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The privately owned dorms are in the neighboring community of Isla Vista, not on the UCSB campus.</p>
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<p>you get some freedom to accept the offered loans.
i would accept them once your get charged in your BARC and your other finaid is consumed.</p>
<p>hi! in your opionion, what program would be better to take, orientation or the eaop step program?</p>
<p>fssp is 6 weeks and basically is summer school, you get classes and get full credit for them. July 30-August 27th i think</p>
<p>eop is only 2 weeks and basically just prep and meeting people (a longer orientation kinda?) and you will get introduced to the eop staff who will help you through your college experience.
August 15-August 27th </p>
<p>so its up to you to decide, i would think doing fssp would be better since you’re really taking classes. I am going to be attending STEP though because I can’t be away for that long just yet lol.</p>
<p>Do the on campus residential halls have mini-fridges available to rent over summer or during the school year?</p>
<p>And with regards to tuition, it’s separate from the Room/food plan, right?
Also, will the bill for tuition automatically be applied to my BARC bill? No other things I have to do?</p>
<p>So how does the amtrack thing work?
Is there like a discount for students? or a special package?</p>
<p>what is the walking distance between campbell hall and the physical sciences north building? i have classes there within ten minutes of each other. is that going to work out?</p>
<p>Why is the sky blue? °___°</p>
<p>SBLessThanThree: To my knowledge there are not rentable fridges, but if you look for some in IV on craigslist you can for sure get one for cheap. Tuition is separate from your meal plan, since you can choose the 10, 14, or 19. But when you sign the housing agreement you choose a payment plan (monthly, quarterly, or there’s one other option) and your room and board plus meal plan are charged to your BARC based on that payment plan along with a quarterly charge for tuition. It all just automatically gets billed to your BARC and you just have to pay it off.</p>
<p>ucsbvega: I think there’s a slight discount thing if you buy your tickets far enough in advance, but I took the Amtrack regularly and I don’t remember why but I didn’t think the discount available was worth it. You can look into it but just go ask in person because I remember having issues finding anything about it online. Also keep in mind A LOT of UCSB students take the Amtrack, and they ALL pick the same time as you (even when you try to pick a ridiculous time).</p>
<p>howareyoudoing: Takes about 5 or 10 minutes depending on how fast you walk. You should be just fine. If you’re worried, get a bike. A bike is the BEST thing you could invest in if attending UCSB.</p>
<p>THE<code>HAIRY</code>LEMON: I’m an English and Film major, not Science, but I can tell you it has something to do with the wavelengths we perceive as blue being too small to penetrate through the atmosphere entirely. I think.</p>
<p>why is the sky blue? google can answer that…</p>
<p>Amtrak student discount is good, its 15% discount if purchase three days ahead. I bought a one year student advantage card for about $23 including shipping and each roundtrip I took the discount was ~$17 out of ~$110 so total became ~$94 or so. It also applies to one way too, of course. You should look for people you can come home with, but if not Amtrak’s student advantage become useful after around the second trip.</p>
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<p>It also depends on how far you’re travelling; sba to lax is only $20 for the cheapest train. So 15% off $20 is only $3 so you’d be taking amtrak AT LEAST 8 times one way before you break even. </p>
<p>So before you decide to buy the advantage card, factor in price of tickets and how many times you plan on riding amtrak, otherwise you’re just throwing money away.</p>
<p>^ he’s right, discount is good for far distances. For going to LA, you can probably find rideshares on craigslist almost every week you need to go home anyway</p>
<p>Is Manzanita really that anti-social? Or has that rumor been blown out of proportion? You would think that a dorm with 200 freshman and a bunch of new transfers would be eager to make friends. Also, can you hangout in the other dorms if you know someone there?</p>
<p>Totally not school related question:
Should I bring a board (or a few) out there (I’m from Jersey). I’m sure many students there surf. How’s the surf scene?</p>
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<p>It’s not that MV is anti-social. It’s just that you’re more constricted to your own “house.” MV is divided into houses of approximately 50(?) students, compared to the hundreds in the typical dorms. Therefore you’re more likely to get to know the handful of people in your house than people outside your house.</p>
<p>Of course you can hang out in other dorms. You can even enter other dorms before 10; you just won’t be going anywhere interesting. You’ll be able to roam the halls, hang out in the rec room and study rooms but that’s pretty much it. Someone’s bound to call the desk attendant or CSO if they see you walking around too much though. But if you know a friend, he can always have you go over.</p>
<p>I applied to Santa Rosa as my first chose for housing, though I’m not 100% I will get in there, but no one else (that I know) has applied there. About how much freshmen end up in Santa Rosa? I’m worried there’s not that many there and I’ll be surrounded by older students instead of other freshmen. Thanks!!! =]</p>
<p>santa rosa, santa cruz, san nic, anacapa, san mig, and ft are FRESHMEN ONLY</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>How do UCSB students usually get to the Los Angeles area via public transit?</p>
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<p>Amtrak or grayhound</p>