Kayla
The worse thing about my school is the reputation that we are just a bunch of marijuana smoking hippies and we party a lot. It's a bad assumption becasue it's not entirely true and it causes people to look down on us compared to the other UCs.
chelsea
The worst thing about UCSC is that the campus is a bit confusing. The reason why is that it is a huge campus with two bus systems located in the woods and it makes finding classes and buildings quite difficult.
Sianya
The town where it's located. There isn't very much to do, or at least things that I'm interested in.
Christina
I believe that the worst thing about my school is the lack of school spirit and the lack of division 1 sports; if my school had these two important components then Santa Cruz would become a more popular university.
Julia
The worst part about the school is how isolated it is from the town of Santa Cruz. It makes it difficult to meet upper classmen.
Allison
The worst thing about my school is how hard it is to get into classes you need and the complexity of the school website.
Caitlin
I attended UCSC during the early years of its inception, in 1977; many areas were still experimental, such as the use of narrative evaluations instead of grades. Now, students receive grades, which allows graduates to provide a G.P.A. to prospective employers or in search of higher education. UCSC also had a poor academic reputation; it was considered "flaky," a claim I found even in the late 70s (a time still within the hippie hey-day) to be false: coursework was rigorous, comprehensive, and fascinating. I abhorred others' uninformed comments that my college was anything but academically stellar.
Beatriz
The worst thing about my school would probably be that it is so huge.
Ryan
Tuition is too high. It can sometimes feel overbearing and hard to escape. It's stressful to know that upon graduating I will have to begin paying for it.
Pauline
The worst thing about my school is its reputation. UC Santa Cruz doesn't have the strictest enforcement of drug use, which causes a more "laid back" attitude among students and leads to a high presence of drug and alcohol activity on campus. I believe this contributes to the attitude that UCSC isn't one of the most prestigious schools in the country and is just a "party" and "drug" school. I think this university is capable of being one of the top instituitions, but it's association with "potheads" holds it back from its true potential.