University of California-Santa Barbara Top Questions

somewhat; there is a lot of partying and a drug presence but that with a majority of colleges. and yes UCSB is the "whitest" UC

No, see above.

yes, but they are a little extreme

Unfortunately, these stereotypes are incorrect, or at least from what I can percieve. Most all students who attend this university have an above average gpa, are involved in many extracarriculars, and know how to balance their academic and social lives.

for some, yes. There is a lot of partying that goes on, but not ALL the time. You can choose not to go out, if that's how you feel.

Not at all! Coming here opened my eyes to how different people actually are! There are the beautiful people that people expect, but most of those people are more dedicated to their work than the others. If you want you can go drink any night of the week, but doing that for 2 weeks results in a need for seriously hibernation.

No! It's definitely a different way of life out here, life is good! Everyone knows how to have a good time and stuff is always going on. But people I meet here are brilliant. Students just balance out how much we have to study with how much we like to have fun! I'd say a majority of people are super involved, work, go abroad, and there a lot who double major.

A little, we do party a lot but school is really hard and the students here are very smart.

Both of these are accurate. D.P. (Del Playa), is packed nearly every day of the week. Don't let anyone tell you that UCSB is not a party school, because they're lying. Just keep in mind that nearly every other University in America parties just as hard.

Not really. Some students do party a lot, but many people get good grades, or else they wouldn't be here.

for some people but not many

Yes, in the Greek system at least.

Somewhat--Students here definitely party hard but they work really hard too. It's amazing to see how smart and hard-working some students are in your class who you happened to see blacked out at a party the night before.

No way...we all had to get the grades to get into the school in the first place. We are ambitious and UCSB has so many great programs that it would be a waste to party it all away. But don't get me wrong, we do like to party. We're pro at balancing.

Don't think so. Although some people like to party we usually keep it from Thursday until Saturday. I've also heard that CalState Long Beach is better known for having STDs than we are. We are smart students who live in a community with city college students. We get a bad rep because those students party much more than we do but they live in close proximity to us.

For some, yes. For the majority, no. I think that although by percentage we may be predominately a white campus, this doesn't mean that everyone is. We have a diverse campus of difference ethnicities, as well as different backgrounds and interests. And while having a strong social calander may be part of UCSB, most students take their classes seriously...otherwise, we wouldn't be here!

Somewhat - I feel that there's probably a lot more drinking/raging here than on other campuses ... but it IS college. There are mostly skinny people around, but there are enough fat college kids that I don't get too depressed over my own not-so-perfect body.

to a degree. yes, we party hard, btu we also are really smart and it is not a joke school, you have to be smart to get into here. and there are a lot of pretty people hre but evyerone is really chill and laid back and nice.

I believe that every university/college parties in some form or other, and most people are too arrogant to admit that. The fact that UCSB parties is the truth is totally acceptable; the fact that people look down on us just for that reason is not acceptable.

to an extent