<p>@WordWorld
I agree 100%. My D was accepted to Cal, UCD and Santa Clara, but I’m not pushing for any of them. I trust her to make the right choice for her. UCSB is her choice and the right fit for her personality. She was offered the Honors program at SB, so that is a plus for getting classes. With the right fit, I’m positive that she will have a great college experience and graduate timely. It’s all about balance and success.</p>
<p>Hi!.. I applied to the college of engineering but i have been accepted to the college of letters and science. I wanted to know that can i change to the college of engineering?</p>
<p>Is UCSB good for pre-med? Are there any clubs/organizations that are medical related? Do you know any pre-meds there that got accepted to a really good medical school? Thanks!!</p>
<p>I have the same question as dancechick.
I’m trying to decide between UCSB and UCI.</p>
<p>Which dorms are best for freshman? Pros and Cons?</p>
<p>Yo!</p>
<p>I’m coming over to UCSB for the Fall Quarter, on exchange from New Zealand.
For some reason, UCSB is not accepting exchange students into the halls for Fall 2012, so I’ve gotta either go into an appartment, or into a house.
Just wondering which way would be best to go? I’ve heard that living on DP can be pretty fun, which is all I really care about to be honest. I’m just looking to have a good time.
Any advice for a naive young Kiwi?</p>
<p>Cheers,
Jono.</p>
<p>Pick UCSB, UCSD sucks ass. I have friends that go there and wish everyday of their lives wishing they had come here. My suitemate chose UCSB over UCSD and is laughing at his friends just like I am. No premed or prepharmacy majors. Just bio, biochem, or chem majors. FT, manzanita, san nicholas are probably your best bet. New zealand guy, live on DP and you might regret it, then again you might not.</p>
<p>I want to go into law, so I’m majoring in Political Science. Would you recommend UCSB or UCD? I would much rather to to UCSB, but I think it’s more for weather/social aspects. So I wanted to get some input.</p>
<p>If we are obsessed with rankings US news gives UCSD a score barely above UCSB’s (66/100 vs 64/100). Those are a bit over-rated.
UCSD is known to be harder academically, but that isn’t everything. I thought that UCSB would be able to give me a more rounded education with a bio major than UCSD, which has a reputation for very intense major-focused study and not a lot of time for other stuff. The other significant tipping point is that UCSB is smaller, and has a campus and community feel to it. UCSD has a lot of commuters, its campus is massive, and their commuters travel far, versus UCSB where a large portion lives off campus but primarily in campus-adjacent IV.</p>
<p>A lot of people had those problems I think it will be fine and he should call, unless he failed the semester I doubt he’ll get his decision revoked, every year someone asks the same thing and then they respond that they called admissions and admissions was cool about it. They will receive his transcript eventually anyway, so it is better if you do call and relieve your and and your son’s doubts.</p>
<p>YES you can switch into the college of engineering but only during your second year. Before that you MUST take the same courses as the engineering majors even if you are not in the major. The catch is that you won’t have priority in engineering courses and although you likely will get in into the classes you will get the bad lecture/lab/ section times that no one wanted, until you get into the major.</p>
<p>Also the requirements for you to get into the major will be much higher than the requirements people in the major face to move on to upper division courses. You must maintain at least a 3.3 in pre-requisite courses, it varies by major. That task is a lot more difficult than it sounds because engineering related courses are the tougher courses at UCSB. And you need motivation, by the time the third year comes around, the graduating class of engineers will narrow down to half it’s original size. The weaklings or lazy ones will get dropped fast.</p>
<p>Is there enough room in a San Nic for a surfboard and would a 3/2 wetsuit be warm enough during the winter? Thanks</p>
<p>Does anyone here have any information regarding the Santa Ynez or El Dorado campus apartments? I applied and heard some good and bad things. Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>UCSB is the best school in the world. It has its own beach and barely any jocks. Excellence.</p>
<p>This might be a stupid question, but I’ll ask it anyway.</p>
<p>How prevalent is the art and music scene at UCSB? I love the ocean and surfing and everything about the school, but art is a big part of my life as well. Whether or not I choose to study it, I’d like to have some art/music available at the school. Are there a lot of concerts or film festivals or art shows and things like that?</p>
<p>Probably a stupid question because with 20,000 people there’s bound to be people with the same interests as me, but I thought it was worth asking.</p>
<p>@jjj</p>
<p>I’m not a student yet but I know UCSB has an active concert scene, though I think it’s pretty mainstream. alumnus such as jack johnson frequently play and sometimes movie premiers take place on campus. I believe Your Highness is the most recent premier. also, a lot of older films are discounted for students. The Lion King is playing for four dollars this weekend. </p>
<p>@OP</p>
<p>any advice for new residents at IV? noise level anticipation? party scene, etc…?</p>
<p>@jjjllllc, UCSB does have a thriving art and music scene. They recently had Walk the Moon perform for free! In addition, there’s a free music festival called Extravaganza that is held ever year. Snoop Dogg was one of the performers at this year’s. They always have free movie showings every week. I’m sure there are art clubs that you can join, if you’re interested.</p>
<p>Is it easier to get into California schools out of state? I have a 4.6 out of 6.0 gpa and will have taken 10 honors/ap classes and i have a 1930 super scored sat I was wondering my chances at ucsb?</p>
<p>Getting in out of state? Is it easier or harder I am from new jersey</p>
<p>It is supposedly harder to get in from out of state and a lot more expensive. I would definitely give it a lot of thought before paying out of state tuition unless you have a REALLY good reason to want to go to UCSB.</p>