<p>I just got back... 5 hour drive sucks haha.</p>
<p>Before today I was still ****ed over the fact that I didn't get into Irvine or Davis (my top 2 choices). Now that I've actually seen the campus however, I don't feel bad at all. I'm actually excited about going to Santa Barbara.</p>
<p>How did the rest of you feel about the school?</p>
<p>I loved it. Did you check out Santa Catalina? I thought the tour was amazing!</p>
<p>Nope, I knew from the beginning I didn't want to live there because it's location off campus.</p>
<p>I went, it was good. Housing tours were good. On-Campus for the win.</p>
<p>I was there today.</p>
<p>I actually wasn't very impressed. Our tour guide was really bad, and we kept getting locked out of discussions because they'd filled up. Beautiful campus though.</p>
<p>santa barbara is ranked higher than irvine and sometimes higher than davis..</p>
<p>So is Cal and UCSD, but I don't want to go to either. </p>
<p>There's more to colleges than rankings.</p>
<p>i kind of forgot about it, was it just like a campus tour that you can take any week?</p>
<p>it was the main college tour where everything is open for you like classrooms, residence halls, etc. On the regular everyday tours, they wouldn't allow you to see inside of a dorm room.</p>
<p>i loved it.... just got back home....</p>
<p>Yea it was kind of surreal to be walking around a place I've been dreaming about for so long. The FSSP presentation was really great, and I just hope I get into the program. For those of you that did not get admitted into the honors program, I found out that if your GPA is high enough during the summer session, you can apply to the honors program for the fall. The financial aid presentation was also very helpful. Apparently all your finaid is sent to your BARC account, and the school charges fees to that account automatically. Any extra money can be wired to a checking account for personal expenses (books, supplies, etc.).</p>
<p>But above all, I loved how there were girls walking around in bikinis and sunbathing on the lawn by the San Nicolas dorms.</p>
<p>I think what makes UCSB stand out above all other colleges is that usually students around this time feel a sense of accomplishment; but from what I've seen, students going to UCSB are genuinely excited and actually eager to go rather than just happy they got in.</p>
<p>Success comes from happy people. Happy people come from UCSB.</p>
<p>missnancy Santa Barbara is ranked 44, the same as UCI. UCD is 42 and UCSD is 38. They are really all quite similar. UCB is 20 and UCLA is 25 and they are quite similar.</p>
<p>i didnt get to go :(. can someone tell me more about housing and what i should bring? like do they provide mini fridges? do they cover curtains? are there pots and pans at the kitchen? u know stuff like that? oh and hows the bathroom situation?</p>
<p>housing: theres like 7 dorm halls to pick from, you rank them in the order you want to live in. it's a lottery system, so it is possible to be placed in your last picked dorm room. you get priority if you are in the Honors system and if you pick a living learning community i.e. scholars hall, substance free hall, men's experience, women's experience, etc.
you should bring what you would bring to any other dorm; bed sheets, pillow blanket, clothing, etc.
they dont provide mini fridges nor do they rent them, so if you think you're gonna need one, bring one.
i have no idea what cover curtains are
i dont think there are pots and pans IN the kitchen, you have to check them out from the front desk of your hall, I THINK. but they dont want you to bring anything that can start a fire like a microwave, including pots and pans.
bathroom situation: unless you're in FT, it's like any other regular community bathroom. appx 25 to a restroom. if you're in FT, then it's 2 rooms, with the same gender, connected to each other with a bathroom in between. so it's a small suite.</p>
<p>im also a transfer student and thinking about going to manzanita village or san rafael. so yea bathroom situation there if anyone knows. i heard san rafael has a suite also. oh and is there anyway to actually cook? thanx for the minifridge info i was planning on renting but i guess i have to buy now. the curtains... i just wanted to know if they provided them for you.</p>
<p>there are kitchens provided, but you're not encouraged to actually cook, they rather you go to the dining halls.
and curtains, curtains for windows are provided according to a friend "but they suck, they let in too much light."</p>
<p>in manzanita village, they have 4 people per bathroom and I think san rafael for the single and double style dorms are like the standard community bathrooms. I don't think theres anyway to cook because they expect you to eat in the dining halls.</p>
<p>i'm thinking of apply for manzanita village as well, although it is away from all the other dorms that are near each other, wouldn't want to feel isolated. Also considering san raf.</p>
<p>so is there another insight day?</p>
<p>One great thing I remember about Francisco Torres (Santa Catalina) was that they have free cookie dough in the fridge for the students to use. I thought that was awesome</p>