<p>Just out of curiosity.
State your county, city, time, and distance (optional).</p>
<p>For example, myself
County: Los Angeles
City: El monte
Time: 2 hrs
Distance: 120 miles</p>
<p>Hope you don’t mind, but back in 2005 :)</p>
<p>County: San Francisco
City: San Francisco
Time: 5 hours
Distance: 330 miles</p>
<p>My parents and I got a room at the Motel 6 in Goleta.</p>
<p>wow rc, thats a long stay at santa barbara</p>
<p>County: Orange
City: Cowan Heights
Time: 2 hours and 20 Minutes
Distance: 141 miles</p>
<p>Haha, well it was a great time for me to explore another part of the state. The great thing about California is that you can move 6+ driving hours and still find a college you can pay in-state tuition for. Not many students of other states have that luxury, and are forced to stay close to home.</p>
<p>anyone else :)</p>
<p>same,
South El Monte
2 hour drive
120 miles</p>
<p>County: Santa Barbara
City: Carpinteria
Time: 15-20 mins
Distance: 20-30 miles?</p>
<p>=)</p>
<p>County: Los Angeles
City: Pasadena
Time: ~3hrs
Distance:~130 miles</p>
<p>County:Kern
City:Bakersfield
Time:2.5 hours
Distance:150 miles</p>
<p>County: Orange
City: Laguna Beach
Time: 2hrs 30mins
Distance: ~150miles</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Ethnic Power: Teleportation
Actual Time: 5secs</p>
<p>I know, be jealous</p>
<p>County: Los Angeles
City: Diamond Bar
Time: 2 hours
Distance: 130 miles</p>
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<p>Looks like you and me are the same. I’m going to UCSB today, so your 2.5 hour time better hold true! I was looking at 3-3.5 hours… and that would just suck. Since, you know, it would mean I shouldn’t be sitting here right now and ought to get moving.</p>
<p>“Ethnicity: Asian
Ethnic Power: Teleportation
Actual Time: 5secs”</p>
<p>^Hah. Crazy Asians.</p>
<p>So I finally drove up there for a Saturday tour. Took 4 hours due to us getting lost, both on our way up there and back lol.</p>
<p>So, this is probably the wrong place for it, but I feel like posting some of my impressions. Reading about the school, extensively as I do, left a completely different impression than how the school actually was.</p>
<p>-I didn’t feel the pressure of the white, attractive, surfer, blonde, etc stereotype that goes on about UCSB. I saw the same sort of people there that I’d see anywhere else, except maybe more Asians.</p>
<p>-Was a little disappointed at the whole “nature” thing. I didn’t get very close to the beach, the ocean was beautiful, but the mountains were the same old mountains I see everywhere in California. The surrounding area was still a town resembling any other California town, rather than the natural beauty I was expecting.</p>
<p>-Is it just me, or does the place look really similar to UC Irvine? I got Deja Vu when I was at the University Center. I walked away thinking that, had I not done any research on the two schools, they would have looked exactly the same to me…besides for the lagoon, lol. I was expecting some more beach, if that makes sense. I never saw it from campus, it looked like it was below some cliffs.</p>
<p>-The students seemed really nice and were helpful, moreso than the average person I see walking around anyways. They were cheerful and actually seemed liked they cared. Except I didn’t know about the bike path rule and was yelled at by someone for that, lol.</p>
<p>-I didn’t notice a party atmosphere… but I guess I shouldn’t expect to see it from just a 2 hour tour.</p>
<p>-Didn’t get close to Isla Vista, but it was cleaner than I imagined it to be.</p>
<p>-For some reason, I thought the buildings would be all run down. I heard that from people who visited the campus and I saw pictures of the College of Creative Studies. They are actually very nice and modern looking.</p>
<p>“Except I didn’t know about the bike path rule and was yelled at by someone for that, lol.”</p>
<p>^haha. Yep, bikers get the right-of-way.</p>
<p>County: Santa Clara
City: San Jose
Time: 4 hours
Distance: Around 300 miles?</p>
<p>We (meaning my family and the friend we brought along) had to wake up at 2 am, luckily we had a hotel to crash at after Spring Insight.</p>
<p>county: solano
City: vacaville
distance: 400 miles
Time: 6.5 hours like 8 with traffic</p>
<p>got into the holiday inn at goleta around 12:30 am before insight</p>