<p>^^ Yes UCkitty, the campus was gorgeous! I learned that public transportation is free if you want to go into downtown SC, just show them you school ID. Also there is a bike repair shop on campus that is also free :)</p>
<p>I was a little disappointed in the Dining Commons at College 9/10. I guess I was just comparing it to UCLA’s DeNev, which is top of the line; then again what is’nt nice at UCLA?</p>
<p>And yes there are a lot of events on the calender for next year</p>
<p>did you go alone?</p>
<p>No, me and my Pops went</p>
<p>really, thats cool.</p>
<p>did you get to find out anything personally about your TAG application? was their a lot of people there? any aged 22 or older?</p>
<p>i wanted to go to davis preview day with my mom, but that would have looked awkward imo. maybe picnic day or something else next year…</p>
<p>Yeah, us transfer students were SORELY outnumbered by teeny boppers still in high school. But me and my dad sat behind another dad and his son, and that son was definitely older than 22. I was also able to really connect with our tour guide and ask important questions that I had, not be intimidated by the ‘college senior tour guide’ But it’s true hanging out with the parentals among thousands of your peers that basically don’t have to answer to anyone can be uncomfortable.</p>
<p>No nothing really about my TAG that I didnt already know…Just that they want to hear you ‘brag’ about yourself in the actual app and personal statements…oy vey…one prompt in revision and one prompt yet to have started for me :(</p>
<p>thats interesting, i was going to take the “humble” approach to the app…hmm</p>
<p>I just attended a personal statement workshop at my CC and I was told to brag as well, but not in the sense that I’m making my personal statement seem like a resume. They’d rather have you list one thing that you’re really proud of as opposed to say, volunteering at 20 different places for 2 hours each. It has to have meaning behind it, I guess. </p>
<h2>Also, make sure to focus on you specifically. They want to know about you, not your family, your mother, or whoever. </h2>
<p>@anythinggoes1: How’s the area around UCSC?</p>
<p>The admissions director basically told us that they want to be reassured in your PS that you will be successful at their university. </p>
<p>@stressy The campus itself is gorgeous and the neighborhood closest to the college is on the upscale side.But downtown is a lot like Berkeley (shattuck and telegraph) but on a smaller scale. Restaurants, skate shops, etc., homeless people. But totally a beach city with a good feel and lots of character. Something about the ocean for me makes it really desirable.</p>
<p>^hmmm might change my UCLA freebee to UCSC then…</p>
<p>^what do you mean by freebee?</p>
<p>i get the fee waiver.</p>
<p>apply to 4 uc’s for free. </p>
<p>my main is UCI & UCD already followed by UCSD, leaving my fourth only interested in UCSB,UCLA (overrated imo) & UCSC, not UCB because i don’t have IGETC.</p>
<p><em>looks at location</em>, I’m applying to CSU’s too, including east bay, ha. i desire the bay over everything, but won’t be seeing UCB, blarghhh.</p>
<p>i feel the same about UCB, overrated but nonetheless good academics. I’ve had a lot of teachers from high school come from UCB and all i thought to myself was…“really…YOU were able to get in and graduate?” haha</p>
<p>My friend was in a frat and his house was on the beach in Irvine and it was breathtaking…the community, everything. never saw the school tho. Thing is if your chances of getting into UCSD are pretty good, your chances of getting into SC are VERY VERY GOOD. So if you apply you’ll probably get in. </p>
<p>Yeah I live extremely close to CSUEB, like up the street. Applying there as a back up for sure if things don’t work out with a UC. </p>
<p>You dont have IGETC but have taken speech, right? I have igetc and have taken speech…ugh</p>
<p>the heckkk???, i though i need foreign language, well also i haven’t taken chemistry.</p>
<p>irvine is my #1, your little story just made it even more desirable. did you smell a lot of marijuana in UCSC? ha.</p>
<p>^^When can you start applying for Fee Waivers</p>
<p>^^ </p>
<p>You can apply for the fee waiver directly in the UC application. Before you submit it, they will ask for your family income and the number of people in your household and they will decide right on the spot if you qualify.</p>
<p>^^Oh, so I can’t know yet until I submit it?</p>
<p>I believe it’s the page right before you submit.</p>
<ol>
<li>Application Summary</li>
<li>Demographic Information</li>
<li>State of Legal Residence</li>
<li>Review</li>
<li>Affidavit
6. Fee Payment</li>
<li>Submit</li>
</ol>