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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright UCSB is a great place to go to college. How many places can you go to college that have their own beach, awesome atmosphere, beautiful city, and an outstanding university to back it all up? Social Life: A+, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 19 2008 3rd Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=52954&uid=204'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright This college is STUCK UP. RICH SPOILED STUPID GILTS. That is the main % of people attending UCSB. You go to learn, but the professors could give a rats ass about you. In fact, they WANT you to drop out. Your fellow students WANT you to drop out. Everyone hates smart, poor people. Unless you like getting drunk and hangin in the IV gettin STDs, then you will fit in. Just don't go. Find another college. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 12 2008 1st Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=52201&uid=204'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Religion/Religious  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I read some of the negative comments about UCSB and I was saddened because they seem to speak of the lack of things to do around Santa Barbara (or the things one can do apparently get old fast). My understanding is this is not a lack on the side of the school or location, but on the part of those who fail to actively seek things to do. I am not an IV party-goer, nor do I go downtown, as is the "popular" thing to do. But I would never describe my time here as boring. Just as with any campus one goes to, it really is about what you make of it. We're in an amazing location that has beach, mountains, forests, city, LA, etc. all available to you. I did Hall Council stuff, I was an RA for a couple of years, I was on the campus' improv comedy troupe, I got involved in my church as the youth pastor.... I had tons to do and as I'm graduating here in less than 3 weeks, I am only finding more and more to do (and realizing all that which I didn't get around to doing). Education Quality: A+, Perceived Campus Safety: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 28 2008 4th Year Male -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=48245&uid=204'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Linguistics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright UCSB was the ultimate exercise in choice: you have unlimited resources to bask in either/both intellectual curiosity, and unrestrained play. Most students choose the latter; some still get things together in time to graduate, and others go off the deep end and are booted out by the University (which has no qualms about culling students who significantly fail to maintain the achievements that got them into UCSB). The Admissions office doesn't screen judiciously; rather, like most UCs, there is a formula to your application and students have a variety of ways towards reaching the minimum score. You could say that a "second Admissions process" takes place once you're in, and it takes place both in and out of the classroom. There are plenty of weeder courses and professors have little patience for the (hordes of) lackadaisical goof-offs in their classes, but are very giving to students who follow up. Beyond the classroom, the greatest test at UCSB is for a student to learn how to handle all the distractions that are available. You live on or around the beach, close to all your friends (whose ranks are constantly growing), there is an unnatural number of goodlooking people, there are way too many parties for the Greek system to even try to monopolize, and the intramural sports offering is endless. Academically, the natural sciences and engineering departments are tops across the US, and graduates from those programs have little difficulty landing well paid jobs in the industry. The humanities and social sciences attract a mixed bag: quite a lot of quiet, absent-minded intellectuals who party surprisingly hard on weekends, along with your more usual set of athletes, barbie dolls, bleeding heart poets and alternative fashion folks. UCSB has a disproportionately high number of students who have the people-smarts, social savvy and networking skills to score juicy jobs in the Californian entertainment industry. Just about every intellectually curious student at UCSB is noticed, does well, has a great time, and moves on. The large ranks of students who are devoid of intellectual curiosity still know how to "get the job done"; they simply prefer to "party hardy" and speak California lingo than to join the ranks of the intelligentsia. I consider myself at the very top of the heap when it comes to my university experience. I was very, very lucky to have chosen UCSB over East Coast liberal arts colleges, UCSC and UCLA, and it has been hard to move on. It has actually distracted me from my current job, which requires intense and sustained concentration. I do sometimes wonder whether I'll ever live things like that again; my mind wanders for a little bit, and then I realize that what UCSB taught is precisely that: MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THINGS! Starting Job: Summer intern/junior analyst, Preparedness: B-, Reputation: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) May 10 2008 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46889&uid=204'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 16    Next

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