badhairdude

What's there to do in UCSC, for fun, except for partying? Movies, recreation?

bbbf

CCC classes as a senior = added to UC GPA?
I've taken 3 community college courses (as a hs senior). Are the grades I received added to my UC GPA (when I attend in fall '08) or are the credits merely transferred?

Cali Trumpet

To add on to what badhairdude asked, what are some popular student activities except partying.

Are the clubs active? Which ones? Are there groups of kids who hang out alot. Say musicians for example.

I was interested in getting involved in the UCSC newspaper... is there one? Haha. Also, are there clubs that do volunteer service actively?

Any tips and answers to my questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for setting a thread up like this

CAKl

also, do mostly hippie types attend sc, or are there normal kids too. The names of the colleges kind of worry me a little, and ucsc has the sort of hippie reputation

bbbf

disregard my last question..I found the answer.

And now for another:

How does one get involved in student leadership? Do you have to serve on your school's "parliament/government" before you can join the student union assembly? What options are there for an eager freshman who wants to become involved in the campus?

nitrampf3

do you know anything about the social sciences at ucsc? i'm an anthropology major

Vicious

@badhairdude

You can co to the beach, surf, go to the boardwalk (which has rides, a decent arcade, minigolf, and lasertag), go bowling, go rockclimbing (indoor and outdoor), go to the movies, go eat at a restaurant, etc. Once you're 21 you can hit up the bars as well.

@Cali Trumpet

There are many active clubs, too many for me to name in fact. I know of a Film and Video series club, a Bike co-op, a Natural foods co-op, a hiking club, but there are many many more.

There are several UCSC newspapers/journals. The chief paper is City on a Hill Press, which serves as the traditional newspaper for the whole school. There are many others which serve as poetry journals, literary arts journals, and the like.

Many groups of people hang outside. Often I'll see people studying together in a quad, in a grassy knoll, or out on Porter meadow. People hang out and play frisbee, play guitar, and whatnot.

@bbf

Each individual college has its own student covernment (Kresge Parliament, College 9 Senate, etc.), but there is also a student union assembly. I believe a freshman can join the student union assembly without participating in his/her own college's government, but I'm not entirely sure.

@nitrampf3

Google is your friend

http://reg.ucsc.edu/catalog/html/pro...es/anthPS.html

Cali Trumpet

Thanks for the info Vicious. I'll try to get involved in some of those.

badhairdude

How far away are the boardwalks, arcade games etc..walkable?

Vicious

The campus itself is pretty detached from the city, that is, there is nothing in reasonable walking distance from the campus to the city.

If you want to go somewhere in the city and you don't have a car, you have to take the bus to get there. Usually it takes a good 20min to get from campus to the city on a bus.

Cali Trumpet

I'd like to add that the public transportation in Santa Cruz is very good. Much better then I expected. I was able to go to the beach, boardwalk, and downtown Santa Cruz with very little hassle.