University of California-Santa Barbara Top Questions

GO TO UCSB!!!! I would recommend this school to ANYONE. UCSB is what you dream about when you dream about going to college. I could not have asked for a better college experience. Deciding to go to UCSB is the best decision I have ever made in my life and if I could, I would got back and do it all over again.....and again.....and again.

I would love my sister Amber Willits to go here. My best friend. She is the most hard working, incredible and close to perfect person I have ever met in my entire life.

UCSB wasn’t my first choice but I couldn’t have asked for a better college experience.

I am proud of my school. And most students at UCSB are. UCSB is a quality school because it is balanced. Balanced students, balanced curriculum, balanced activities. Nothing is really too overwhelming. The party scene will get to you if you let it get to you. But everyone has the opportunity to get engaged in other things. Overall, I'd say UCSB lacks an atmosphere where people can discuss things beyond this material world (i.e. dreams, life struggles, spiritual issues). However, the students here are really good about taking advantage of the natural beauty all around them as well as being an active part of the world around them.

I really like where our campus is located. We--UCSB and Isla Vista--are a bit separated from the rest of Santa Barbara but I actually think it works out really nicely. I feel like I have a small college town in Isla Vista--you can pretty much find anything you need there as far food, clothing etc. At the same time you have the resources of a big town though because downtown Santa Barbara is a mere 10 minute drive down the 101 (the bus will take you there for free!) and it has everything you could ask for.