[hanster]

Housing at UCLA is gonna set you back about $1200~$1800 a month if you get a 1B/1BA. Studio goes for about $1000~$1500. A lot of students right now are still scrambling for housing so it shouldn't be that bad to find something in Westwood. If you want you can also commute to campus. How much are you willing to commute? There is really no "affordable" housing unless you're willing to drive 15 miles each way (For example Van Nuys is much cheaper and you can take the bus which also saves a lot of gas $ for your gf).

Hm I don't know what you want to know about UCLA and the surrounding area. I'll be writing my paper for the next 3 hours (aka be on my computer) so feel free to ask anything and i'll try my best to answer them. But I'd say from the situation she should definitely go with UCLA (we just built a new medical building too designed by IM Pei. It's pretty fresh)