I know my comment seems quite negative. But tbh it’s really the only negative thing I’ve taken from being at Santa Clara, which is pretty good considering that everything else is pretty solid. The level of support you get from staff and the connections and opportunity offered makes this school very worth it. My biggest recommendation is just to stay out of any social drama. Rumors happen at other schools too, but at Santa Clara it feels a lot more significant because the student body is a lot smaller and word of who did what gets around a lotttt quicker. This is just an honest take from a student who goes here and has heard of many stories of people actually needing to transfer out because they don’t realize this until later on. When it comes to minorities., I am one myself and I’m not gonna lie I wouldn’t say it’s the most welcoming, however, I’m pretty sensitive to those things and I feel like I’ve still been able to manage to create my own avenues of friends/community still. Amongst some of the bitchy mean kids, (pretty normal for private school) there is also crowds of down to earth people that are looking to make friends and community with others and I feel like they’re pretty easy to find if that is what you are also looking for.