<p>milestonesofsci,</p>
<p>Yes, there is co-op near UCSB. You can visit their website:
[Santa</a> Barbara Student Housing Co-op](<a href=“http://www.sbcoop.org/]Santa”>http://www.sbcoop.org/)</p>
<p>Lemon,</p>
<p>They don’t have a “journalism” program per say, but they have a good communications program. Many students who are interested in journalism write for the school news papers, which is open to everyone.</p>
<p>In regards to a Korean restaurant, there are no specific Korean restaurants in IV but there is a place called Little Asia which has a HUGE menu divided into Korean, Chinese, Japanese and other dishes. It is near the intersection of Madrid Rd. and Embarcadero del norte. </p>
<p>They must have Korean restaurants somewhere in Goleta or Santa Barbara. I like Thai and Vietnamese food and I found handful of those restaurants.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>well, in this case. . . .</p>
<p>It strengthens my case to go to UCSB. (I still will visit UCD, but I’m startin to like sb more and more. . . .)</p>
<p>Thank you for the reply Yasuynuff!!! :)</p>
<p>They have a Korean BBQ place in IV that I go to sometimes. I really like it. Does that count as Korean food?</p>
<p>^ I would say partially. Korean people don’t eat kbbq frequently (well, I don’t). I go about once a month or once every 2 months… but then again I don’t really like most korean food 
i’ll eat it but I don’t prefer it.</p>
<p>*well, in this case. . . .</p>
<p>It strengthens my case to go to UCSB. (I still will visit UCD, but I’m startin to like sb more and more. . . .)*</p>
<p>According to one of my Korean friends, the owners of Little Asia are Korean so the Korean menu is the best & most authentic… I used to get the soon tofu soup occasionally there, it was delicious.</p>
<p>^ yay.</p>
<p>I looooooooovvvvvvvvvve SB now. :P</p>
<p>a.) i do not know how to swim and i’m going to ucsb this fall… will i totally be left out? and are their swimming lessons? lmao
b.) will i be totally lost if i don’t participate in the freshman summer start program?
c.) do you get super tan? lol</p>
<p>Diversity of hispanics? Is there a place(dorms) there mostly found in?</p>
<p>Oh and which dorms have the biggest rooms?</p>
<p>ft i believe has the biggest rooms, manzanita too</p>
<p>@lemon, the comm major here is kind of hard to get into, you need a 3.0 in pre major classes.</p>
<p>@ARLOVER, you don’t have to know how to swim to have a good time, i don’t think many people here swim anyways aside from those who swim at the rec cen and the water polo and swim team</p>
<p>What’s Santa Ynez like???
I wanted to live in San Nic but just found out that, outrageously, international students only get a choice of staying in San Raf/Manzanita village, both sound pretty boring/unsocial!!!
Or our other choice are the Uni owned apartments, and I’ve heard that of the three Santa Ynez is the best.
Any insights???
How far is it from the beach??
Do many freshman live in Santa Ynez??</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>So if you have to complete a pre-major to get into the major you want, do you only have to meet the requirements like having a certain GPA and you get it or is it competitive where not everyone gets the major they want?</p>
<p>Snowspider, you only have to meet the requirements, there is no competition.</p>
<p>What are the scholar’s dorms like? Are the floors co-ed?</p>
<p>ok thanks muserz =D</p>
<p>As a Chicano interested in attending UCSB, how hard would it be to blend in with the UCSB crowd and how difficult would it be to get into the Chicano Studies M.A./Ph.D. program? Also coming from the CSU systlem with a 3.2 GPA what are my chances?</p>
<p>The “Chicano crowd” at UCSB is pretty prevalent I think. My roommate is a Chicano Studies major and is really passionate about that sort of stuff (he’s also going for graduate studies in Chicano Studies and is fairly confident he can get in with his currently 3.4 GPA). Whether or not you believe there are enough Hispanics is up to your perspective; the proportion of them is roughly the same as my old community, but for people who came from dominantly Hispanic communities, they really notice the difference.</p>
<p>At UCSB how hard is it to transfer from the College of Letters and Science to the College of Engineering?
I’ve been admitted to UCSB College of L&S as undeclared, but I know I want to get a degree in mechanical engineering. Has anyone had experience petitioning and getting in to the college of engineering at UCSB?</p>
<p>Are the lower division courses in the College of Engineering way different? Or Can I take all the same math and physics and engineering courses if I’m in the college of letters and science? I’m not sure how the different college system works - are they really separate???</p>
<p>P.S. if this seems weird, it’s because I’m French, not really familiar with the US system.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>[Bachelor</a> of Science, Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering](<a href=“http://me.ucsb.edu/undergraduate-program/academics/bs-requirements]Bachelor”>http://me.ucsb.edu/undergraduate-program/academics/bs-requirements)</p>
<p>Those are the requirements for mechanical engineering. The colleges aren’t two completely different things. You can take a lot of the requirements as a letters and science student, especially in more “general” subjects such as math, physics, and chemistry. Just remember that priority is given to students who actually need those classes though. On the website I linked, it seems that you can even take mechanical engineering courses as someone from another major (obviously, you’d be given a low priority until you actually transfer to the major). The only differences between the colleges that you should be concerned about are the GE requirements (L&S has more).</p>
<p>I’m not sure about how difficult it would be to transfer from L&S to engineering. If you were to go vice versa, it would be relatively simple. Engineering to L&S is probably more difficult; they would probably look into your academic record. I’m sure if you’ve done well in the past though, it won’t be a problem.</p>