<p>Do share any relevant info! Is the Honors program really worth anything except the sort of VIP treatment with regard to enrolling, library access, etc.? My major is Physics, and both the unis are awesome in that field. Help me get out of this dilemma, please!</p>
<p>if you were able to get accepted to CAL, go. no question about it. congratulations by the way!</p>
<p>honors is a joke.</p>
<p>Cal. Just keep in mind it will be harder to get a good GPA there than at UCSB.</p>
<p>keltix --</p>
<p>how so?</p>
<p>Yes, I’m skeptical about the benefits of the Honors program too.</p>
<p>blingdoop, how would you compared the student bodies at the two colleges, especially, how is the student body at UCSB? Do a lot of people come there because it’s a party school? Would you find intellectually engaged students there?</p>
<p>It’s a joke because people think it’s something special, when it’s not. I can only speak for the Engr Honors programs; it means nothing to me. I get like a few days priority for registration but that’s useless (due to unit limit per pass time).</p>
<p>Other benefits are listed here but I’ve never once used any of them: [College</a> Honors Program | UCSB College of Engineering](<a href=“http://engineering.ucsb.edu/prospective_undergraduates/college_honors_program]College”>http://engineering.ucsb.edu/prospective_undergraduates/college_honors_program)
FYI, to get your name in the honors list for graduation you actually have to take some honors courses and/or research; I guess someone who is vain might want the tassel(?)/name. </p>
<p>I should really remove it from my resume since it just means I have a high GPA which is redundant since that’s listed right below. Potentially dangerous if an interviewer asks me what I do for Honors.</p>
<p>Hm, interesting, keltix. I am also deciding between UCSB and Berkeley. At SB, I was selected to be in the Honors Program and as a Regents’ Scholar ($6000/yr). I’d figure that priority registration was beneficial, but apparently not at UCSB? Could you explain further?</p>
<p>So, are honors students forced to take rigorous courses that no one wants to take?</p>
<p>I’m in L&S honors at UCSB. Basically honors is good if you’re going to grad school or of you had a major where its hard to get classes (like mine!). The early pass time has really helped me get all the classes I want but more importantly the professors I want which for classes like gen chem is EXTREMELY important. Honors just shows that you are able to maintain a really good gpa.</p>
<p>I’ve explained the priority registration thing before:</p>
<p>honors doesn’t help much in registering for classes. it just gives you a bit of time to sign up before other people. the bottleneck is that the pass times limit how many units you can sign up during that pass time, and that doesn’t change with honors. you still have to play the partitioning game by picking the most impacted classes for your first pass time…etc</p>
<p>Santa Barbara is a haven for the homeless ,especially in winter . They have a nice shelter not far from the beach ,and many homeless “winter” in SB Berkeley has a heavy homeless population as well .</p>
<p>UCSB is on its own peninsula more than 10 miles from downtown SB. Homeless stay downtown, near services and wealthy tourists.</p>
<p>Canhazphysics-</p>
<p>I’m an admitted freshman so I don’t have first hand experience. But I’ll tell you what others from both schools tell me. </p>
<p>UCSB- Everyone is really laid back. No one will push you doen to get their better grade. They are genuinely nice and helpful, with a few exceptions. If you don’t want to party there are tons of people who don’t. The party reputation is a little exaggerated.</p>
<p>UCB - Very very competitive. People actually do climb on top of each other for that A…you have to if you want a decent GPA, even if you’re brilliant. The social scene is pretty good there too, but not really as good as UCSB.</p>
<p>UCB will offer you an amzing undergraduate learning and world-known professors, but succeeding is much more difficult for that reason.</p>
<p>If you’re going to do grad school, the prestige doesn’t matter for undergrad. So go to the school you fit in best. Those who are happiest will go wherever they want! </p>
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<p>Thanks! I’ve been reading up on Cal, and it just puts me in a huge dilemma, cuz I’m very surely going to grad school. Would UCLA be a good compromise between Cal and SB?</p>