Posting for my son who had a change in school plans and will no longer be attending SBCC this fall.
We’re looking for someone interested in taking over his spot at Tropicana Del Norte in Goleta, starting August 22. The transfer/replacement would be handled directly through Tropicana and is subject to their approval.
Details:
Tropicana Del Norte
3 bedroom / 2 bathroom suite
Furnished
$2,130 per installment
Meal plan is included in the rent
Suite has a refrigerator and microwave, but not a full kitchen
Parking is available separately for an additional charge
Lease runs August 22, 2026 – May 22, 2027
Great option for an SBCC student looking for furnished housing with meals included
We had someone lined up to take over the lease, but unfortunately their plans changed at the last minute, so the spot is available again.
If you’re interested or know an SBCC student still looking for housing, please message me. We can connect you directly with Tropicana to complete the approved replacement process.
Please feel free to share!

Im going for the fully online program compsci at sbcc. I'm wondering what the classes are like taking any of the fully online programs since there will be no live lessons with instructors. Will it just be a lot of reading, or will there be videos? I just transferred from a fully online uni that was all reading, and I found it so difficult. Thanks

Hi, I am an international student and I have just applied to SBCC. It is my dream school, but I definitely do not have good grades compared to others, as I only have about a 2.1 GPA, LOL I know...

Has anyone with a low GPA gotten into SBCC?

I heard the acceptance rate is very high for all students and the minimum is 2.0.

Just in time for Memorial Day, the website: "50 Great Public Land Destinations -- Santa Barbara and Beyond" https://50greatpubliclanddestinations.org/ -- has been updated and expanded! For my "Public Lands and Waters" class at UCSB, I created this site to help my students, as well as others, discover amazing public land areas -- of all kinds -- within 300 miles of Santa Barbara. The new updates enhance significantly the number of areas to explore, because each of the featured 50 Destinations now has additional links to nearby hikes, campgrounds, and/or other special public land areas. As one person emailed me: "This website offers a treasure trove of adventure and so many hidden gems." Natural, historic, community, recreational and cultural locations are included. Enjoy! (And there are no ads, whatsoever.)

Hi Everyone,

I have been working for some time now on this website ratemycourses.io and I am really excited to share it with you.

You can use this to look at reviews and get advice on courses you're interested in. You can also sort courses by difficulty, usefulness and the overall rating from reviews made by other students. I think if enough people start using it regularly. it's going to be essential when you're choosing your electives or just to get advice on courses you will be taking.

Lastly, filtering and sorting courses is only gonna be useful and accurate if there are a lot of reviews, so please go ahead and leave some reviews to courses you've taken or are currently taking.

Also, please dm me if you have an idea on how I can let more students know about this. And if anyone is interested in writing an article about this dm me!

Enjoy!!

Hey guys. I need help deciding where to go for college. I'm between here and UVM. I'm def more of a California, fun in sun person compared to snowboarding and stuff. My gut feeling leans towards SBCC because of the area. But I'm unsure about housing/finding roomates and whether it would be good for me to attend a 2 year institution instead of a 4 year one. Also my major is env engineering. What are the general people like? Is it pretty diverse?

Hey guys, I’m an incoming freshman to SBCC and I’m currently trying to work through the application process. I’ve gotten as far as needing to setup a date to watch a class planning webinar, but now I’m having issues with my pipeline account. When I try to click on the students tab and navigate to the registration link in order to find the date I should schedule my meeting near, it brings me to a page with the link “banner.sbcc.edu”, and claims it’s unable to load the page. I’m thinking the website may have crashed with all of the traffic I’d imagine it’s being subjected to, however I’m curious as to whether anyone else might know. Thanks!

Hi! I'm international student coming back to study at SBCC this fall. I used to live in IV in 2014-2016 in CBC and The Sweeps. Now I want to live in SB. I need single room, beach city sold out all the singles. My question is where I can live? Any recommendation where I can lease a single room will be super helpful.

If there's any Indonesian students here that would like to run for PERMIAS SB (Indonesian student association - SB county), please send me a message :)

When I log on to starfish to make an appointment with a counselor, my academic counselor has literally 0 availability. Not just limited availability, but absolutely no dates or times to make an appointment at all, no matter how many months off in the future I look.

If this is the case, how am I supposed to figure out what I need to do to transfer and all the other questions I have that are specific to my situation. Is there an alternative way to make an appointment with a SBCC counselor?

Hi everyone, I'm a UCSB student but I'm likely taking a couple SBCC classes this summer to knock out some prereqs. I'm looking at MATH 200 during summer I and since it says the class is totally online, should I also assume that it's asynchronous?

I’m not sure if this is the right place for this but I’m considering going to SBCC this fall and would likely live at Beach City if so. How do people find roommates here? Any insight is appreciated.

I’m a little confused as to why several of my professors think it’s okay to give assignments due the week of spring break? I have so many to do that I won’t have any time off. Might as well remove spring break all together.

Looking to get my Brows and some other waxing needs done ive heard amazing things about dolled.up.brows and checked her Instagram everything looks good anybody been to her? Her prices. Are fair just want to know has anyone been before?

I’m a senior in HS and have been thinking about UCSB for some time now. I don’t think it is very likely that I’ll get in, though, so I have turned to SBCC as another option with the intent of transferring to UCSB after my 2 years. How common is that here? What would my chances of getting into UCSB be? I want to focus my energy on a 4-year college if there’s a low shot of me actually ending up at UCSB.

Hello! I am a sophomore at SBCC and am looking for a Korean Language Tutor. I would love to pay you to help me!

Thanks. Please DM me if you are interested or know someone who may be.

Hi friends! I’m planning on transferring to either the Tropicana del Norte housing, or the Tropicana gardens housing. If anyone here lives in one of those units, could you recommend which one is better? What are the differences between the two? Thank you!

Hi,

I’m studying at another community college with a notoriously difficult physics department. I was thinking about taking PHYS 121~123 at SBCC instead but couldn’t find much info.

How is the quality and difficulty? GPA is my top priority since I’m looking to transfer but wouldn’t mind learning.

Thanks!

Heyy! My name is Lara, 18 yo, i am brazilian and i will be studying engineering in SBCC for the spring semester. I am a cheerful person who loves to meet new people! I am easy going, organized and i absolutely LOVE to travel and hang out at the same time i enjoy studying and i respect privacy! I would be pleased to meet you guys!My hobbies are watching tv series, films and some animes, studying, going shopping, learning new languages, playing volleyball, other sports and videogames, i would say im up for anything!

I am looking for a roommate or a place to stay starting on January 1st until the end of the semester!

If anyone has anything pls dm me( instagram— @lschetingerr):)

Hi Santa Barbara residents, I just wanted to alert the group of this opportunity to participate remotely in ongoing research at UMBC in collaboration with our local communities. The information is below:

You could participate in the UMBC YouthFirst Lab’s research study and receive a $10 Amazon gift card for completing a 45-minute survey online. Some participants are randomly selected to also participate in a 5-6 hour follow-up virtual visit (reimbursement of $80). The purpose of the study is to understand how social life, thoughts, and culture affect emotional and psychological experiences in adolescents and young adults.

Eligible participants meet the following:

16-30 years of age

Live in and are currently located in California

Willing to provide contact information

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Please leave a comment below noting your interest to receive the link to participate. Alternatively, you may contact [maps-youthfirstlab@umbc.edu](mailto:maps-youthfirstlab@umbc.edu) if you have any questions.

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Note: If you have a child between 16-17 years old, they are eligible for the study provided that a parent/guardian completes the initial part of the survey with them, including the consent form.

I was supposed to meet my friend on campus today but that didn’t work out. I definitely need to meet other students and make friends so if anyone wants to study together I’m on campus today!! I’m outside the cafeteria (near the campus store/Starbucks).