University of California-Santa Barbara Top Questions

The school is bigger than I expected, but not so big that you don't see people you know when you are on campus.

The best thing about UCSB is the college environment. It is purely a college town and Isla Vista is one of the only places where 13,000 students can live together in a square mile radius. The one thing I would change about Santa Barbara is for our school to have a football team and more school pride in sports. I wanted a school with a huge football team and to attend those weekly games, but UCSB does not have this. I wanted to a big school so i think that Santa Barbara is the perfect size for me. Most people react the same way when I tell them I go to UCSB. They usually laugh and ask me how Isla Vista and Halloween are. On campus I spend most of my time in the bookstore in between classes because you can sleep in the couches inside the UCEN. The administration at UCSB is fine. I do not really here too much about them. There is some school pride on campus, but it is dedicated mostly to our soccer team and thats it. I wish that there was more school pride. One experience I will always remember is meeting my best friend on my floor the first week here and ending up joining the same sorority. The most frequent complaints about UCSB is the lack of diversity on campus.

The best thing about UCSB is that the whole environment. Isla Vista is a great little town where all the kids live. Its great being able to walk around the town and see people in the same situation as you are. Most people laugh when I tell them I go to UCSB, especially the kids my age. Adults usually wish that they had come here when they were in college. They think all I do is party and that is not true. I don't think that the school has a major amount of pride in the traditional sense that we are all united under a specific sports team but everyone is always happy to be going to school here. One of my favorite memories is from the night I met my best friend. We were walking down the stairs during a fire drill and everyone was complaining about how we were missing America's Next Top Model. This girl from my floor was walking down with us, and so we started talking about the show. We were both in our pajama's and she was eating Cup of Noodle. After the drill was over, she came up and watched with me and my roommate. We've been inseparable ever since.

Great location, school spirit and pride, laid-back and a lot of fun

UCSB's campus is beautiful...it has a good amount of people who attend and is fairly diverse but i wouldn't mind seeing more diversity.

UCSB is a laid back school on the Pacific Ocean. Consisting of around 18,000 students, UCSB is large, but not small enough to see familiar faces on campus. The school is known for partying and its laid back atmosphere. Isla Vista, where most of the campus resides, is a wild town full of students ready to kick back in the sun with a beer. Besides enjoying life to the fullest, most students are academically talented and motivated to do well in school. I was attracted to the school because of academic prestige, and the reputation to party.

UCSB is located between the mountains and the ocean. What is better than that?! We are a broad scope of people- Nor Cal, So Cal, Cen Cal (!!) surfers, bros, yay-area-ers, hippies, nerds. Its amazing here, and really diverse in activities, opinions, and people.

In my opinion UCSB is the perfect size and iv is the definition of a college campus.

UCSB is the perfect size. We are right on the beach and have the most amazing weather anyone could ever ask for. People think i am a partier when i tell them i go to UCSB, and they are right, i am, but iknow how to balance my work :).... I only go to class and then get off campus, mostly spend my time in my sorority house or on the beach. AMAZING college town. UCSBs staff is pretty laid back, just like the atmosphere. The biggest controversey on campus was JuicyCampus.com but its sizzling down. We dont have football team but there is school pride in many other areas. UCSB is the most amazing school, every night is a unforgettable memory here. I go running for excercise and always see dolphins swimming right next to me. who could ask for more!?

Everything at UCSB is amazing! I have an a amazing dorm with an ocean view. I jog on the beach a few times a week. Classes are amazing and not that hard to get into. We have a lot of fun but the campus also has very good resources for tutoring and things like that. It is the best college town you could ever as for! Everything is in walking distance. Housing is a bit pricey because of the towns beach front location but it is well worth. Sorority and Fraternity housing can be a bit cheaper. Associated Students is very involved on campus and a lot of people come out to the sporting events. One thing I will always remember is buying some books in town (Isla Vista) at the start of fall quarter and walking through town on a warm day looking at the ocean with bikers cruising by. It just made me realize how lucky I am to have this experience.