The University of California - Santa Barbara

Date: Apr 27 2004
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
I'm an out of state student who will leave at the end of the year. To keep it simple:

PROs

beautiful location = right next to the beach

temperate, warm weather = rarely rains, lots of sun

friendly professors

better night life than most colleges (based in comparisson to my friends' schools)

not too much work

CONs

people here…not too much diversity, hardly anyone interesting, 99% moderates

Isla Vista, the night life center gets old

in the boonies!

too relaxed; the slow pace of life puts me to sleep

feeling that people are just slow and dull

too many non-questioning "liberals"

too much hype for party scene; it's very wattered down

Note: I come from the east and I had high hopes for this school. My main gripes are the student body and being so far away from cities. I must point out, however, that many people love this school for the very reasons I don't. They feel that the student body is "chill" and that the isolated community is intimate. My advice is that if you went to a relatively quiet high school (didn't go out each weekend night) and like the idea of stereotypical "Socal" life, you will like this place a lot; it is very exciting for most, just not me.