<p>I have yet to get accepted into UCSB, but it is definitely one of my top choices. I will study Psychology and the price, luckily, doesn't really matter. Does anyone have any comments to facilitate my decision? Thank you!</p>
<p>Are you from CA? the only thing I can say is that if you are not, you may find it a bit lonely as UCSB has a much smaller OOS population than either PSU or CU, and it can be discomfitting socially to be in that environment. If you are a CA resident, the issue is whether you want to meet more people from OOS as the UCs, other than LA and Berkeley do tend to be very heavy in state schools. Much more so that a lot of state flagships.</p>
<p>I would by OOS in all of them, I’m from Texas. I thought they were super friendly/welcoming in CA?</p>
<p>Assuming you are accepted to UCSB and enroll, on behalf of the CA taxpayers I would like to thank you and your parents for your $100K contribution to the UC system. We appreciate it!!</p>
<p>It’s not so much an issue of warm and friendly. I find all three schools to be such. But when you go to a school where the degrees of separation are far fewer among more students, and you are one of the outsiders, it can feel lonely especially if you are a bit shy or need a bit of a social boost. I’ve heard the same from many who went to OOS publics. At those schools where the %s are not so low in terms of OOSers, there is plenty of company. BUt for some schools and states, my own being one of them nearly all of the kids are from in state and they often know each other or someone that does. You can see dozens of kids from one high school there. It can make one feel a bit of an outsider. </p>
<p>But PSU and CU seem to have a critical mass of OOSers so that it isn’t an issue. UCSB…uhn, I don’t think so . Nearly all Californians, I think. It does affect the feel of the place and it’s up to you whether this is an issue to consider or not. It’s an excellent school No dings on that, but it is very heavily Californian and there are some ramifications to that. Just pointing it out. My own kid goes to an OOS public and chose it despite that issue and is enjoying it But he does aknowledge that it is an issue, and it was a bit of a challenge in terms of being the outsider. Not one single kid from his school went there, nor anyone from the area for that matter He did have 2 cousins there, but they were well connected being instate for the school, and there were times he did wish he had picked a place where there were more kids he knew or were at least from our area. </p>
<p>What’s wrong with UT?</p>
<p>Teenbodybuilder: nothing’s wrong with it, I just want to go oos.</p>