<p>I’m not sure he’d save much money off campus… Santa Cruz is an expensive community. The campus is somewhat remote from town, so he would need to budget the time for transit onto campus. If he chose to have a car, parking is extremely expensive and difficult on campus. I would hope he finds a way to finance living on campus, at least for the first year. It sounds like he could really benefit from integrating and belonging to a community, which will be much easier if he lives on campus. There are some dorm room configurations that are cheaper than others, and I believe a few tiers of meal plans with varying costs. If he needs to be a commuter student, I would recommend he do so at a cc in a location with a lower cost of living.</p>
<p>Thank you, sbmom. That is my instinct as well, to find a way to finance living on campus, at least for the first year. I’m trying to find mentors for him, and we hope to visit the campus in the next week or so. In the meantime, if any current or former UCSC students have additional advice, we’re all ears! Thanks.</p>
<p>Usually when a course is offered through a college, priority enrollment is restricted to college members. Once open enrollment starts students from other colleges can enroll (if there are spots left). You’ll have to crash if no spots remain.</p>
<p>You mentioned the Intro to Radio class. That one is NOT restricted to Crown college members, but according to the SOC, enrollment is by permission of instructor. You’ll have to contact the prof, Bryant, to get in.</p>
<p>For you STEM majors, what’s the deal with calculator usage? Are they permitted? </p>
<p>I’ll be entering either with calc or honors calc.</p>
<p>I have a question that’s been bugging me. Is the lack of a “center” of campus annoying at Santa Cruz? Because they only guarantee housing for the 1st year, I feel like I would have a great time in the dorms during freshman year and then move off campus and simply feel like I was commuting to campus the rest of the time there. </p>
<p>Do most people hang out at their respective colleges even if they don’t live on campus? How many continuing students actually still live on campus? Is this a problem?</p>
<p>Thanks. UCSC is one of my top choices so this would be nice to know</p>
<p>I’m a transfer student who signed the SIR a while ago. However my.UCSC.edu didn’t mention any fees associated with registering. Do I still have to pay the $100 deposit fee?</p>
<p>bump…? please, this is something that would really concern me</p>
<p>jjjjj,</p>
<p>I visited this spring and admissions told me housing is assured for two years.</p>
<p>jjjj,</p>
<p>The lack of center on campus can be somewhat of a nuisance if you’re involved with student orgs and you need to find a good location for an event. Besides that, I personally don’t find it annoying.</p>
<p>As for students still hanging out at their affiliated colleges after moving off-campus, it doesn’t really happen, unless your friends still live in that same college. Once you move out, you’re affiliation only becomes important in administrative issues, such as renewing your ID card, counseling, and where you have your graduation ceremony. </p>
<p>I know several people who’re gonna be sophomores and juniors next year who are staying on campus, but the vast majority move off-campus, mainly because of cost.</p>
<p>I would not say that the majority of sophomores and juniors move off campus. The cost really isn’t much better and living on campus provides you with much more convenient access to the library and other campus resources.</p>
<p>As someone who is going to be a junior, I’d say I am happy to be going into my 3rd year of on-campus housing. </p>
<p>Especially since many of those I know who chose to live off campus lost focus or got into housemate drama (not saying this will happen to you, but it is something you need to consider). </p>
<p>Also I would argue there is a relative “center of campus” at UCSC and that is Quarry Plaza. It’s always buzzing during the week, and though it’s dead on the weekend, it serves as a pretty centralized location.</p>
<p>Additionally, the newly renovated McHenry library is an awesome spot for people to congregate, especially with its addition of the cafe.</p>
<p>I heard Crowns college has a lot of video games there. What kind of games do they play there. also, if drinking a big party of the school, and what about the grading. i heard that there is just pass/fail for some classes</p>
<p>also can someone tell me the gpa and sat scores you and your friends had that got in with.</p>
<p>I passed my ap calc ab with a 4 which places me in either math 11b/math19b/math20a. I’m having a hard time deciding whether to take math19b or math20a. Is math20a really hard considering the fact that it is a small class? I don’t want to be screwed over in my first quarter.</p>
<p>This is a shot in the dark but does anybody know if the Kresge R07 building is themed?</p>
<p>Is there an on campus Rec center??</p>
<p>UCSC has what they call a Wellness Center if that’s what you mean. It’s a gym area with a pool, equipment, and OPERS runs classes through there. Some classes are held off campus, though, such as sailing.</p>
<p>Hello, Im going to be a new UCSC undergrad student and I was trying to decide which math to take. I took calc. AB, got A’s in the class, and got a 5 on the exam. I was wondering if I should take math 20A or math 19B. Do you learn the same amount in each? 20A has less students (which I like), and the description also said it was an “honors” class. does that make it somehow better than 19B?</p>
<p>I’m going to be an astrophysics major, if that helps…
Also! I was thinking of joining the swimming team, is there a class i need to enroll in to do that?</p>
<p>how do i get ready for orientation? like what am i supposed to do beforehand i’m all types of confused everybody’s talkin bout this stuff i’ve never even heard of i just need a simple list of to dos</p>
<p>My son went to the Tuesday orientation. Make sure you have taken any applicable placement tests. Look at your orientation email from UCSC and go thru all of the links. Make your list of courses, so you will be ready to enroll. Good luck!</p>