<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am attending UCSB this fall as an incoming freshman and was wondering how difficult is it in general? I am thinking about majoring in Econ/Accounting, Econ/Math, or Financial Mathematics & Statistics and am also keeping the possibility of transferring to a different school after a year open. As of now, I am entering as undeclared. My first year I think I will be just taking the general CORE requirements, so how hard are these classes? Is UCSB extremely competitive? Is it possible to get a 3.6-4.0 through a lot of hard work but at the same time not killing yourself?</p>
<p>I've heard countless horror stories about other UCs like LA/Berk about the curve and terrible professors. To what extent does this apply to SB?</p>
<p>Any general tips to succeed at SB in particular?</p>
<p>it always ends up the same as any other college, including berkeley and ucla, but also any csu school. remember, this is undergrad, you will all get the same curriculum and the curve is even throughout. </p>
<p>it is less stressful at ucsb. there are no cut-off curves or set percentage curves. im not sure about the profs since im not econ, but the people who do have them say theyre great…</p>
<p>Why are you planning to possibly transfer after freshman year and to where? Unless you are doing poorly, that is a weird time to transfer and I think sets you up for not having a good freshman year. Bloom where you are planted.</p>
<p>Once you go here for a year, you’ll never want to leave… lets just clear that up. So start thinking about majors soon, that way you can start knocking pre-reqs out the way. Yes, this school is way too competitive, but i guess if college was easy it would be called “Your Mom.” hah… hard work is kind of a loose term thrown around many universities im sure, because you might spend 4 hours on a project that took other people half an hour, or 8 hours even. It’s not the hours you put into the work, its the work you put into the hours!</p>
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<p>this is way common among freshman. people think they are entitled to better schools (not always academic; sometimes people want to go to college with their friends from HS etc). of course, they get sucked in to their current school and they never follow through</p>