<p>the pictures of the off campus apartment don't look too good, maybe i should consider the san mig dorm again but hmm for 1500 bucks more....</p>
<p>el dorado and westgate are little old and a tad rundown but santa ynez is nicer kept up better neither are really bad though</p>
<p>LSDguy- if you're not one of the lucky ones to get a residence hall permit, you either can't bring your car or choose to live in a university owned off campus apartment or the FT residence hall, since they have space for parking for all occupants</p>
<p>which is better...santa cruz or FT???
for a freshman who is looking for a great social experience</p>
<p>calvinator- as far as the off campus housing goes, is it really that far off campus, ill be a transfer, isnt the whole town college kids, so the whole town is one large "campus" right, you are not really removed from much.</p>
<p>So, university apartments have parking for all occupants right?</p>
<p>great. cuz im not leaving my f-ing car.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure we're all going to have a great social experience whereever we decide to live, but its usually what you make of it. The universirty apartments are right next to campus / IV , so its really not that bad. The university apartments have there own parking lot, but they don't have assigned spots, but usually enough space for residences, or at least thats what they told me.</p>
<p>might change my option to dorm for summer but since space is limited everywhere i think, how much are are dorms in demand for summer?</p>
<p>so i'm a new transfer student attending ucsb, i',m staying at san mig for the summer, anyways i'm debating weather to stay at manzanita or san raf, i heard/read pros and cons of each, it would be nice to get a beach view from manzanita, san raf i was told that if i picked transfer living i would get the 3rd floor of the tower though i would like the 7th or 8th. Is Manzanita really quiet? a single in san raf could be something i'm interested in</p>
<p>Okay, I got my housing results and I was given a single bedroom in Westgate with one other occupant. From all of the posts I just read this is the idea I have of it in my head:</p>
<p>A) It's rundown compared to Santa Ynez
B) It's quiet since it's on the end of the IV</p>
<p>Please anybody (!) give me some info about this place. I like to have fun and I love a place where I can get crazy when I'm not studying. I'm already over 21, but I don't want a quiet place where people are being all calm and stuff when it's a possible party day. So I need to know some realities about my future home for 9 months. Has anybody lived there, or has anyone visited there, or what?</p>
<p>I don't see why people see FT's distance from campus as such a downside. I rather like that at the end of the day I leave school and go "home." I feel like I would get tired of staying on campus 24/7. I don't know, I like the idea that it's really close but still off campus, I like the separation of school and home. The only inconvenience I guess is having to bike back in between classes if you have a large break. </p>
<p>Still, FT is my first choice.</p>
<p>I personally decided against Santa Catalina because of the distance. I loved some parts of it. The bathrooms, tennis court, pool. But I have a bad habit of studying in my room and when I study in my room I fall asleep! haha, so I wanted to be on campus so I could go to the library.</p>
<p>Trust me, dorm life gets old really fast. Yeah you make friends but in goleta it's easy to make friends anywhere you go. I'm looking into a house with a few of my friends. have any of you heard of willow creek? willowcreekgoleta.com Seems affordable for what you get. And everything is new.</p>
<p>Hey, if anyone wants any specific info on San Nicolas dorms, feel free to check out the article I wrote about the specifics of San Nic:
Overview</a> of San Nicolas Dorm at UC Santa Barbara - Associated Content</p>
<p>I lived in San Nicolas during my freshman year at UCSB and loved it!</p>
<p>also, if you want any tips on what I think are useful items to bring with you when you move into the dorms, check out my other article:
Living</a> in the Dorms: Useful Items to Bring - Associated Content</p>
<p>Thank you so much for posting those articles sb_student1.
This information really helped!</p>
<p>anyone who lived in at Santa Yenz!!</p>
<p>great read! sb_student</p>
<p>i'm glad the info helped! if you have any other questions about life at ucsb just post them here and i'll try to answer them or write some specific articles for you guys!</p>
<p>now that you mention it, i do have some questions about classes.
i'll be a freshmen this fall and to be completely honest, i'm basically walking around in the dark. i'm afraid that when i go to orientation, i'll be expected to know exactly what classes i want to take and how many i want to take and what's required, when in reality i don't know any of this..so could you maybe give me some suggestions about classes and any other related things you might be able to think of? also, at orientation, will we be able to sit down and have a one-on-one with somebody that will help with choosing our schedules? anything would help! thank you!</p>
<p>e.leigh.mac, </p>
<p>i felt the same way going into orientation. its definitely confusing at first but you get the hang of it real quick. </p>
<p>the important thing to remember is that orientation is just that - it's a time to teach everyone how we do things at UCSB and how to register for classes. At orientation you'll be placed in a group of about 15 students. For each group of students there's a group/orientation leader who is going to walk you through all the info you need about registering for classes. they even give you a worksheet (that you are required to complete during orientation) that helps you plan out your classes. you'll get a chance to look at the list of classes that are offered this coming fall quarter. you can ask your orientation leader for ideas on classes if you are unsure what to take. what most people do is try to get take classes which will fulfill some of the general education (GE) requirements (which your orientation leader will go over).</p>
<p>also, during orientation, you'll find out if you tested out of any basic classes/GE requirements with the SAT/ACT and AP tests you may have taken in high school. </p>
<p>as far as actually registering for classes, ucsb uses the GOLD system. This is a website run by UCSB that allows students to sign up for their classes at certain allotted "pass times". you log in to the gold website by using your ucsb net ID and password that you chose when you set up your Umail account. so make sure to remember/write down your username and password and take it with you to orientation because on the last day of orientation you will be registering for your classes with your orientation group (so your orientation leader can help you). Also remember to bring your perm number.</p>
<p>in the future, when you have a couple weeks to look at classes (rather than 2 days) i suggest using ratemyprofessors.com so you can read what other students think of certain teachers, therefore making it easy to choose what classes are easy/fun/interesting and which classes are boring/exceedingly difficult. </p>
<p>you'll also get your access card during orientation. this is really important because it is your ID on campus. also, as a freshman living in the dorms, you use it to get into the dining commons for your meals. </p>
<p>also, they give a bunch of different tours during orientation. There's a tour of the dorms (i think...), a tour of isla vista, and others.</p>
<p>haha sorry this is a loooooong post...but as far as classes go...most students take about 3 to 4 classes per quarter. If you feel like you will do well with adjusting to college and are a good student, take 4 classes (16 units) so you can get more units and requirements out of the way. if not, take 3 classes (12 units) for your first quarter so that you can adjust to college easier.</p>
<p>also, my personal tip for registering for classes is to always take at least 1 or 2 classes per quarter that you are genuinely interested in because that makes going to class and doing assignments so much easier. it also makes the school year so much more enjoyable! ucsb offers a ton of different classes that fill different/multiple requirements, so this isn't too difficult to do most of the time.</p>
<p>so yeah, i hope that helps. </p>
<p>keep the questions coming if you have any more!</p>
<p>wow..thank you SO much! you have no idea how much that helped!! if i think if any other questions, you will be the first one i ask haha</p>