UCSB vs UMiami

jakey54
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:12:21 +0000

You could find negative stories from UMiami or UCSB, but they aren’t the majority. Both Umiami and UCSB are regarded as universities where students are generally happy with their undergraduate experience.

Your main differences are private vs public and Coral Gables/Miami vs Santa Barbara.
UM has more people from NY and Jersey, UCSB more from California. The “typical” student at both UM and UCSB is the same- Preppy, lively, outgoing, attractive, and bright. Though I think Umiami would probably offer a larger variety of students and more students that defy the typical than UCSB might.

Academics are very comparable and social scene is somewhat comparable too.

Both schools have a vibrant and evident party scene, but these days UCSB is probably more of a party school than UM. Though, neither of these two schools are genuine party schools, because academics are pretty demanding at both. UCSB partying is frats and house parties, UM partying is more bars and clubs, with some house parties too.

Socially at UCSB your pretty enclosed and limited to university related events. Socially at UM you have school events but also a lot going on in Miami, should you need a break from the college scene.

Also UCSB is quarter system whereas UM is semester. Also UCSB has no football team, UM does. All things to think about…

Personally I’d go with UM but they are similar in a lot of respects and it mostly boils down to preference - there’s not a clear, undisputed frontrunner.