Kevin Stanley Period 3 Davis “UCSB Campus”
Why UCSB? Right along the beach - countless opportunities to surf, skim board, and enjoy the magnificent view. “UCSB Campus”
About the campus On the Pacific Ocean and coastal mountains acre campus. Friendly and welcoming student body. “UC Santa Barbara Campus” “UCSB – Our Campus”
What it takes to get in Average high school GPA for incoming freshman: 3.96 Average ACT score: 27. Average SAT score: % finished in the top 10% of their high school class rank “UCSB GPA Requirements” “UCSB Admissions”
Application Process To apply, go to the UCSB home website and pay application fee of $60. Include transcript which contain my ACT/SAT scores, my GPA, class rank. An essay about myself, including personal qualities, talents and abilities, extra curricular activities, and work experience. Essay is crucial: it can either make or break your chances of being accepted to the school. “UCSB Admissions”
Fees/Expenses Annual costs for an undergrad comes to $26,000 for an in-state resident, $45,000 for out-of-state resident. Track scholarship possibly? I will most likely need to look into financial assistance programs. “Search- University of California: Santa Barbara” “Financial Aid-UCSB”
My Major Major in Business Economics. Business Economics focuses on how people choose their resources; develops skills in: logical thought used in solving problems, observation and inference from data; presenting ideas in compelling writing and speech. With a major in Business, I can choose a wide variety of careers. Bachelor’s degree. “Economics- UC Santa Barbara General Catalog”
Student Life Beach and mountains. 250 active clubs and organizations Party. Did I mention party? “UCSB Campus Organization” “UCSB Review”
The Negatives Students party 24-7 and have reputations of having STD’s. Partying to hook-up with people is not my thing. UCSB no big on sports, and I am a sports fanatic. They do not even have a football team! “UCSB Review”
Final Decision -UCSB offers a phenomenal education and a dream location -Can’t handle lack of sports and the party atmosphere.
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