Any UCSB Transfers?

Anonymousity
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:00:46 +0000

I’m currently attending a CCC and ucsb is one of my hopeful destinations to transfer to. While I’ve heard of countless fun success stories from people who were there as freshmans, I havn’t heard much from transfer students. I’m looking for a school that combines a quality education along with an awesome social life and college experience (that I hopefully wont miss out on, even though I will not be there the first two years), and I feel UCSB suits me accordingly. To any UCSB transfer, I have a few questions.


Where else were you accepted to (if you applied anywhere else) and what compelled you to attend UCSB?
What are the options for housing as a transfer and where did you end up (and how did you enjoy it obviously)? Why did you choose that choice of housing (assuming you had a choice) over the others? How were your roomates, if any?
Were events for transfer students frequent? and how successful were they in getting you accustomed to a new environment and meeting new people?
As a transfer student, were you still able to study and party and make a lot of new friends? I imagine that a lot of the fire of going crazy and outgoing is lost after freshman and sophomore year, but were you still able to have an enjoyable and memorable “college experience?”