You CAN do all of your work. In addition to having fun with intramural floor hockey and indoor soccer, he is a dedicated fan of water sports, from swimming to sailing. Ariel is living on campus for the second year running. This year, he is a resident of the Oakes apartments. It's much easier to get to class.
Home is the best place to relax, and living on campus is the best way to meet people.
Ariel has a tough time trying to narrow down his list of what he likes best about UC Santa Cruz. And San Francisco, one of the best cities in the world, is less than two hours away. Ariel's college search originally ended at UCSC for financial reasons. I hadn't been able to get a real taste of what any one college was like, so when I received my first financial aid offers, I figured I'd give UCSC a try first. But now that I know what college is like, I can attest for the true opportunities that UCSC has to offer over other schools.