10 things to know before you start at UCSC

[@sof8897]

rip campus tour :(

[@nailahsmith3301]

rightt?!? im trying to decide between 2 schools and this is my best resource at this point 😅

[@taddk.6883]

yep :/

[@lmaohaver7403]

Yeah :/ I was supposed to go during the summer

[@kylevanslyke4463]

I’m making one! It will be done in a couple weeks!

[@weaesq]

If you rent/move a small refrigerator/microwave into a UCSC room, you will likely need one 9 or 10 foot 14AWG (15 amp) appliance cord and one 9 foot or 10 foot outdoor 14AWG (15 amp) extension cord. The rental companies do not provide them. The local ACE hardware in Santa Cruz ran out of the 9 foot appliance cords the first week. Parents, buy them and bring with you. You cannot use two appliance cords in the same outlet because they usually have a perpendicular plug end that interferes with the other outlet. One plug can be perpendicular (appliance) while the other is a straight plug (outdoor extension) or both can be straight plugs. Lower than 15 amp cords are not acceptable.

[@JorgeGarcia-ns4ny]

This is a very good video. I have watched plenty and she is the only one that provides specifics regarding the bus. Very helpful.

[@emmakessner]

Thank you so much for all the helpful information- I'm an incoming freshman and will be moving in soon! The bus section was especially helpful :)

[@Daniela-dh8mv]

girl tell me what happened

[@Daniela-dh8mv]

its been 3 years

[@williamt882]

I'm moving in today and I can't wait!

[@annagrossi1873]

Thank you!!! I'm moving in next month and I'm super excited :)

[@DariaMorgendorffer99]

It is hard to get completely off campus and enjoy what Santa Cruz has to offer. Please try to make it down to Steamers Lane, Natural Bridges and 41st if u can.

[@BohorquezL]

Hiii! I really enjoyed the video, thanks for all the information. I don't even know if one day I'll be able to go there but I dream of it. I am from Colombia, South America and well it is pretty hard to find financial aid, I want to go to do the master of biological sciences in ecology and evolutionary biology and I really feel close to it by watching this videos, lol so dumb. Thanks for your motivation and dedication, it is really helpful and I hope you are doing great !

[@wavenalexander]

You're so sweet and I really hope you get the chance to go here! :)

[@lailavillegas9754]

extremely helpful, thank you!

[@chrith2315]

Anyone trying to be friends, enrolling this fall, It’s 10 hours away from me so I don’t know anyone going

[@miag.68]

im 6 hours away with no friends! hey!

[@brettchavez9627]

mia g. 6 hours for me too

[@chrith2315]

Where you guys from?

[@miag.68]

TheFatCow17 Im from socal, you guys?

[@brettchavez9627]

mia g. SoCal, IE

[@Karen-ef8pl]

I love this and all of your content

[@wavenalexander]

Thank you!

[@sanjanapaul4385]

Super helpful, thanks for the information!

[@selena4723]

I would really like to go to UCSC but the buses worry me since I haven’t taken public transportation 😳

[@sanjanapaul4385]

the Saturn café is sooo good

[@captainleo1343]

How’s the social life tho? Like is it all just academics or are there ppl who like to have fun too?

[@cassie2771]

thank you so much for the bus information!!

[@alaijahsj1542]

Thanks for this!!!

[@DA-gd4yw]

i like how u say pls thank the bus driver.

[@alyssarosefava]

Thanks super helpful!!

[@Jessicascleaningtips]

NO Housing after Sophomore year 😫

[@isabellenguyen3385]

how big are your classes? do you have super impacted lectures?

[@wavenalexander]

My intro classes my first year were the biggest, gen chem 1a was around 500, but my more specific major classes are 20-50 and most of my classes now, even if they're more general, are around 100-200 people.

[@Jessicascleaningtips]

300 to 400 according to my student

[@aaronius4444]

What would be the best college for Marine/Animal Bio?

[@aleidadiaz-roque6990]

What was you math class your freshman year??

[@wavenalexander]

I took Math 11B (biocalc) with Eastman during fall quarter

[@snehayalavarti4522]

Are the freshman required to live on campus?

[@DariaMorgendorffer99]

No.

[@ezekielsalazar1431]

When my mom went, freshman were required to live on campus, but the application now let’s you choose between university housing and off campus housing. I think the most important thing to take note of is that freshman are *guaranteed* housing

[@wavenalexander]

No, but like Ezekiel said freshmen are guaranteed housing and finding housing in sc can be pretty difficult especially if you don't have people to live with. But I know some ppl who are from sc so they just live at home, even their first year.

[@katheriner3121]

Wave Moretto I’m going to be a freshman and I’m likely going to live off campus, do you think it’s fairly easy to use the bus transportation to get to campus?