<p>darn. i dont think i can handle dining hall food for 5days/week or the restaurant foods for the weekends for a year. is $50 flexi easy to use up if you dont eat dining on the weekends? and do you know which residentials have those kitchens? </p>
<p>also, i'm hearing a lot of people are trying to find roommates BEFORE applying for housing. like they don't "trust" ucsc for matching them up with strangers. do any current students have issues with their roommmates that chose randomly, were their questionnare answers matched up closely?</p>
<p>Your flexis will be gone so quick, don't worry about trying to use them up, they practically spend themselves. You get used to the dining halls, learn what to avoid, combinations of your own out of various meals, I look at it like a game. Today they have X Y and Z for dinner, if I take x from X and y from Y and get salad bar ingredients, I've created a totally different dinner! ...if that makes any sense, I'm kinda running on a lack of sleep at the moment.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about kitchens and I don't want to give you false information, sorry...check college websites.</p>
<p>UCSC spends an inordinate amount of time and effort matching roommates. If you filled out the housing questionnaire truthfully, you shouldn't have too much trouble. And if you don't get along, swap week is a mere 3 weeks into the quarter.</p>
<p>What reasons can you give to transfer from one UC to another? Is distance a good one? Because I wanted to either transfer to UCLA, UCI or UCSD after two years. Is there anyway I can transfer after one year?</p>
<p>Transfer stuff is personal, why do YOU as an individual want to transfer? I'm going going to tell you what you do or don't want. And why think about transferring out before you've even gone to orientation? Give us a solid chance. Realistically, transferring after 1 year won't happen. You're better off going to CC and transferring to UC.</p>
<p>mpebbles- dunno, check out the department website. but probably yes and yes.</p>
<p>I've got a question. I am transferring to Santa Cruz this fall, majoring in BME. I've looked at the classes I need (Econ 100A and 100B) and they are already almost full. I also wanted to minor in education but those classes (92A) are completely full. I don't get to register until july 21 at orientation. Did you have any problems getting into classes there? It looks like I wont get into the classes I need and I might be wasting a lot of time. TIA :-)</p>
<p>that wasn't actually snow, it was lots of hail...but we considered it snow. it's like once or twice a decade here.</p>
<p>timmerk-
looks like plenty of room in 100A (that room holds over 300 students), but 100B will be close. Based on the sections for educ92 there are still many spots that aren't yet open. A lot of departments will roll out more spots for each orientation, so that's a valid option. You can always crash a course (show up the first lecture and try to get in) which is more successful as a junior than a frosh/soph. There's only been 2 classes I haven't been able to get into thus far, and I've crashed more than I've actually enrolled in from day 1. Try emailing the profs now and let them know you want in, they'll put you on the waiting list in advance.</p>
<p>^To the two posts above me, how do you find out if the classes are full or not? I'm transferring as a junior into this coming fall as well. By the looks of it, it doesn't seem fair that we won't be able to get the classes we need because we don't get to register until late into the summer.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, I was getting pretty depressed that I might not get into any classes. Hopefully they will open more sections when I get to register for classes. So even when the online schedule says the class is full, they might open more seats?</p>
<p>Do you know what the experience at SC is like for an out of state student? I know in general the UC system is about 95% Californians...would a student from the midwest feel out of place? Do OOS people usually group together? Thanks.</p>
<p>summerinthecity: I don't really have an answer to that, sorry :( i don't think out of stater's clump together especially, but I don't know many people from outside Cali</p>
<p>I don't understand this. For orientation, we pick our classes, right? But don't we need to see an academic advisor before doing that? And how exactly can we pick our classes if we just took the placements (and don't know the scores yet) on the same day? Do freshmen usually have a hard time getting their classes? </p>
<p>Is the average units per quarter around 15ish? How difficult is it to take more than that?</p>
<p>pwong - assuming orientation follows a similar structure to when I went ('04) you have group advising with your college and your department before enrolling. But it is ultimately up to you. Welcome to college! If you took a placement exam for something, they'll tell you what to do, probably enroll in a backup and switch it when you get the approval for whatever course. You won't get everything you want, but you will get a full schedule. You're a frosh, right? So one course by default is core. Pick one GE and one in your proposed department. Instant schedule, plenty of options for both.</p>
<p>15 credits is full time (3 5-credit courses). DO NOT TAKE MORE your first few quarters. I did and it was a horrible horrible idea. Once you're settled into the college routine, you can request 20+, but please, don't kill yourself being an overachiever. Assuming you have a 3.0+ you'll be approved without any questions.</p>
<p>littlestars - you're not screwed. Just know when your appointment time is and sign up the instant you're allowed. It's in your portal (enrollment and classes - enrollment appointment - fall 2007). You might want to email your department adviser if you have any questions. contact info should be on the website.</p>
<p>I heard that Santa Cruz is a somewhat racist community, is that true?
In addition to this, I would like to know the ethnicity breakdown of each college.
Thanks in advance!</p>