<p>i'm planning on pledging also, but at ucsb i guess only like 3% join sororities? at least thats what i'v read. lilyasdf, are you going to the spring insight?? We will be able to see all the dorms and closet sizes lol im pretty sure everyone gets their own but idk how big they are? and narshreder, im also from sd and love to surf, im not good, but i like it, you should go to ucsb!!! there will always be time to party :)</p>
<p>im trying to find a flight out there now. im also DYING to learn how to surf!! cant wait.</p>
<p>haha well goodluck! the beach is amazing, im sure you will love it. Hav u ever been out here before?</p>
<p>vistashortie: what part of san diego are you from? vista?</p>
<p>yea i've been to SB before and i fell in love with it.</p>
<p>haha yeah, howd u guess</p>
<p>can someone PLEASE talk about housing? a little description of each one? or at least for freshmen.</p>
<p>i have already signed my SIR and now i want to double major and add economic. How do i do this. What placement test are required for a econ major.</p>
<p>offtocollege09: I believe there are descriptions for each of the housing options at the main university website. Unfortunantly I'm just starting to do some research on the types but I will let you know once I figure out anything.</p>
<p>Best thing to do right now is to just do some research less someone here already knows all about them in which case they are more then welcome to share.</p>
<p>Santa Catalina (formerly known as Francisco Towers) houses about 1/3 of all freshmen and is divided into two towers connected on the first floor and has its own dining commons in the "basement." The dorm itself is about a mile from the center of campus. It has a heated pool and a field on which you can play ultimate frisbee, throw a ball around, etc. next to it. The two dorm rooms are connected to each other with a restroom in between, thus you have the 4 to 1 restroom ratio. However, when someone is using the restroom, they have the option of locking the two doors. FT is also recognized as one of the more "social" dorms since it is a mile off campus and the females live across the hall from the males.</p>
<p>Santa Cruz and Anacapa are very similar in that if you take a look at them from a birds eye view, it looks like a distorted swastika (check for yourself on google). Two stories high, each wing of the dorm houses about 40 students of the same gender and share one big restroom. Each wing looks like an "L," where the corner is, there is a small lounge for the residents. Furthermore, where the wings connected on the 2nd floors, there is a bigger lounge for which the two wings share. The entire dorm shares an even bigger formal lounge and a rec room.</p>
<p>Santa Rosa was the first dorm to be built and is two stories high. I have only been in it once so i can't really give you much of a description. From a birds eye view, it looks like a snake, you know that game where you eat the fruits or whatever without touching yourself. Gender alternates level I believe. and share one bathroom.</p>
<p>San Nicholas looks like a "L" from a birds eye view and is 8 stories tall. FSSP students are housed here for the duration of the program. Each wing of the "L" houses a different gender, so the opposite gender is literally around the corner. Both genders share a common lounge towards the intersection point. Each gender has a smaller restroom compared to Anacapa, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa as there is less of one gender on each floor. Genders alternate floor as well except for the 8th floor where it is all girls. ie. one wing of the first floor is guys, that same wing on the second floor is girls, and so on and so on.</p>
<p>San Miguel (also known as San Mighetto). I have yet to visit, so can't tell much except genders alternate floors and there are two towers much like FT which are connected at the bottom floor. I assume ach floor shares a common restroom and lounge.</p>
<p>Manzanita Village is the most recently built dorm and is not a typical dorm hall. It is divided into houses which houses approximately 40 students in each with 3 floors each house. There are 3-4 restrooms per floor which are shared by everyone. However, unlike many of the restrooms in other halls, these restrooms can be locked behind you so you have complete privacy. The front desk of each house is located in a separate building so if you lose your keys you have to walk to a particular building. Everyone in the building shares a common lounge which is quite spacious. Each resident of Manzanita Village and San Rafael also has access to a pool located not too far from the houses. </p>
<p>San Raphael is the most suite-like dorm there is. There is one living room which is connected to 3-4 dorm rooms which houses 2 students each and a restroom. However this dorm is reserved for transfer students and continuing students so I won't say more about it except I will reside in San Raphael next year =).</p>
<p>San Nicholas sits right between two dining commons, Ortega and DLG. San Mig is next to San Nic, but right next to Ortega. Santa Rosa is across a 2-lane street fron San Nic and across a walk-way from DLG. Santa Cruz is "behind" DLG and Anacapa is about a 5 minute walk from Santa Cruz. Manzanita and San Raphael is closes to Carrillo and FT sits on top of their dining common Portola. </p>
<p>If you live in the dorm halls, you must have a meal plan and you can use your meal points at any of the 4 dining commons on and off campus.</p>
<p>SAY THANK YOU</p>
<p>thanks for that trip, i really needed it</p>
<p>Can anybody take a picture of the dorm bathrooms (specifically Santa Catalina)? Odd question I know, but I'm just curious.</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Recently, I've been accepted by UCSB for their pre-psychology program ...</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone currently at SB has any advice or information for me that's not sugar-coated and completely honest ... how is their program? Is it like bs or actually challenging for the students? Also, how come students can't go right into Psychology and has to do pre-psychology the first year? Is there any way to skip any classes that you already took in high school ... because I've already fulfilled some of the requirements for pre-psych in high school ... so I don't want to waste money on units that I already took ...</p>
<p>Anyone else planning to go into Psychology at UCSB?!</p>
<p>Are there any internships available for psych students on-campus or nearby?</p>
<p>I can't answer most of your question, but the "Pre-" notation is slightly confusing. It doesn't actually mean that these are classes to prep you for learning psychology. "Pre-" means that you have to earn a minimum GPA in the lower division classes to be admitted in the full major. So for pyschology, you have to maintain a 2.75 gpa in order to be admitted into the full major. For my major, political science, I had to maintain a 2.7 in my four lower division classes to get into the major.</p>
<p>whats the best gym on campus?</p>
<p>Hi Xavier,</p>
<p>I'm a current senior in CCS physics, and I love it. The CCS community is fairly tight-knit (there's coffee hour every Wednesday, someone you know is always in the computer lab, and occasionally we have arts v. science scrabble nights). My freshman year, I lived in the CCS interest house, which is one of Manzanita dorms. We became pretty close within the first few days--we ate meals together in the dining commons, hung out in the lounge, and (once classes started) did homework together in the study room. I think our Dean has said that people in CCS tend to be "weirdly passionate" about their chosen subject: CCS is full of those who know what they are interested in and are ready not just to study it in depth, but to do it.</p>
<p>When I was deciding where to go to college, I did a bunch of over night visits. I stayed with a freshman girl in the dorms and that did it for me: I knew that the people in CCS were the people I wanted to go to college with. The academics were exactly what I needed and I loved the campus (and the beach and the weather). In the end, it really comes down to whether or not you feel like CCS is a good fit for you.</p>
<p>Hopefully that helped some; if you have anymore questions, let me know.</p>
<p>What dorms have the best views? :D</p>
<p>thank you trip.</p>
<p>I'm a little disappointed I got rejected from Irvine. I liked their Computer Science program. My question is how is UCSB's computer science?</p>
<p>im interested in playing paintball while at UCSB. UCSB is registered in the national college paintball association, so i assume there are a few other paintballers over there. my concern is bringing a paintball gun in to the dorms. how does one go about owning a paintball gun while living in a dorm at UCSB?</p>