Hi everyone, I am having a hard time deciding when to graduate. I am essentially done with my classes for both my major and minor in the winter. However, most of my friends are graduating in the spring, and I am wondering what I would miss out on. Is it worth graduating a quarter earlier? What do people do afterwards? I feel stuck and do not know what to do.

Hey gang! I currently have a lot of financial aid from UCSB, but I still have a balance I need to pay which I am quite worried about. I know that on scholarships universe, theres a list of internal scholarships that I applied for. However, I don't know when those disburse or how much I'm going to be eligible for since I'm receiving aid already. Has anyone won those scholarships? How will I know when disbursements go out?

On the payment plan form for '26, there is a section that says "Enter Quarterly Housing Portion of Balance", so does that mean I input the number from my BARC transaction detail where it lists "'26 Housing-UG"? Pls help this lost transfer student

Recently I have gotten to accepting student loans and paying off the requirements in BARC (?)

I am however confused about the requirements for loans, as the steps say 1. UCSB Loan Entrance Interview and 2. UCSB Loan Promissory Note. I did the entrance interview and promissory note on the FAFSA website, but I am just confused if there are more steps I have to do

basically title, my uc insurance showed up again as a charge on my barc statement when i had alr waived it almost 2 weeks ago (it reappeared as a charge last night). has this happened to anyone else?? my waiver was approved too

Just a list of some places I loved going to while going to school here. Found it in my notes and figured Id share the wealth. Add more in the comments for the newer gauchos

three monkeys

los arroyos 

nortons 

mezza thyme

yona redz

south coast deli

cristinos bakery

littlebird kitchen

tamar

lokum 

Mizza

hello i'm an incoming freshman from LA who currently uses medi-cal for health insurance. i was wondering if i should waive uc ship as i plan to continue seeing my dentist in LA ? uc ship is covered by ucsb but my medi-cal is perfectly fine as well.

Hello, question for anyone living in the San Clem Grad apartments. Wondering what the closest place is that i can get amazon packages delivered to. I am unsure if they will deliver straight to the apartment unit doorstep. Otherwise, would amazon deliver them to the USPS facility on storke road? That way, the packages will eventually get to the san clem mail services building, which is kind of far from the san clem apartments, but not that bad. I have also heard people send them to the Amazon locker in IV, but this is the farthest option, not great for many or heavy packages.

does anyone who has taken chem 1a with sylvester (ideally in recent years) have a copy of/able to share the syllabus?

it’s not on the subreddit syllabus bank :/ thank you!

if my award letter showed i was eligible & would receive calgrant a, and then now it's suddenly been replaced with a ucsb supplemental and scholarship that cover less, what happened? nothing about my financial situation has changed. no gpa change. nothing. I dont understand. Feeling kinda hopeless. I've been trying to get in contact w people all day. ugh

Repost as my last post got downvoted: My lease just juked me and took away a promised parking spot… so if anyone has or knows of a parking spot for rent in iv please lmk! Preferably somewhere near abrego but I’m not picky. My budget is somewhere near 150 a month!

Hi! I’m an incoming exchange student at UCSB and I’m still looking for a place to stay for the fall quarter.

My budget is around $1,500/month, and I’m ideally looking for either a single or double room, preferably in Isla Vista or close to UCSB.

I’m flexible and ready to move quickly if the right place comes up. If you have a room available, know someone looking for a roommate, or have any tips on where else to look, please send me a message!

Thanks! 🙌

hello guys, I’m an incoming freshmen ! I had a big question, so I know financial aid disburses on sept 14. my question is, what if my estimated aid already shows up in my barc account summary and my gaucho e-bill, then is it still just estimated, or is that what I can truly expect to pay out of pocket? do I need to wait till sept 14 to pay my remaining balance even though it technically already shows me the aid im recievin?

im just kinda confused, plus im also in a payment plan, so if any of you have tried that, then did you just pay the first installment amount from your total remaining balance and it automatically showed as ”set” in account status

Looking to Rent a Parking Spot Near UCSB for 2026-27
I’m an incoming freshman living in San Raf for the 2026-27 school year, and I’m looking to rent a private parking spot in Isla Vista for the school year.
Ideally, I’m looking for something relatively close to UCSB/San Rafael, but I’m open to anywhere in IV. I’m looking for a spot from around September through June and am willing to pay a reasonable monthly rate.
If you have an unused driveway, apartment parking spot, or private space that you’re looking to rent out, please DM me with the location, price, and availability.

hi is anybody subleasing a single or double for winter-spring 2027

Hi!!! I officially got approved for a Comm major and I can enroll in UD courses, what is a good beginner UD course for COMM?

I had a question about where i’d go to manage the meal plan. I’m thinking about just removing the meal plan for grocery shopping on my own. Can I do that and how?

I’m in an off campus APT - San Joaquin village

I’m looking for a few highly motivated and competitive UCSB students to work with me this school year on a robotics project with the potential to become a startup. I will fund the development and I have a cool big 3D printer.

The starting point is K-Scale’s open-source Zeroth-01, a roughly 1.5-ft 3D-printed humanoid robot. Our goal is to fork and substantially redesign the platform around a new vision: the first truly small, capable but “cute, pet, teacup” not so intimidating and dystopian looking humanoid robot.

I want to spend the next year building and iterating on a serious prototype: improving the mechanical design, electronics, controls, autonomy, and overall system while figuring out what a commercially viable version could actually look like.
The objective isn’t to build a finished commercial product in a year. It’s to build something impressive enough to demonstrate that the idea works, develop a strong technical foundation, and put ourselves in a position to bring on investors and continue developing the robot as a real company.

I’m especially interested in students with experience or interest in:
Mechanical/electrical engineering and robotics
Embedded systems and controls
Computer vision, AI/ML, and reinforcement learning
CAD, 3D printing, and rapid prototyping

More than anything, I’m looking for people who are extremely self-motivated, competitive, and willing to learn whatever is necessary to build something difficult.
I’d rather have 3–5 exceptional people than a large team. Text me (858-371-1815) me with a little about yourself, what you can contribute, and what part of the project you’d be most excited to work on.

COED TOWNHOME 🏡
Urgently looking for a girl (preferably college student)

(2B2B) your rent price - $1,200

You will be sharing a room with a girl student (BioPsych Major 4th Year)

There will be a doggy, potty trained and super friendly!! 🐕(Please review the picture of him attached to the post)

Looking for someone laid back 🩵

Hey! A few questions:

1. For everyone living off campus or in on campus grad housing without a car, what's the easiest way to get groceries/how does everyone usually go about it? I'm assuming bus/bike?

2. When you apply to a TA position for a specific class, how long does it usually take until you hear back?

Thanks! :)

I'd be starting at SBCC a bit late and I was thinking of staying at beach city. I've read how they don't get back to you about issues and that they keep your security deposit. Is it worth it for $800 for a triple? Because even if they keep the deposit it still isn't more expensive than other properties I've seen. I'd only be studying part time and likely working for the rest of the time. I would really love to live in a place with good student community but I'm wondering if its so bad that its not worth it. Am I better off finding a place in IV? Is anyone at beach city right now able to let me know how it is in terms of facilities and student community? Any advice greatly appreciated!

This might just be how entry-level courses usually are, but I swear so many of my readings for my courses use "he or she," or "men and women," or just completely disregard women in general by solely using masculine pronouns and terms. My sociology has even acknowledged that a lot of the material she chooses for us to read was based on the actual claims they make being accurate, while the gendered language is clearly of the time period where men were the only people who were actually accounted for in society. I don't know, as a non-binary/genderfluid person I notice this use of language especially. I even heard one of the speakers in the video we were shown during a mandatory Zoom meeting say, "he or she" and it just made me cringe. I understand past writings using this phrase, but in a modern, "up-to-date" video about how to stay safe on campus officially created by the university it feels like such an exclusion of people. Literally just use a singular they, I don't know why it's so difficult for society to get this. It's simpler, easier to say, more inclusive, and is absolutely correct grammatically.

Edit: I know I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion for this probably, but I don't care I've seen this so much and someone needs to speak up about it.

So far the only reduction that has come though is a cal Grant. When do student loans and parent plus loans drop? Also I didn't realize that in order to get on the payment plan you have pay 1/3 of the balance. How does the timing of it all work?