<p>I live in South Florida and was accepted to UCSB. I also applied to USC but don't think I will get in. I would love to go to school in CA but am having some doubts. Does anyone have any advice/opinions about attending UCSB from out of state?</p>
<p>me too.
to begin with, all the UCs are expensive as hell for out-of-stater.</p>
<p>I'm a current UCSB student. You're going to love UCSB! Ask some specific questions and I'll try my best to answer them without bias.</p>
<p>Ok...I have a a few main concerns. I know that there are not many kids from out of state, do you think I would feel out of place at UCSB? At UF on long weekends, kids tend to drive back home, is this the same at UCSB? Is it really as big of a party school as everyone claims? Are the classes huge and are the professors accessible?</p>
<p>There are actually some international and out -of-state students here at UCSB. It's impossible to get left out or ignored just because you're not from CA... if you're weird maybe which I think you're not. </p>
<p>UCSB is definitely not a commuter school. Lots of students stay here for the weekend and it's when there are parties at Isla Vista. I assure you that the party school reputation is way overblown. I'm dorming at Manzanita Village so I know when there are big partiesas it's located next to IV. Halloween is when there are big parties everywhere in IV. But because of 150 foot patrol officers during halloween it kinda mellowed a bit. If you're not the partying type you'll find other activites to do for the weekend. My two male friends don't drink ut they find lots of stuff to do during wekends. Do u know there's literal a beach at UCSB?</p>
<p>About the class size it really varies. Most classes have a minimum of 100 students in lower division electives. Human Sexuality class has about 600 students and the class is at Campbell Hall. There are always office hours and review sessions. Classes involving calculations like Economics have Discussion session with teacher assistants and have 25 students in each section. All professor I've had here so far are very approachable and thy have regular office hours. For most upper division classes, class size is much smaller.</p>
<p>I really think you'll have great college experience here at UCSB.</p>