(UCSC/UC-Santa Cruz) This was my dream school

Educational Quality	A-	Faculty Accessibility	A-
Useful Schoolwork	B+	Excess Competition	B+
Academic Success	B+	Creativity/ Innovation	B
Individual Value	C	University Resource Use	C+
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+	Friendliness	A-
Campus Maintenance	C	Social Life	D-
Surrounding City	D-	Extra Curriculars	C-
Safety	C

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Female

Quite Bright

Social Life	D-

Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+

She cares more about Social Life than the average student.

Date: Dec 04 2010
Major: (This Major's Salary over time)
This was my dream school. Until I got in. And I read these types of websites, and read these types of comments where people said it was a negative experience, and I thought mine would be differnet. It was not. Pleaseeee consider the "negative" comments before you committ. There is absolutely NO social life here. No parties. Ever. Now I'm not saying that college is all about partying, but I mean come on, it has to play SOME sort of role. The people here are nice, yes, but it is so hard to make lasting friendships with people outside of the dorms. You are basically stuck with the people living in the close vicinity of your dorm. Also, the people here loooove that there is the stereotype of "hippie weed smokers". I can not tell you how many people I've met that pretend they're stoners just to fit in. The town of Santa Cruz seems appealing, until you spend real time there. There are homeless people everywhere, beggars on the street, people who just generally look sketchy. Yea, it's cool to say you live in a beach town. But not cool to actually LIVE in a beach town. Overall, I regret coming here. It had been my dream school for years, now I am not even sticking it out for a year. For every pro I could think of, there is at least two cons. I'm sorry if this review goes against everything you perceived about UCSC, but it is simply not worth the outrageous $8,000 each QUARTER to attend here. The education you will receive is nothing special. You will get the same out of attending a JC for two years then transferring to somewhere worthwhile.

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