<p>Only two weeks until decisions, all the talks of the UCM and UCR acceptances coming out tomorrow has got me excited about SC! </p>
<p>3/15 at the earliest.</p>
<p>Wow this thread is 2 weeks early lol. Anyway, decisions for UCSC start the 17th, so we have a long way to go.</p>
<p>Man, I’m stoked for SB and SC…they will either break me or make my month of March :O</p>
<p>I’m just waiting on UCSB. I have a TAG for UCSC so I’m not worried about it.</p>
<p>@mermake I know but its the hype, we gotta get pumped!</p>
<p>@ramsfan waiting on the same schools hah.</p>
<p>I already decided that I’m going to attend UCR for fall 2013 (accepted!) but I’m still curious to see if I got into UCSC. I don’t know much about the school, just that the area is beautiful.</p>
<p>Why are you choosing UCR over UCSC?</p>
<p>because, only UCR offers my exact major. 
that’s the main reason. but other reasons are that I like the campus/area (visited many times) and it’s only an hour away from home so I can come home every weekend.</p>
<p>I’m on the same boat with UCD and UCSC. UCD has my major, but UCSC has the campus and I really like that fact that units at UCSC are 5 units instead of the typical 4 units. If I go to UCD, I’m going to have to take 16 units(4 classes) to graduate on time, but If I go to UCSC, I’ll only take 3 classes(15 units) a quarter to graduate on time. That seems so chill. The UCSC campus and location is also more euphoric.</p>
<p>@Mermaker good point I’m loving the 5 units per class as well. It’ll allow me to get my major done and do some extra classes to prepare me for my masters. I think the campus will be perfect for me, plenty of freedom when you need to be alone or whatever.</p>
<p>The amazing location is the main reason for making this one of my top choices. When I tell people I’m considering UCSC they dismiss it as a party school, but don’t even know awesome the region is!</p>
<p>I’ve heard the exact opposite. Everyone says that UCSC is not a party school. That’s fine with me since I don’t really party like I used to.</p>
<p>I think people associate the whole counterculture vibe of Santa Cruz (e.g. 4/20 gathering) with being a party school, not so much it being a place like SB. Nonetheless, it would be an incredible place to study!</p>
<p>@mermaker That’s what I’ve heard too, and when I went up there it was just little kickbacks. Maybe a big party here and there but its not all year round like SB.</p>
<p>I’m just waiting on UCSC. I have a TAG for UCSB so I’m not worried about it.</p>
<p>Got an email from UCSC titled “Check Your Access to the UCSC Portal Now”. For a second I thought we were getting acceptances earlier, then i read the message and it just said to make sure you could log in. Haha wow, harsh SC!</p>
<p>Haha I don’t know why I’m excited about UCSC all of a sudden. For pretty much a whole year I contemplated about what school I wanted to attend. Even though UCSC has the campus, I always figured I would choose a school with my major(UCD or UCSB), but for some reason, I don’t care about that anymore. I just want to live in a cold, foggy, wet Redwood forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean.</p>
<p>Mr. Randall: I was also excited then I read the rest of the email -____- lmao</p>
<p>Same Randall and Ramfan</p>
<p>mermaker - I’m thinking the same exact thing! For a while I was mostly stuck on Berkeley because they have a great department for my major, but there’s just something about the Santa Cruz campus… I just really want to live there.</p>