Santa Cruz UCSB Reviews

I enjoyed my time at Santa Cruz. There is a great community, good vibes and a supportive staff. I liked the various lounges and community spaces, the architecture also felt modern enough and sufficient.

Great environment at Santa Cruz. Everyone was very welcoming and it was cool to meet different people. The men's bathrooms were always in bad condition due to messy people though. Shoutout to the custodial staff that dealt with it for the whole year, real MVPs.

I really enjoyed my stay at Santa Cruz. Good ra, social people, and nice lounges, it was an overall nice experience

The triples are a bit cramped and the bathrooms in each wing get nasty pretty quickly. But other than that, it’s really easy to make friends here, it’s literally a minute walk away from the beach, and it’s close to the two dining commons, the library, and a few lecture halls, which imo made it worth... See more

tiny rooms, espeically for 3 people, Building had decent amenities, next to beach though so that's cool. good wifi too

I absolutely loved Santa Cruz. Yes, the rooms are a little cramped as triples but I think that is the case for most UCSB dorms. Really great social dorm for meeting people, but not crazy wild in my experience. By far the best on campus dorm.

I'd say definitely one of the best choices of the ChI-5 dorms. Lived there my freshman year, and the reputation of the folks who love there is good (friendly and welcoming but not ridiculously wild most of the time). The rooms are also pretty and bigger than triples in the other ChI-5 dorms too! The... See more

Rooms are a bit of a tight squeeze and bathrooms sometimes get crowded (but they’re always pretty clean.) You absolutely can’t beat the location (right on the water and close to central campus). It’s always such a social dorm and the lawn is great for hanging out/studying when the weather’s nice!

Tiny rooms and no water pressure in the bathrooms. Building is nice but the rooms are too small.