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By Gender Male C+ Female B-   By Major Anthropology C- Art & Design Department F Astronomy B Biology B- Business - Management and Administration B- Chemistry B Computer Science D Economics B Education F Electrical Engineering B- English C Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc C- Genetics A+ Geography and Geosciences B History/Histories (art history/etc.) B Math B Other C+ Perfomance Arts B- Philosophy A- Physics B- Political Science B- Preparatory B+ Psychology B- Social Work A Sociology B- Undecided C+ Urban Planning F

Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. University of California -- Santa Cruz  B- Average of All Schools  C+ Average of schools in class  B- University of California -- Santa Barbara  B+ University of California -- Los Angeles  B University of California -- Davis  C University of California -- San Diego  B- San Diego State University  B+ University of California -- Berkeley  B California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo  B- F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... Santa Cruz is a beautiful city, but people usually either love it or hate it ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... A lot of people from metropolitan areas, [the city, L ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Driving 40 minutes away to the next local city that has convenience stores, and shopping malls in order to by the normal essentials of life ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I think the whole environment of Santa Cruz (city and university) allow for a lot of personal learning, exploration and growth ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Many locals are still bitter about the role the campus has in city life and would be much happier if it disappeared altogether ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Santa Cruz is a small expensive city with hardly any housing on or off campus ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Even with the benefit of friends, parties are often the activity of choice because it's difficult to get off campus- we are far removed from t...” [Read full comment]

 

“... If you're from the city, or come from a metroplitan environment, then UCSC is not for you ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Well, shoot, I'm from the City, so whatya expect ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... UC Santa Cruz sucks, dont come here, its a boring city filled with stupid closed minded people who think left wing liberals know everything ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Santa Cruz, the city itself, is not a big city if that's what you are looking for, but downtown is still a lot of fun: bars, clubs, coffee s...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Currently, I am a Film and Digital Media major, and a transfer student from City College of San Francisco ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I hated it here for the first couple of months, but now my appreciation for the environment/vibe of the school as well as for the city grows with...” [Read full comment]

 

“... the town of santa cruz also might not exactly be right for some people since its a very liberal and grungy city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Santa Cruz is a cool city of about 60,000 people, with lots of stuff to do, especially if you like the outdoors ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I came to UCSC as a transfer student from New York City ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Currently I live in New York City where I'm a museum curator ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I would give the school a 9/10 only because there is not much of a city life, but there's always the beach ...” [Read full comment]

   

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