University of California-Santa Barbara Top Questions

I wish I had known the amount of prerequisites required for my major were so many and the price of books required for my major were so expensive.

how to party and study at the same time

I wish i knew that the living situations would be very expensive and that i wouldn't keep in as good of contact with my highschool friends as i thought i would.

I would have started surfing before I came here, so I would have been able to take advantage of the beach from the beginning. I would have explored different majors rather than sticking with poli sci exclusively. Don't live on the honors dorm floor, but the honors program is nice. As awesome as the social life is, make sure not to neglect classes, as they are serious. Living in a frat is terrible for your GPA, as is study abroad, especially if youre not self-disciplined.

I wish I knew more about the social scene. The social scene is very much involved around drinking

How expensive off-campus housing was.

I believe I was well prepared for college and had a smoothe adjustment.

That the people were so friendly, and that there is so much more to UCSB than the party school reputation that the students happily uphold. The students are very laid-back, but driven to succeed. The outfit of choice is jeans, t-shirts, and flip-flops, but still fairly stylish. You need to go out and get what you want though, because it's not going to be brought to you.

More about what classes I really needed...orientation was a confusing mess.

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