• At the start of the academic year, the college hosts something called Cornucopia where all the clubs advertise themselves.
• There are many clubs at UCSC with various topics and events.
• Out campus has two libraries, an athletic center, and a health center. UCSC takes part in soccer, tennis, and swimming.
• There are also clubs related to religion and culture so there are many cultural events everywhere.
   

• For my freshman year, you have to take on-campus housing as it is required. You also have to get a meal plan.
• The prices are on the UCSC website. My sophomore year, I applied to on-campus apartments and got a room.
• My current rent is 1400 monthly. There are no utility payments and there are 6 people in my apartment. There is a living room. kitchen, two large triple bedrooms with 3 people in each room, and a bathroom.
• The on-campus housing is very nice and convenient. Housing in Santa Cruz is a very difficult thing to find. Students that are lucky stay on campus. Or else, they have to find places of campus. It is the same for Indian students.

• The University of California system has many campuses; you can check them out on Wikipedia. I am on the Santa Cruz campus.
• There are two fairly well-equipped libraries. There's a gym, swimming pool, track, and field facilities. Our college is not known much for sports, but I've heard the volleyball team is pretty good.
• We do have a pretty cool and edgy student newspaper called Fishrap.

• I applied for the university's Graduate Student Housing programme and got it.
• $1400 includes internet, water, electricity, and parking
• I personally did not face a lot of challenges. But for students in the Master's program, getting a place in university housing is difficult so they have to search for off-campus housing in Santa Cruz. I've heard this is expensive, and the rents off-campus are also $1400, but WITHOUT utilities.
• GSH is literally next to the Baskin Engineering building where my classes and lab are located.

• There are many colleges
  1. Cowell stevenson college
  2. Merill college
  3. John R lewis college
  4. Jack baskin school of engineering
  5.kresge college
  6. Rachel carson college
  7. Oaks College.
• There are also 3 libraries in the campus.
• We celebrate Diwali, Holi, and also several Bollywood nights and movie nights in the college. There will be graduate student commons every first week of the month where every graduate student may get together at a pizza place and get beer and pizza.

• Finding accommodation in Santa Cruz is the hardest. It is ranked worst in the entire US.
• However, using sites like Zillow, Placeforrent, fb market place helps a lot. The best case is to contact seniors to see if anyone is graduating and take their spot and items, which will be significantly cheaper and save time.
• My monthly rent when I came from India without any help from seniors was 1100 dollars. But after 1 year, I was able to find housing for 800 dollars. It is best to take advice from people who have been in the area before making a deal.
• Since the college housing is not adequate in numbers, you can expect to live at least 4-5 miles from campus and travel by bus.

my first year of college presents a lot of new experiences living away from home meeting new people and managing your own time. prepare for life on campus by figuring out what to bring. how to handle challenging circumstances and what you can do to manage your workload. The infrastructure is very nice and very clean. the library is very big and lots of books are available

The main type of accommodation. such as dormitories, shared apartments or single apartments, and living with local families. students can choose the best option based on their personal needs, budget, and choices.

I initially wanted to be a computer science: video game design major and it is the only UC that offers it as a major. Location is also great because it is close to where I live so I get to save on housing.