<p>Are long linens a necessity for the dorms? I had a packet sent to me by an independent company with a list of colleges that had long beds, and UCSB was NOT on there. But…they probably got my info from UCSB and, if it wasn’t necessary, why did they send it to me?
Oh, and thanks for being so helpful, there are so may things that I didn’t know before.
Oh! And what are you majoring in? ^_^</p>
<p>Sam, I know what company you are talking about. When you go onto their website, they have UCSB on there.They don’t have it in the packet for some reason.</p>
<p>Thanks…I was utterly confused about that. >_<’ My dad was like, “You got into a good college for free and you can’t figure out what to do about your bed?!”
Yeah. xD</p>
<p>XD I know what you mean.</p>
<p>it’s a lot cheaper if you go out and buy the sheets/pillow covers independently. go to target towards august and they’ll have “college necessity” items for a bit cheaper than you think it’d be. i got like two sets of sheets and pillow covers for about 15 but i dont really remember. you can also bring a blanket from back home or buy a new one at target maybe $20?</p>
<p>Oh thank you, I was wondering where I could get them other then this place!</p>
<p>so orientation is coming up and so is registering for classes. im an incoming freshman and plann on majoring in business ecc. w/ emphasis on accounitng. does anyone know what class you took your freshmen year, or recomment which class i should take?
any suggestions</p>
<p>I’m currently a first-year pre-business economics major. Here’s my schedule for this year.</p>
<p>[I took FSSP, but I didn’t get my choices that were pre-major courses. I’ve starred the pre-major courses here.]</p>
<p>F08:
*MATH 34A
*PSTAT 5E (statistics)
ARTHI 6A (art history)
[I only took 3 classes.]</p>
<p>W09:
*ECON 3A (accounting)
PHIL 3
PHIL 20B
ARTHI 6F</p>
<p>S09:
*ECON 1 (microeconomics)
*ECON 3B (accounting)
*MATH 34B
PHIL 100B</p>
<p>If I had taken ECON 1 a quarter earlier, then I could’ve finished up the pre-major this quarter (and I’d be taking ECON 2 now). Even though the department recommends that you take ECON 3A after taking 1 and 2, they don’t have anything to do with each other. But yeah, I think my schedule worked out fairly well with regards to my major. I’m thinking about double-majoring in Philosophy, so that explains those classes.</p>
<p>If you want to know anything else, just ask.</p>
<p>I have a question about “older” students at UCSB. If I transfer into UCSB it will be 2 weeks after my 30th Birthday (I am 28). Now, just to set the stage, NO ONE believes I am that old. I honestly look like I am 23. Everyone guesses my age is 22-24. I live on the beach in San Diego. Laid back but hardworking student. I am in the Honors program with a 3.9 and a Phi Theta Kappa Member. People think I am ****ing crazy because I am a shoe in for Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD, but I am really considering UCSB as my first choice.</p>
<p>I hear the student body is all pretty young. I am wondering if being a 30 year old on campus, even if I do look young, will be odd. Are there older students who attend UCSB? I know my age doesn’t make me stand out on the other campuses I am considering, but I would love to hear from some older students at UCSB if they exist!</p>
<p>I am a History Major, but I am thinking of switching/doubling in Psych. I want top go onto grad school and work in Education. I feel as if UCSB will be the right mix of laid back fun/beach atmosphere along with a top notch UC education.</p>
<p>I was dead set on Berkeley, and I am TAP certified for UCLA, but I just do not want to go to a competitive undergrad with large classes and uninvolved professors. Besides, UCB and UCLA will still be there for Grad school (which I hear they are better for that anyway). I don’t give a **** about prestige, I just want to go where I will get the most out of my education. </p>
<p>Any History or Psych majors at UCSB? Any students over 25 post here?</p>
<p>BerkeleyOrBust, current UCSB students can give you their subjective impressions, but statistically speaking, you’re correct that the undergrad population at UCSB is young. You can find the stats here:</p>
<p>[Institutional</a> Research and Planning-New Student Profiles](<a href=“http://bap.ucsb.edu/IR/New_Stud_Prof.html]Institutional”>http://bap.ucsb.edu/IR/New_Stud_Prof.html)</p>
<p>In 2008, virtually 100% of the entering freshmen were younger than 20; 91% of the entering transfer students were under 25. Heck, even 57% of the entering grad students are under 25.</p>
<p>But numbers don’t tell the whole story. UCSB might be a very accepting place, provided you don’t start your sentences with, “Well, when I was your age…”</p>
<p>Yeah was just curious because I haven’t visited the campus yet. I have been to 4 UC’s already. The school just seems like a nice mix of academics and personal attention from professors and less of a competitive atmosphere than UCB or UCLA. I still prefer a UC rather than a CSU.</p>
<p>One of my only concerns was if it was all people as young as they say it is there. I don’t want to feel like an old man!</p>
<p>But if this was just a case of wanting young girls, SDSU is right up the street from me and is a much better place to find that.</p>
<p>^^ haha, you got a point.</p>
<p>I have two questions</p>
<p>1) Do you have to interview for the Theatre Design program?</p>
<p>2) Does anyone have information on the Theatre Design program that is not on the website- like personal opinion?</p>
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I know someone who was a junior at UCSB at age 25 or so, and he felt a bit old compared to everyone else. So I think you will stand out a bit after people find out your true (as opposed to apparent) age, but I wouldn’t let it stop you if SB is the right place for you.
I don’t think the class sizes or prof attention is going to be appreciably different between the UCs. They are impersonal places and to succeed you need to take the initiative to go to office hours, become involved in clubs, etc. You can look this up since the schedule of classes at all the schools are on the web. Pick some upper-division classes you’d be interested in taking, and look at the enrollment sizes. Being fellow UC campuses, they’ll all use the same course numbers. </p>
<p>One advantage of SB is that almost everyone lives on or right next to campus, so that friends you make are just a short distance away.</p>
<p>Hi! I have several questions and would greatly appreciate any advice. =)</p>
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<li><p>I have by June 1st to re-submit my residence hall preferences and can’t make up my mind between San Nicolas and San Miguel as my first choice. I like their room layouts as shown on the UCSB housing site (though the pictures don’t quite match) and the potential for a beautiful view from a top (6-8) floor. A friend recommended I dorm on the quiet floor at San Miguel which for me is very tempting because I’d love to avoid party-ers and/or obnoxious people at all costs, but San Nicolas has an Asian/Pacific Islander floor and though I wouldn’t actually list it as a preference (don’t want to seclude myself), I imagine it would heighten my opportunities for meeting and making friends of similar kin. Any suggestions and why?</p></li>
<li><p>Any advice for 1st quarter class schedule? How much time do you usually have to yourself (after classes/homework/studying) in a typical week (though I’m certain this can vary greatly from person to person)?</p></li>
<li><p>What was your experience of Freshmen Orientation and what should I expect (i.e. superb guidance, uneasy dorm situation, overwhelming homesickness, etc.)?</p></li>
<li><p>What kind of bike should I get? Upon visiting on Spring Insight Day, I noticed that beach cruisers just completely dominated the bike scene (but of course). However, I plan to get into some soft-core mountain and road biking. My sister suggests I get a hybrid but I hear that other than roads, they’re only meant to handle gentle bike paths. 
What are/were your experiences with beach cruisers, MTBs, hybrids, or any other type of bike and how useful was it in the surrounding area (the city; beach, mountains, travel, etc.). </p></li>
<li><p>What are the outdoor clubs at UCSB like? And the people in them?</p></li>
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I would go with San Nicolas. It was renovated more recently, has a generally unobstructed view of the ocean on one wing of the building, and it’s closer to the De La Guerra dining commons (although San Miguel is practically adjacent to Ortega, which I consider to be inferior). The 8th floor of San Nicolas is an all-girls floor, while the 1st floor is all-boys (I don’t know if you’re a guy or girl, so this may or may not be useful information).</p>
<p>As an aside, someone who lived in San Miguel last year told me that she could hear phones vibrating in the next room, but to be honest, I hear peoples’ phones vibrate in the room above mine in Manzanita Village.</p>
<p>As for the API floor, as someone who isn’t API, I do get the impression that the people on that floor do have a fairly tight-knit community. Then again, I really just see them in the recreation room playing pool and ping pong when I’m in San Nicolas. I would think that the Quiet floor attracts students much like yourself, but I can’t say for sure.</p>
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I was in FSSP, so I was a little warmed-up when Fall quarter came around. I don’t remember exactly, but I feel like I had a lot of free time when I only had three classes for the Fall quarter. I would take some classes that fulfill GE requirements only (and not pre-major requirements), just so that you can take some classes pass/no-pass in the event that you don’t get settled in as quickly as you had hoped.</p>
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The orientation advisers are typically pretty helpful, and they should be able to answer any questions you have, but if you understand what classes you need before you get there, you’ll be much better off. I was in the FSSP orientation, so it was really about moving into a 6/7-week living situation when I met my roommate. I didn’t seem awkward or anything, and I consider myself, at the very least, a moderately awkward person. As for homesickness, it may or may not happen with you - it did with me, but I have a history of being kind of whiny (since about third grade).</p>
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I don’t regard beach cruisers too highly… I think having hand brakes and gears is very, very useful. I ride into Goleta on occasion (to go to my bank, buy a bus ticket, stuff like that), and I think that’s where having a little more control over your bike goes a long way. I ride a mountain bike, just for reference. There’s a paved bike path that goes from the campus to Goleta beach (and a bit beyond that), but there are inclines, so if you see yourself riding around there a lot, then I’d recommend something with gears. Oh, and the ocean air will probably get your bike kind of rusty, so be mindful of that if you really like how your bike looks when you get it.</p>
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Sorry, I don’t know much about that. I know there’s an interest floor for that out in Santa Catalina, but that’s about it.</p>
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<p>WOW. Well then, that seems widespread and unavoidable. Guess Ill just have to get accustomed to it if the problem arises. :/</p>
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<p>Haha, pool and ping pong dont enthuse me at all but theres certainly no guarantee that this year’s batch of API students will succumb to the same activities. Im tempted to join that community too (not as enticed by the quiet floor) but Im really not up for segregating myself. </p>
<p>Im probably leaving my preferences as they are with no LLCs- 1. San Nic 2. San Miguel. =)</p>
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<p>Thanks for the advice! Everyone so fars encouraged me to take only three classes for 1st quarter, to get a feel of the workload. Sounds good because I can spend the extra time exploring the campus, clubs, and city. How exciting! =D</p>
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<p>Haha, a mountain bike it is! Id get a hybrid but they dont seem as dependable for rugged terrain. </p>
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<p>I definitely considered the outdoor adventure floor but had zero interest in dorming at Santa Catalina. Think Ill just join an outdoors club. =)</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch for the advice flushmaverick! No matter my choices, I’m sure I have an amazing year to look forward to at UCSB. =J</p>
<p>Is it possible to major in engineering and still have enough free time to go party and stuff? Or does engineering like consume your life. Also are there normal people in engineering or is it just all the geeks?</p>
<p>how is the food? thats a big concern for me. i love to eat. when i apply will they allow me to buy up to four meals a day? im not obscenely obeice or anything, just like to eat</p>
<p>^ haha, well there is the 19 meal plan which allows you to eat about 3 meals for five days and 2 meals for 2 days.</p>