<p>how expensive is off campus housing?</p>
<p>okay so my credentials are: i'm technically a 1st year sophomore at UCSB living in the dorms, dont party, math major. </p>
<p>sheerreflection
off campus housing is relatively steep IMO: it ranges from about 700-1000 per person per month with only water, trash, and landscaping. i recommend trying to get UC apts. as it is 550 per person per month with everything included but i havent heard of any 1st years this year getting into them. (heard they closed it off to only grad students)</p>
<p>daniel r levy
there is a target near the camino real marketplace, there is the cornerstore and the arbor on campus, iv market is a couple blocks off campus (but it's a bit more expensive). if you want to shop (and i'm assuming for like clothing and stuff) state street/downtown SB is people will do most of that.</p>
<p>imgoing2college
for the most parts they are. ie. for my first math course at sb, we had 2 midterms and 1 final. the majority of our grades came from that with maybe 10% coming from going to discussion. this quarter, for my second math course, 1 midterm worth 25%, discussion worth 10%, homework worth 15%, and the rest from the final.</p>
<p>pepperbeach19
everyone is not a partier at UCSB. i personally am not into that scene and i have found friends who share the same view. on the nights where people are partying and getting drunk if they so wanted to, we'd just stay in and watch a movie, catch up on hw, or get some very elusive sleep.</p>
<p>hey... im at out of state and really like ucsb</p>
<p>what do you think i should aim for to get it (sat, gpa, etc.)</p>
<p>any other adivce to help a out of stater get in</p>
<p>Soccer:with the current economic crisis in Cali, it's pretty hard to guess what you need to get in anywhere now. UCD yhis year had a 11% acceptance rate and I expect ucsb to not be too far behind. What I do recommend is to do your best in your classes, take challenging courses, score well on the standardized tests, and do plenty of ec's the admissions people love to see commitment.</p>
<p>UCD yhis year had a 11% acceptance rate and I expect ucsb to not be too far behind.</p>
<p>Where'd you hear this?</p>
<p>The CCS physics program is definitely a lot of work. I don't personally know anyone who has been both in CCS physics and in a frat, although I know other CCS students (including a math major) who have done it. On the other hand, it is for sure possible to both do physics and do other things. A good number of the guys are on the ultimate frisbee team, a few are into surfing, and a few have been involved in competitive ballroom dancing. I've been on the fencing team intermittenly throughout my four years here. For me, the first two years had the hardest workloads--I'm in my fourth year now, and the CCS physics class is still the hardest I've ever taken. The weekly problem sets require quite a bit of work, and the lab class during the second year can be very time consuming. As for research, it's not something you have to worry about right away; most of us start research in spring quarter of sophomore year. (Of course, you can start earlier if you want; during winter and spring of my first year I worked ~7 hrs/wk in a cosmology lab.)</p>
<p>To summarize: it is possible to do CCS physics and to pursue other interests. It will be difficult at times, but with good time management it can be done succesfully. You can also always give it a try and change your mind later. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I'm a fourth year physics major at UCSB. I'm actually in the College of Creative Studies (College</a> of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara) but have a lot of interaction with the physics department as a whole. One of the best things about UCSB physics is the faculty. They are all very approachable, and really do enjoy talking to and working with undergrads. I get smiles and waves in the hallway all the time. The graduate program is also not that big, and what that means for us undergrads is that there are a lot of openings in research labs. In my experience, professors are not only open to having undergrads come work in their lab, they are excited by the prospect. We've also got a physics study center, where all the physics students congregate to work on homework. I know I'm biased, but physics at UCSB is top-notch, and the people (faculty, grads, and undergrads) are very nice and make it a wonderful place to be a physics student.</p>
<p>UCD yhis year had a 11% acceptance rate and I expect ucsb to not be too far behind.</p>
<p>that is not true.....</p>
<p>they have space for 11% of total applicants, but that does not mean they only ADMIT 11%. of course they have to admit more, somewhere between 40-60% because not everybody who gets admitted ends up going. most people apply to schools for "safety nets"</p>
<p>Hey, someone on this thread could probably answer a question I just posted on the General UC forum, based on your personal experience. It is regarding transferring credits from junior colleges and AP for incoming freshmen. Any help is much appreciated, thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Hello :]</p>
<p>I was just accepted into CCS for chemistry. I was wondering if someone could tell me a little more about CCS, from a student's standpoint. Is it lame to be in CCS? I'm trying to get a feel for everything since the PA to CA jump would be a HUGE one. Thanks!</p>
<p>Lawcha and ellie Newton:
I was told by a friend who was rejected from UCD that in their letters, UCD said they had 42000 people apply but they only took 4600 students this year. If this is untrue, I'm sorry, but this is what I heard.</p>
<p>Trip7s.</p>
<p>Don't worry, I made that mistake too. I was told by my friend that they only "accepted" 4600 out of their total applicants. I told my friend to cut/paste everything exactly as it was written in the "rejection" email that he received. Upon further review, it stated that it had ROOM for only 4600 freshman applicants to form their incoming freshman class. I later asked my other friends, and they pretty much agree with me. UCD had nearly a 55% acceptance rate last year, and its hard to believe that despite this harsh economic times, that acceptance rates for a middle UC had fallen down to the acceptance level of some IVY league schools.</p>
<p>^
Correct. UC Davis has a targeted enrollment of 4,600 freshman. They hope to attain that by accepting a certain amount of students, and then balancing that with the historic yield rate, which is how many of the accepted students actually choose to enroll in the school. </p>
<p>Last year, UC Davis had a targeted enrollment 4,985. That's number doesn't figure into the acceptance rate, however. In fact, UC Davis accepted 21,256 students out of 40,568 applicants. UC Davis's historic yield rate has hovered around 25%, and that's how you get the targeted enrollment figure.</p>
<p>Looking at this year, UC Davis had 42,344 freshman applicants. If they have a targeted enrollment of 4,600 and a supposed yield rate of 25%, then they should theoretically grant admission to 18,400 students. So my prediction for UC Davis's admission rate this year is 43.45%. </p>
<p>Hope that makes sense. We'll see how close we get when the UCs officially release admission figures in mid-march. If I have time I may also do a prediction for UCSB's admission rate (my guess is that it will be similar to UCSB last year because of the drop in applications).</p>
<p>"there is a target near the camino real marketplace"</p>
<p>What?!?! Since when?</p>
<p>Do you mean KMart or Costco?</p>
<p>Ok, I decided to acceptance rate prediction for UCSB. UCSB has a targeted enrollment of 4,100 students for Fall 2009. They received 44,673 freshman applications. UCSB seems to have a historic yield rate of around 20% (19.5% in 2008, 19.3% in 2007, etc), so I'm going to use that figure for simplicity's sake.</p>
<p>That means theoretically UCSB should offer admission to 20,500 freshman. This means that my predicted acceptance rate for UCSB is 45.89%.</p>
<p>Okay sorry about the mixup, I guess both my friend and I misunderstood the statistics. I'm also sorry for the mixup about target near the camino real marketplace it's a kmart. It was a bit early when I decided to start responding to posts haha sorry :X</p>
<p>^No worries. Just checking.</p>
<p>Hey what up. I have been aceppted to UCSD, UCSB and Cal Poly SLO, and USD, all for ENGR. i want to go away for college (i live in SD) and my top two are Cal Poly SLO and UCSB. For a ENGR student at UCSB do i still have a life? I dont want to be supper stressed with school or anything, i kinda want to be relaxed. I surf ALOT and want to keep surfing as much as possible in SB, if i go there. How much time do you think i will have to study and do homework, etc, and how much time will i be able to party and shred? thanks</p>
<p>hey, i live in colorado and i'm really excited to come to UCSB but i have a few questions. </p>
<p>i really want to make new friends, should i join a sorority or will it be easy to make friends as a freshmen?</p>
<p>what do you think about the summer start program? is it a good idea or bad?</p>
<p>and last... how big are the closets???</p>