The University of California - Santa Cruz
Breakdown of “Social Life” at UCSC/UC-Santa Cruz
By Gender
| Males | B- |
| Females | B- |
By Major
| Anthropology | C+ |
| Art & Design Department | C- |
| Astronomy | C+ |
| Biology | B- |
| Business - Management and Administration | B+ |
| Chemistry | C- |
| Computer Science | C |
| Economics | B |
| Education | F |
| Electrical Engineering | B+ |
| English | C+ |
| Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | D+ |
| Genetics | A+ |
| Geography and Geosciences | B |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B |
| Math | B+ |
| Mechanical Engineering | C |
| Other | C- |
| Perfomance Arts | A |
| Philosophy | A- |
| Physics | B |
| Political Science | B- |
| PreMed and Medical | A+ |
| Preparatory | A+ |
| Psychology | C+ |
| Social Work | A+ |
| Sociology | C |
| Undecided | C- |
| Video/Media | C- |
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Social Life
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The recent budget cuts have not been kind to the social science/humanitites departments, (where my two majors are), and funding for many other ...Read full comment
“... Social life is almost dead in between every college ...Read full comment
“... My social group includes a buncha girls like myself and the boys are lackin in attractiveness ...Read full comment
“... You cannot afford to be shy during your first week here- you will end up having a very hard time integrating yourself socially thereafter ...Read full comment
“... You won't randomly come across parties, you want to be social and outgoing if you want to network and have a good time ...Read full comment
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While many consider UCSC to be a "party school", I am sad to say that the party life here is barely existent; there are a few places downtown,...Read full comment
“... I was a politically liberal but socially inhibited socal kid and Santa Cruz has definitely changed me ...Read full comment
“... It's tough if you're looking for a really active social life -- especially if you live on campus and don't have a car (then you're stuck) ...Read full comment
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The UC is very forward-thinking and socially conscious ...Read full comment
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SOCIAL LIFE
If you're bent on the "college experience" like in the movies, you won't like UCSC ...Read full comment
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Social Life: People are friendly in general ...Read full comment
“... People who say there is no social life, are obviously not looking in the right places ...Read full comment
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Social life is tough because it is pretty much a city on a hill ...Read full comment
“... I consider it miles above UCR, UCM, and UCI in terms of social life and on par with UCI and UCSB in academics ...Read full comment
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The teaching style is very laid back, with a strong focus on self-oriented learning and a teaching style that encourages self growth rather th...Read full comment
“... There is absolutely NO social life here ...Read full comment
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As a transfer student, social opportunities were a bit limited and difficult to get involved in, so I felt lucky to have known several people...Read full comment
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As for its social aspects, the school makes quite an effort to have events going on -all the time- ...Read full comment
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