UCSB or Purdue (for CS)

calla1
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 04:41:35 +0000

Bouncer, you seem to be equating “social life” with frats and parties, and implying that because few international Indians participate in said fraternities and parties, there must be racism.

I think you are jumping to conclusions based on your definition of a good social life. Many students at UCSB have great social lives and don’t partake in the party scene. Or have their OWN party scene.

OP, I don’t have experience with Purdue either (other than my parents having met there ), so it’s hard to compare. One thought is, UCSB is more chill and live-and-let-live. A previous poster described the team spirit at the football game at Purdue. Well, Santa Barbara doesn’t even have a team! You’re not going to get the same kind of “rah-rah” school spirit. But Gauchos do love their school! Intramural sports are very big. And you get lots of opportunity for water sports, such as kayaking and scuba.