Is the Summer Start program That Beneficial?

THE_HAIRY_LEMON
Sat, 26 May 2012 23:55:55 +0000

It’s you again dchau D:

lol

To answer your questions (I did FSSP myself two summers ago). . .


You will be missing something great, yes. But you won’t miss it–your fall quarter here will be great enough on its own.
Dunno if you can stay at UCSB for that week (I just went home for that week). You can, however, find a friend’s place to crash in for that week.
Is that program necessary? Yes and no.


Yes, because summer is the quarter where classes are small, weather is warm, and intimacy between students is at its best. And. . .you are getting a head start in getting accustomed to academic and social life at UCSB.

No, because at the most, you will only be a quarter ahead of your peers, and you can just as easily be accustomed to the academic and social life at UCSB in fall quarter, with the hundreds of fellow freshmen.

In the end. . .you will miss out at all if you refrain from doing FSSP.

But–and I’m sure all the FSSP’ers agree with me–there is that warm feeling from our experience at FSSP that can never be relived again. We all fondly remember our time there. . .