My chances for UC Santa Barbara. Would really appreciate some feedback!

BusyEconSB
Tue, 06 May 2008 00:22:51 +0000

I understand where Wusupieboy is coming from. Spending between 30k and 50k a year on tuition is rough regardless of the school. If you really want to go the CC route it doesn’t seem like you would have much further to go given the amount of AP courses and CC courses you already have.

Santa Barbara CC would be my suggestion if you go since it’s so near the UCSB campus. The first two years of college are mainly an advanced repeat of high school courses anyway. Many of the profs from UCSB also teach as adjunct profs. part-time. Don’t feel bad if you save a little money while getting the same education as your future peers. I went to SMC and I had Profs from USC, UCLA, LMU, and many other schools from the area. It really isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

Another plus is that if you do well enough you may make yourself eligible for a regents scholarship, or some other academic merit that can help you with your upper division costs.