University of California-Santa Cruz Top Questions

A person who needs an extremely active enviornment, with lots of life and job opportunities outside of campus should not attend this school. This school is great for a person who isn't quite sure what field they want to major in and want to take it easy. The person with a specific career path in mind and a lot of motivation should not go here.

If you do not like a forestlike environment, then you should not attend this school. If you do not enjoy nature and you are more of a city person, you should not attend this school.

It always amazes me to find people can be unhappy here in Santa Cruz, but I suppose there are a few things missing. Santa Cruz is a really laid back town, but the neighbors and cops regulate pretty hard with big loud parties. So if you really like to party big, I do not suggest looking into UCSC. We have very few options for Greek life and there are rarely any large parties worth going to that don't get rolled. We just like to kick back and take it easy.

Some one who can't handle the outdoors or is out of shape shouldn't go to UCSC. You have to be open minded coming to UCSC and be wiling to look for your cup of tea in people. Once you do, you'll fit right in!

If you're looking for a place of high academic competition, where every student is going crazy about grades, where your SAT score is going to matter to your fellow freshman, where you have a study group every night, and where you risk getting your labs sabotaged, Santa Cruz is not for you. Santa Cruz is about learning and life experiences, not about grades and prestige. It used to not even use the letter grading system, and that is reflected in the current philosophy.

I would not recommend this school for students who are much comfortable in the city and would like to experience a typical school life seen on television and in movies. In between classes and on the weekends, the campus is dead. Also, students who like to go places but do not have a car should not attend this school. The closest city is 40 minutes away, San Jose, and there is not much to do there. Students who would like racial diversity and career-focused individuials need to know that there are not many academic and social opportunities.

They type of person that shouldn't attend this school is definitely a person who does not want to be educated. This school is way too expensive to just be messing around all the time, if you want to attend this school, or any university, you should be a person who is looking to get an education, not a person who is just looking to party all the time.

Honestly, anyone could come to UCSC and potentially have the best time of their life. It doesn't matter what type of person you are. Coming to UCSC and living your life is all you need.

The type of person that shouldn't attend this school , is someone that isn't active or doesn't want to involve daily exercise in their life. The University of CA Santa Cruz, has many hills and most likely a student will be walking to and from classes from the base of campus up towards science hill. And a person that isn't educationally focused should not attend this schoo, from what I've expeienced from my science classes, they require a lot of studying and reading, as well as a considerable amount of effort.

People who are looking for something to occupy their time. There's nothing wrong with going to college to figure out what you would like to do with the rest of your life as long as you are really using college as a means of finding it. If going to school means you're only attending on record, than perhaps university isn't for you.