Santa Clara or UCSD?

sweetkidsmom
Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:44:33 +0000

UCSD is nice in that it is set up in small colleges. Instead of one big spralling campus like UCLA. This keeps the classes smaller and the setting your in smaller. My son is at UCSC and the two schools are set up the same. You are assigned to a college, where you are sort of home based for your major. The dorms are like any other school, my son elected to move off campus because the school could not adequatly provide for his special diet, but also the dorms are noisy. Once your through fresh and soph years things settle down and you aren’t as interested in the party noisy atmosphere. Living off campus was a great move for our son. His house is beautiful, kitchen has a view of Monterrey Bay and granite counters, hard wood floors, five bedrooms and three bathrooms, fireplace. He has a nicer house( 3000 sq feet) than we do and ours is nice but small.(1560 sq ft). Depending on your major you could be there for 5 years. You could pick up classes in the summer sessions too to help with that.