University of California, Santa Barbara

About UCSBColleges:● College of Creative Studies● College of Engineering● College of Letters and ScienceUCSB 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: 3.98SAT: 1860ACT: 29

UCSB Admissions

17:1 faculty ratioMost 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 laboratoryUCSB contains its own beach just 5 minutes away from campus

Campus Life

Campus Life ContinuedUCSB has eight residence halls and four dining commons to choose fromUCSB 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

TraditionsExtravaganza: A free music festival offered to students in the Spring quarter. Past artists include Drake, Sublime, Ludacris, and Run-DMCTortilla Attack: During soccer games, it is tradition to throw tortillas on the field when the Gaucho’s score their first goal