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My friend and I (both 20F) are going into our junior year, and we were able to score in on-campus housing our first two years. But now that we've had to undertake off-campus housing, we haven't been able to score anything, and that's not for a lack of trying. We established that we can't really share a room because my friend has OCD and needs those accommodations. Since it's already July, I'm starting to get concerned because it's hard to tour places since I am working in the Bay Area, and my friend is abroad all summer, so Im the one who has to really make sure this gets done before September. Overall, im wondering how cooked we are at this point and if we will even be able to find a space with our specific asks, so I can adjust accordingly. Has anyone found housing this late? And if so, are there any tips?

Hello everyone, Im an incoming freshman (affiliated w oakes college) and I was wondering if I could bring my kit. I don't plan on playing on it in my dorm. Is it allowed?

guys what is the first year like at ucsc? i’m affiliated with porter etc and majoring in cognitive science

Hi all! I’m in summer session with housing in Stevenson and I was wondering if anyone knew about parking enforcement on Stevenson service rd. It’s right by the provost parking and I see a few cars parked without a visible permit and they haven’t been ticketed for a while. It’s a small lot with maybe 10 spaces, does anyone know if this gets patrolled by TAPS?

I’m an incoming freshman going into stem and chose Crown as my dorm. I chose it cause it’s close to Science Hill but didn’t hear about the hill until after I was assigned. Is it really that bad?

hihi If anyone has a house and is looking for roommates, is subleasing their place, or is looking for someone to take over their lease, please let me know! ty!! 🤗

Hey, any incoming freshman also having trouble with the official transcript status still saying required? Parchment sent an email a few weeks back saying that UCSC should have already received my transcript. Anybody else on the same page?

Hello! Incoming freshman here!

Me and my roommate group are wondering if the dorms have vacuums that we’ll be able to borrow once in a while to clean our dorm or if we need to bring our own. We’re in college 9 if that makes a difference

Thanks!

I drove almost 5 hours today to see the school. I’m touring the art department at UCSC today and the housing tour I had cancelled last minute (of course) so now I’ll have a lot of free time before I head home. Anyone have any ideas of places to stop? (I already went to the boardwalk as I had an interview there.)

EDIT: I’m home now, had an amazing time. Thanks for all the suggestions you guys are the realest.
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I’m leaving this post up to collect fun things to do during my time at UCSC.

Hey guys, I am currently going into my 3rd year and going off campus for the first time. I heavily rely on FAFSA, and I am worried about how I am going to pay for rent and everything. I am looking at places with rent around $1100-1300 a month plus utilities. My SAI is -1500 (the absolute lowest) on FAFSA, so I get the max amount of money. Is anyone else in a similar situation or has been in a similar situation? I want to know how big of a refund I should expect and if anyone else has had trouble paying rent even with the refund. Please let me know!!

Hello! I am an incoming UCSC freshman and my SIR appeal was accepted, so I need to start making a decision on what campus, housing, and meal plan to choose. I intend to do a single or a double in dorms, but I'd like recommendations on what things to choose. If it helps to know, I'm majoring in psychology, I would like to take my car (if possible), and I won't have any family out there, so I want to be able to meet a ton of people. Also, the conditional financial aid offer contains my estimated housing expenses, correct? So, I would just subtract my gift aid from my cost of attendance total (I don't intend to take up loans if I can help it). Any advice/help is appreciated :)

For me, I wish there were Geography/GIS and Political Economy

Is this schedule manageable? I have not taken AP chem in high school. Or will taking CSE-20 in first quarter instead of chem 3A set me back ( I got a 3 on AP Csa)?

I am nuero-divergent and this would be my first time away from home. So don’t want to be overwhelmed in the first quarter itself but also do not want to set myself up for delay or a tougher subsequent quarter.

Also, any suggestions on professors for these courses from below? Thanks!

Math 19A - Pan J , Katznelson JR

Chem 3A - Weiss PS, Brison CM, Johnston AR

CSE 20 - Yue H, Paten BJ, Paranjape IA, Munishkina LA

JRLC1 - any suggestions?

I am transferring to UCSC from a community college and sent my transcript electronically through Parchment. UCSC admissions got back to me telling me that they have only received my IGETC, and not my full transcript. When I originally sent my transcript, I selected IGETC under additional credentials thinking that this was in addition to my regular transcript. If I send my transcript again through Parchment, this time without selecting IGETC, would this send just my main transcript? Had anyone else had this problem?

I registered for the info session today but slept through it lmao
Are there any vids on how to study for it?