University of California-Santa Cruz Top Questions

Stereotypes: students do drugs, especially shrooms, LSD and pot. There are a lot of hippies. We are artsy and into the environment.

They're all hippies, they smoke ridiculous amounts of weed, they are dirty, very liberal, environmentally concerned.

The stereotypes i've heard about the school itself is that it isn't very prestigous and the students who attend UCSC are stoner hippies. There are also stereotypes about specific colleges: college 8 is the preppy college/santa barbara rejects, porter is the artsy college, oakes is the diverse college...those are just a few that i've heard of.

That they are all pot smoking hippies that care about the environment.

When UCSC comes to people's minds, the first thing they think of is stoner. Second is Hippie, and after that I have no idea.

We're all pot-smoking hippies who live in the forest and have class naked in the trees. UCSC is a hyper-liberal school where other viewpoints aren't respected.

Easy School, stoner students, beautiful campus,

The rumor is that we are hippies to the first degree with all of the symptoms: sandal-wearing, excessing pot-smoking (along with general "drug use", and drum circle hosting.

UCSC students are all stoners. UCSC students slack off and don't go to classes. UCSC students are against the long-range-development project. UCSC students are liberal.

that everyone smokes a lot of pot

Students at UCSC are often characterized as hippies, tree-huggers and liberals. They students dress funny, smell funny and they do not eat meat. Too many of the students are laid back, they do not care about grades and always smoke weed. There are two dynamics that you would have to get used to if you were a student--the southern california element and the northern california element. There seems to be a competition posed by NorCal students that believe it is better than southern california. Each student tried to distance them the other and you can distinctly tell who is from the South and the North by the way that they dress.

A lot of people think that UCSC students are potheads, partiers, and hippies. There is also a common-held belief that UCSC students aren't the brightest students.

Some stereotypes about students include the fact that EVERYONE smokes pot and/or does hard drugs at least on a weekly basis. the UCSC way of life is basically chill out as much as possible, and pass your classes. People are political and when they care about a cause, they're committed. Many people here are laid back and don't really sweat the small stuff. Students from UCSC would probably say the campus is full of LIBERAL hippies, VEGETARIANS/VEGANS, lesbians and "science geeks." Same goes for people in the city of Santa Cruz. When one hear the words UCSC, what may come to mind are hippies walking around barefoot, perhaps eating leaves from a bush. Facebook groups have been created under the impression that people at UC Santa Cruz don't shower/shower only once a week. I have gotten "UCSC is a summer camp!" The air is pretty clean. UCSC is not diverse! People think that there aren't any other ethnicities of people that go here..there are but it's very limited. People also think that many of the students who go here are wealthy as apparently this is the second most expensive UC to come to. UCSC students are often characterized as being the rejects of other UCs such as SB, SD, LA and Berkeley. Because UCSC is divided into a "college system" there are often stereotypes that are attached to the students affilated with certain colleges. One's I've heard: College Nine and College Ten: College Nineteen (denoting that the two colleges are one entity and do not have separate identities, which they do.) preppy,"Abercrombie/Hollister type" kids are supposedly attracted to this college. Nerdy asians. everyone here is from southern california. The colleges are referred to as the UCSC country club as they are the newest on campus. best thing about college nine and ten is they have the international living center, where all the cool international kids stay. plus the colleges are in prime real estate: the center of campus, literally close to everything important Crown: science geeks, emo/loner kids. everyone here is a bio/physics/engineering, etc. major. it's cold i.e. people aren't too friendly with each other. people keep to themselves. Merrill: largest hispanic population aside from oakes college. many lesbians reside here. "sterile merrill"-i'm not sure exactly what this means but I have heard that people there do so many drugs they're apparently "sterile". has a nice koi pond and garden. Cowell-best food on campus, oldest/worst dorms, the epitome of white america. unusual to see anyone here who isn't blond haired, blue-eyed. one of the best views of the bay. Stevenson-Jewish student's dream (everyone there is jewish). nicest apartments on campus. core course is a kiiller since it's all year as opposed to everyone else's one quarter course. Kresge-the hippie college. trailer park is on kresge grounds so the trailer park residents kinda get lumped in with hippies. again, lots of white people but a few other people of color. Porter-hippie college #2. art and theater are HUGE here. this college probably has the highest concentration of people smoking pot at any given time over the other colleges. sucky dorms, even worse bathrooms. don't forget your shower shoes unless you want to get foot fungus! College 8-sister college to cowell. lots of white people. a bunch of environmentalists. people that didn't know which college to choose are here. an odd ratio of more girls to boys at the college Oakes-in the boonies of UCSC. The most "diverse" of all of the colleges, primarily because probably 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the Black and hispanic populations of the school live there. a lot of "cool" asians are here as well. white people seem to stick out like a sore thumb. Oakes is somewhat seen as the reject college, or the college the school didn't want to build because people are racist and that's what most of the minority populations were attracted to.

The stereotypes about UCSC students include being very politically activist, liberal, hippie, pot smoking people who enjoy the forest.

That it is not a rigorous school and that it is full of hippies.

everyone cliams there's stereotypes, but I would rather ignore those and pay attention to the individual.

UCSC is often stereotyped as a party school full of hippies and liberals

they're hippies. they all smoke pot

rich, white nad stoners

Hippies, liberals.

Its full of hippies and tree huggers and people smell. Its very liberal and the classes are as well.

SOme stereotypes are that we are all stoners, and hippies. Thats not true, also people think UCSC is an easy school but its just as demanding as any other UC.

Stoners, environmentalists, protesters, hippies.

We surf and smoke a lot of marijuana.

Everyone's heard the "hippie" stereotype, which isn't completely true. Authentic hippies died out, i believe...because everyone here is really cool as long as you're non-judgmental and have a laid back personality. One thing to remember though, if you happen to be conservative or a registered Republican, keep it to yourself. You can fit in with anyone anywhere, but a majority will place a stigma on your forehead if you come out of the political closet. Santa Cruz is full of great people, and is a really relaxed environment. Just remember what you're here to do, and don't plan on playing football or wrestling.

That we're all a bunch of stupid hippies! People think that 100 percent of us are pot-smoking, tree-hugging, liberal-minded morons. Also, a lot of people think that it's the 'easy' UC and that we're not as smart on average as other college students.

Everyone assumes that the large hippy movement that took place in santa cruz a few decades ago is still prominent. There are some people who never shave, eat grass out of paper bags, and wear all the flowy hippy clothing, but that is only part of our student body. We also have a reputation for being the easiest of the UC campuses, the low one on the totem pole.