Is UCSC (UC Santa Cruz) a bad school?
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2022
- I forgot to mention this in the video but this was inspired by Carolyn Chan. She’s made a similar video on this in the past and if you see this Carolyn, wassup! Go sub to her!!
Anyways, here is my two cents on if UCSC is a “bad” school coming from someone who was struggling to choose a college based on the prior assumption. I hope you guys will enjoy it and thanks for watching. :D
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I went to UC Santa Cruz, I then proceeded to go to medical school. UCSC provided me the tools I needed to achieve getting an MD. I would never change where I went to undergraduate in a million years. BTW to the creator of the video, was this filmed in the basement of the McHenry library?
Happy to hear that UCSC provided you with the tools you needed to achieve your goals. :) And this vid was filmed in McHenry but in one of the upper floors 👍
You'll gain the same knowledge no matter what UC school you attend.
This is such a mature way to look at it! Really appreciate this perspective. College is an incredible learning experience no matter where you go
Agreed, thanks for watching :)
Preach, Audrey! Thank you for sharing these pearls of wisdom.
My son is graduating with a BS and a BA from UC Santa Cruz. It offered the right option of majors, undergrad research, and personal guidance from faculty. He was accepted at Princeton for grad school, but opted to go to Berkeley instead. I am very glad he went to Santa Cruz, and depending on your desired major, would not discount it based on “reputation.”
I 100% agree with you. Congrats to your son! I’m glad UCSC was able to give him the resources he needed. Best of luck to him on his grad journey :)
I'm a UC Santa Cruz Alum - Class of 1995. Since then I've been an IT administrator here at UCSC since 1999. I very much appreciate the comments, thoughts, an opinions you've shared with us in this video. A lot of what you say is 100% true. While it is not a Division 1 school, in a more urban setting like UCB or UCLA, there are many aspects of this college that have always made it both unique and wonderful. I've had no regrets being an active member of the UCSC community for the last 33 years. I've loved every minute of it! I grew up in the San Francisco/Bay Area and at the time I graduated from high school in 1991, I was accepted to UCSC, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara. I chose UCSC predominantly for its environment and because of my intended major (Anthropology & Linquistics).
thank you !! i've been watching ur vids all day and they've been v useful :]
Of course! Glad you found them useful :)
Short answer is no. It is a top notch research and liberal arts university but not at the level of a UCLA or UC Berkeley or UCSD or UC Santa Barbara. Also, UCSC is what you make of it. Also, UCSC admission standards are difficult but achievable if anyone's put in the work in high school or community college. My cousin is going to UCSC this fall for his freshman year and is majoring in Mathematics. He wants to become a math teacher (preferably for high school).
thank you. this helps a lot ❤️
Of course, I’m glad it helps :)
very informational, thanks!
Thank you. great content
I’m sorry to hear that UC Santa Cruz has slipped in the rankings. When I was a student there UC Santa Cruz students had the highest entrance exam scores of all the UCs besides UCLA and Berkeley. Acceptance of Santa Cruz grads into graduate school was the highest of any of the UCs, bar none. The down side was it also had the highest drop out rate, but I wasn’t going to let that statistic bother me so long as I hung in and graduated. Finally, it had a world class department in linguistics - my intended major.
Sadly, people did trivialize the no grades/narrative evaluation system. I think it’s a shame they did away with it because written evaluations revealed much more information than a letter grade ever could. But class sizes were smaller then and perhaps that attention to detail couldn’t be sustained.
Besides its idyllic setting, UC Santa Cruz was a truly elite university, in the best possible way, built on the Oxford/Cambridge college model. What do you think has most damaged Santa Cruz’s reputation? How might it be restored?
Great Message!
thanks bro 👍
yw brodie :)
I Love Santa Cruz ❤
I'm sort of worried because I got both UCLA and UCSC but I really don't know if I can handle such a competitive school...and I love the scenery in Santa Cruz...would I be letting myself go if i've worked my butt off in high school to then pick the notoriously "easiest" UC even if I got into UCLA
Hey I can really sympathize with how you feel. I also felt like I had worked really hard in high school with the goal of getting into a prestigious college. However, I reevaluated what was important to me after receiving my offers. What I would recommend is asking yourself what your end goal is. I would say go for what makes the most sense in terms of your financial situation and the outcome you want career-wise. Compare programs for your intended major if you know what you’d like to study, that’s always a good place to start.
It depends on your major, but UCLA has many more course offerings in the humanities. If you are looking for a variety of courses, I would choose UCLA (similar to UCB). The reason of that variety is that UCLA has more funding compared to UCSC. For instance, UCLA's English Department offers more courses than UCSC's Literature program, focusing on English Language.
Therefore, if you are looking for a traditional college education with many course opportunities, I highly recommend UCLA. It is for that reason, I chose UCLA over UCSC.
A note on competitiveness: I have not seen it. Top grades, in my experience, weren't limited.
super good video
Thanks for watching!
I'm starting my freshman year this fall. Go Banana Slugs!
My cousin is starting his freshman year later this month too. He is majoring in Mathematics. He will be taking Math 19A/Calculus 1, Chem 3A/General Chemistry 1 and Writing 1 this fall. He got into this school with a 3.95 weighted GPA (he took many honors and AP classes and passed a couple of AP exams) and had strong extracurricular activities and came from a low income family. If he did not get into UCSC, he would have flip flopped between attending UCR or community college.
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Sadly college is a privilege
Yes sadly :(
Bro if it’s a stoner school then I think I’ll fit right in
same
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Unfortunately, they are all true !!
Im in UCSC rn, prestige aside, the admin/provost hates us, we’re understaffed, classes are never offered often enough, with class sizes that are too big for professors to handle, and all the programs/departments are degenerating 😂 The housing issue is also horrible. Maybe, I’m a doomer, but I wouldn’t recommend going here to anyone else at the moment.
I can see where you’re coming from in terms of limited resources. My only tidbit to add would be that unfortunately some or all of the issues you’ve stated can be applicable to the other UCs depending on the campus which sucks for the students for sure. Some of these issues are ones the school cannot solve on their own and require the campuses, cities, and California as a whole working together to address them but I know some are more impacted by these matters than others and it can be frustrating
Don’t come to UCSC