University of California, Santa Barbara
About UCSB Colleges: ●College of Creative Studies ●College of Engineering ●College of Letters and Science UCSB runs on the quarter system: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Each quarter lasts about 10 weeks
UCSB Facts ●Mascot: Gaucho ●Almost 50% of students bike from class to class ●Santa Barbara has 6 Nobel Prize winners on it’s faculty ●UCSB has more registered voters than any other college in America
UCSB Admission Admission Rate: 36% GPA: 3.98 SAT: 1860 ACT: 29
UCSB Admissions 17:1 faculty ratio Most popular majors: ●26% Social Sciences ●10% Psychology ●9% Interdisciplinary Studies ●8% Biology ●7% Communications/Journalism
Unique Facilities: nature preserves with research facilities, seawater laboratories, robotics laboratory, free electron laser laboratory UCSB contains its own beach just 5 minutes away from campus Campus Life
Campus Life Continued UCSB has eight residence halls and four dining commons to choose from UCSB contains many sports that are in the NCAA Division 1 league, including: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, and Water Polo
Traditions Extravaganza: A free music festival offered to students in the Spring quarter. Past artists include Drake, Sublime, Ludacris, and Run-DMC Tortilla Attack: During soccer games, it is tradition to throw tortillas on the field when the Gaucho’s score their first goal