<p>Hey, I'm currently a student at UCSB, and I wanted to know how many people think they're going to end up going to UCSB and join the class of 2009? I guess i'm just bored or something.</p>
<p>I might =]</p>
<p>i might... i am picking between ucsb, uci, or full ride to ucr. damn ucsd >.<</p>
<p>i might, it's very likely :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'd put myself at a 50% chance of going to UCSB. </p>
<p>lol, if I end up going to UCSB I'll probably end up forcing myself to work out a lot this summer</p>
<p>This is a balcony scene: would you care to share some of your experiences at UCSB? What other colleges did you get accepted to, what made you choose UCSB? Overall are you happy there and how is the atmopshere and people?</p>
<p>I was looking at the residence halls:
<a href="http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/reshalls-descriptions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/reshalls-descriptions.htm</a></p>
<p>Where do you live and what do you suggest?</p>
<p>I'm sure you'll love UCSB. I live in Manzanita Village next to IV and the party is not really that huge( but Halloween Party is!!). You should come up here one weekend and see what it looks like. There are a lot more students on campus than students partying in IV! </p>
<p>A lot of students like Anacapa, Francisco Torres and MAnzanita dorms. It's really up to the RHA on where you'll be housed. In my opinion, Manzanita is the best but hard hard to get as only 200 frosh are assigned there.</p>
<p>cant decide--ucsd or ucsb, or berk if i get in</p>
<p>are there any dorms that have a good view of the beach?</p>
<p>myname1sjude: according to the site <a href="http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/reshalls-descriptions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/reshalls-descriptions.htm</a> a lot of them do!</p>
<p>ummm.. the campus beach isn't much to look at. Looks more like a swamp if you ask me.</p>
<p>eRudit3, do you go there?</p>
<p>Nope, but I've stayed there twice and the school never appealed to me. I remember going on a tour once and asked the tour lady what departments ucsb was world renowned in and she couldn't give me a direct answer. Personally to me UCSB seems more like a transition school where undergrads don't really know what they want to do with their lives yet. Campus isn't exactly appealing to the eye either, i believe theyre ex marine barracks or something like that. I don't think SB is for everyone, it wasn't for me. I truly encourage you to visit though.</p>
<p>ya i've visited it already and i really liked it, to each their own.</p>
<p>Yeah, I really liked the campus too. Visiting again on Monday as I can barely remember anything about it since my last visit @_@.</p>
<p>I'm a current UCSB student. FYI, there are no barracks at UCSB. It used to be a small marine base in the early 1940's but the buildings were demolished. Swamp?? Maybe you were looking at the lagoon and not the beach. Any student who would tell you that UCSB is ugly, dirty, old, etc.. are plainly holding a grudge for being rejected by adcom. </p>
<p>Read this article about UCSB. This opinion is more legit that erudit3.</p>
<p>UCSB Again Named One of 'Hottest Colleges'
Other National Ranking Places Campus Among Top Public Universities </p>
<p>August 25, 2004 </p>
<p>(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – For the second time in the past three years, the University of California, Santa Barbara has been named one of the country's "hottest colleges" by the popular and widely read Newsweek / Kaplan "How to Get Into College" guide.</p>
<p>Only 25 institutions were featured in the "America's Hottest Colleges" section of the 2005 edition of the guidebook, published this month. Just 10 of them, including UCSB, were also featured in a Newsweek article headlined "Hot Schools" that appeared in the issue dated August 23. The brief on UCSB reads as follows:</p>
<p>"If there's a more beautiful campus than this one at the edge of the Pacific, we haven't seen it. For many students, that would seal the deal, but UCSB also boasts Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, top research centers in science and technology and an extensive study-abroad program. The number of applicants has doubled in the past decade, with 36,651 applying for admission to the class of 2008 (19,325 were accepted). Aside from the top academics, a big draw for many is the variety of recreation. The campus has its own beaches where students can surf, and the Big Bear ski resort is just a few hours' drive away."
The "hottest" list, according to the publishers, is based on admissions trends and extensive interviews with an array of educators, admissions officers, counselors, students, and longtime observers of the admissions process. "The applicant pool for each of these schools has grown much stronger in recent years–not only in sheer numbers, but also in test scores, grades, and extracurricular accomplishments," said the publishers in a statement.</p>
<p>The campus's ample recreational opportunities earned UCSB the "Hottest for Surf-and-Ski" nickname in the guide. All of the institutions selected for the 2005 "hottest" list are identified by some particular attribute or distinction, from "Hottest for City Haters" (Cornell) to "Hottest for Fitness" (U. of Virginia) and "Hottest for Double Majors" (Rice U.). "This year's 'Hot Schools' deserve individual recognition for their choice attributes," said the publishers' statement. "Dream schools come in all shapes and sizes, and the guide spotlights standout gems that students and parents want to know about."</p>
<p>Information about "America's Hottest Colleges" can be found on the web at <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626574/site/newsweek/%5B/url%5D">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626574/site/newsweek/</a></p>
<p>Copies of the Newsweek/Kaplan guide can be ordered from Kaplan's web site at <a href="http://www.kaptest.com/catalog/templates/product.jhtml?PRODID=kprod30540109%5B/url%5D">http://www.kaptest.com/catalog/templates/product.jhtml?PRODID=kprod30540109</a>.</p>
<p>UCSB was also ranked as one of the leading public universities in the country in the 2005 installment of the U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Colleges" rankings, published this week (U.S.News issue dated August 30). The campus was ranked No. 13 among all public universities and was No. 45 in the combined ranking of leading private and public universities. Last year UCSB was in a three-way tie for No. 45. </p>
<p>Information about the U.S.News rankings is available on the web at <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040830/home.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040830/home.htm</a></p>
<p>I'm going for sure. I love the campus. I was just in SB on monday and I'm going back for Spring Insight in a few weeks. I'm thinking about living at FT because I need to bring my car and I know if I live there I can. But my friend who goes there (and lives at FT) says I should live in the non-university owned dorms, Tropicana Gardens. What do people who go to UCSB think about that? I'm still thinking ft...</p>
<p>yeah probably because im a sick genius</p>
<p>who's going to the april 9 open house???</p>
<p>pending my berkeley rejection haha, it's ucsb for me!!</p>