 Meditate 01 Treat yourself to
something!
02 Listen to Music
Try not to discuss
02 the exam / check
03 Journal answers

04 Drink water 03 Get some rest

Five Ways to Unwind on the Hill

Visit the Sunset Learning

Center to play Mario Kart 1
or Super Smash!
Go for a swim at Sunset
2 Recreation Pool.
Try a special like B Cafe’s
build your own avocado
toast on Thursdays or acai 3 Check out UCLA’s
bowl on Fridays! Residential Life website
4 for upcoming events like
Trivia Thursday or
Reserve the Hitchen and Student Concerts!
bake yourself some treats. 5
Five Ways to Unwind on Campus!

Take a stroll through the

Botanical Gardens and
admire the beauty of A
nature! Sit and relax or have a
B picnic in the Sculpture
Garden!
Check out the Fowler
Museum on campus! It’s C
free for all UCLA students!
Take a walk around
D campus, there’s always
something going on!
Spend some time in the
Bruin Reflection Space on E
the 3rd floor of Ackerman
Meditation = Easy Medication!
Benefits

1 2 3 4
CALM CREATIVITY PATIENCE PHYSICAL
Refocus attention Gain a new More tolerance = Lowers heart rate,
and stay centered perspective on increased critical blood pressure,
situations thinking improves sleep
Why is meditative breathing effective?
CONTROL
Grounding and A
increases focus

HEART RATE
Slows the anxiety B
response

EASY
Can be done C
anywhere, anytime
Vietnamese Community Health

How to Make the

Most Out of Your
Time at UCLA!
Week 5 General Meeting - February 7, 2023
 Open Gym
● Free for everyone
○ Gym membership comes for free as long as
you are a student
● Natural Progression
○ Watch yourself develop physically and
mentally
● Great Community
○ Lots of great people who’d happily help and
teach you
○ Make new friends and progress together
● Flexible
○ Open from (5:15-1:00) on weekdays
● Applicable to other sports
 Intramural Sports/Recreation

● Intramural Leagues Account (imleagues/ucla)

○ Very simple application process ($30 fee per
quarter)
○ Make your own team/join any team
● Flexible:
○ Skill levels
○ Participants
○ Playing dates/times
● Basketball, volleyball, soccer, flag football, spikeball,
etc.
● Open Rec Hours (Open Rec Hours | UCLA Recreation)
○ John Wooden Center, IM field, Sunset,
 UCLA Club Sports!

● Registration (via Ideal logic)

○ Covers most of annual fees
● Great sense of community
○ Social events and fun activities/excursions (like movie nights!)
● Practice
○ Very manageable (usually not mandatory, come when you can!)
● Travel for tournaments
○ 1-2 per quarter
● Tryout process
○ Most are competitive, some are not!
1) Going to the UCLA Club Page Search

Specific Name/Keyword

What kind of club

2) UCLA Student Organization Community Page

1) Click a category
2) Pick a club
3) Read descriptions and
view their platforms
 Cultural Clubs
Raise awareness of their cultures
Build community between members
Host numerous social events

VSU(VCN) VNLC
Vietnamese Student Union Vietnamese Language and Culture
- Social Club - Learn vietnamese
- Learn Vietnamese - Learn about culture
- Learn about culture - Hosts Tet festival annually
- Vietnamese Culture Night (VCN)

ACA KASA
Association of Chinese Americans Korean American Student Association
- Social club - Social club
- Learn culture - Dancing events
- Chinese culture night - Learn culture
Community Service Clubs
Kiva
Helps small businesses with opportunities
for growth through loans (zero interest)
IG: @kivaatucla ( join next year)

Brain Exercise Initiative

Helps those with Alzheimer's
@brainexerciseinitiative

Medreach
Helps educate/mentor high school students
@medreachucla

VCH
Only the best club on campus
@vchbruins
 A Guide to LA Eats
Sawtelle Other LA Eats
FOOD FOOD
- Marugame - BROKEN MOUTH
- Mogu Mogu - Sun Nong Dan
- Tsujita Killer Noodle - Ramen Nagi
- Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - C&O Cucina
- Main Chick Hot Chicken - Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong
(AYCE KBBQ)
- Brothers Cousins Tacos
DRINKS AND DESSERT
- Millet Crepe
- Paderia Bakehouse CAFES AND DESSERT
- Wanderlust Ice Cream - Memory Look
- Sunright Boba - Oakobing (Bingsoo)
- Teaspoon Boba - Sidecar Donuts
- YiFang Tea - Cafe 27
 Benefits of the Bus!

- With UCLA CoPay, you can ride BBB and Culver City
for $0.70! (Meaning you only have to spend that much
to get to LAX!)
- Or you can pay with the TAP app :) after loading
money to your account
- Free services provided by UCLA
- Westwood Weekend Bus (takes you to Ralphs!)
- Saturday Shuttle (Century City Mall this cool UCLA custom
quarter!) bus card
- Environmentally friendly!
- But also remember to be safe!
How to Take the Bus Bus Line Number

Transit Agency
1. Take note of the different transit
systems: i.e. Metro, Big Blue Bus,
Culver City, etc.
2. Each transit agency has different bus
lines–like the Big Blue Bus 17
3. Each route runs in 2 different
directions–make sure you take the bus
in the direction that your maps tell Direction of
you to go! the bus
4. Ride on the bus and either pull the
string or push the button right before
your stop to get off!
UCLA Mental Health Services
● Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
○ Provides general counseling appointments for those
in need
■ Can lead to referrals and other treatment
options (ex: BHS)
○ Call (310) 825-0768
■ Open to calls 24/7
● Campus Assault Resources and Education (CARE)
○ Provides confidential support and a safe space for
student survivors
○ Located in Covel Commons for open office hours
■ M-F @ 9am to 5pm
Volunteers Of The Week: Leon Lavong
and Vincent Nguyen
“Born and raised in OC, I was exposed “I joined VCH because it was a great way
to many people of different to get involved in health services as well
backgrounds and walks of life; my as my parents' Vietnamese culture and the
county is truly a special and plays an community surrounding it. I really enjoy
integral part of who I am today. how VCH is a casual club with simple, but
Allowing me to coexist and appreciate meaningful intentions and events to help
other cultures and seeing the beauty in the community. Some health-related clubs
the diversity of OC inclined me to join can be time-demanding and tiresome, but
VCH! VCH allowed me to serve my VCH is totally chill while still managing to
community even when I'm not organize big events like Health Fair where
physically present there. Being able to both the visitors and the volunteers gain a
close the gap of marginalized and lot from the experience. My favorite part
vulnerable communities of health of health sites would have to be speaking
inequities by providing free services to my broken Vietnamese to elderly people
my people truly made me feel like I was and getting a few chuckles out of them
doing a huge service. VCH is a program after I spend about 5 seconds trying to
that I definitely see myself more remember how to say "shoes."” - Vincent
involved in for years to come.” - Leon Nguyen
Lavong
Staff and Committee Head
Applications
Will be released
Due Week 7 Friday,
this Sunday, 2/12
2/24 at 11:59 PM!
at 5 PM!
Remember: You MUST have
Check the staff and committee
completed or plan to complete
heads applications tab on our
VCH’s Internship Program to be
website
eligible for staff or CH roles

Questions? Email me at sebastianlee@g.ucla.edu

 Intern-Led Fundraiser

Week 6
Thursday, Court of
2/16 Sciences

10 AM - 2 PM
 VCH Merch
Purchase new long
sleeves for $25 after GM
or during office hours!

Other limited edition

merch sold for $15 each!