santa barbara city college

NorthernCalMother
Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:27:23 +0000

There’s a SBCC thread someplace on CC – not sure where.

My son went to SBCC and loved it. It offers a manageable size, a sense of community, absolutely gorgeous location, engaged faculty, good transfer services. My son’s now a senior @ UCSB set to graduate in June. He chose SBCC because he wanted to go to UCSB so much and didn’t get in.

As a parent, I had mixed feelings. When I complained that son dropped a class, he said, “I can’t believe you’re mad about this – other people in my (SBCC/UC) dorm have fdropped ALL their classes, and they’re just partying.” This is not what a parent wants to hear.

However, he seems to have been well-prepared for UC and points out, correctly, that SBCC never gave him the administrative problems UC has (lost records, no advisor – STILL --, closed classes, even as a graduating senior).

Try to visit and talk to students.