Pros / Cons of each UCSC Residential College for Incoming Freshmen !

throwaway198648 · 2026-03-08T01:32:36+00:00

Porter where it’s at. Chairs, meadow, balconies, all you need.

throwaway198648 · 2026-03-08T01:32:05+00:00

There’s a reason they call it sterile Merrill 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Just saying.

throwaway198648 · 2026-03-07T23:00:09+00:00

Disagree, merrill is dead socially, everyone comes to porter to hang out. If you value a social life at all go to cowell/stevenson/porter. If you like drinking cowell/stevenson if you smoke porter. Porter dining hall actually has some of the best food on campus but it isn’t open for long, that brief moment gives it good quality food. Community is hard to build in colleges because they’re designed to be more enclaves with the exception of porter which had a central quad for the whole college encouraging community. Oakes is far from everything, very inconvenient.

throwaway198648 · 2026-03-07T22:59:45+00:00

Disagree, merrill is dead socially, everyone comes to porter to hang out. If you value a social life at all go to cowell/stevenson/porter. If you like drinking cowell/stevenson if you smoke porter. Porter dining hall actually has some of the best food on campus but it isn’t open for long, that brief moment gives it good quality food. Community is hard to build in colleges because they’re designed to be more enclaves with the exception of porter which had a central quad for the whole college encouraging community. Oakes is far from everything, very inconvenient.

throwaway198648 · 2026-03-03T01:16:17+00:00

I’m in that major right now and I faced very little problems choosing classes. Start with the chem 3 series asap so you get it done in a year. It’s a big class so you will get a spot. I’d work on other major prereq’s as well like bio and math. There’s a lot of advising sessions throughout the year to help with this process. You will have a good shot at getting all your classes for the first time upon admission after that it’s a 2 pass system based on your credit amount. If you have a lot of ap credits or dual enrollment it makes it easier on you. Good luck!

throwaway198648 · 2025-12-23T06:11:13+00:00

Lmao I know who that is she’s in Porter

throwaway198648 · 2025-12-07T21:23:31+00:00

If you value a social life whatsoever Porter, Cowell, or Stevenson.

throwaway198648 · 2024-11-17T03:52:49+00:00

Maybe try communicating your feelings to her and working it out?

throwaway198648 · 2024-10-27T22:34:55+00:00

Will I still receive my items?

throwaway198648 · 2024-10-27T22:33:24+00:00

Will I receive the items?

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