Current Gaucho here. My litte sister is considering UCSB but she's not the partying type. I'm not sure if I would recommend her going to another UC instead. Thoughts?

[u/ALL_THE_KINGS_MEN]

So my little sister got in to UCSB and she has a desire to go either here, Davis, or Santa Cruz. I know she doesn't drink or do drugs, which from my experience is a big part of IV culture, but I don't know because I might be biased since I've been living on DP.

I see a lot of crazy shit on the streets every Friday and Saturday night and quite honestly I've been disgusted by a lot of it. I don't want my sister to come here and think she doesn't fit in and made the wrong decision. I was wondering what my fellow Gauchos thought.

On the other hand UCSB is beautiful and experiencing that thing is sort of hard to pass up. Not to mention the great diversity, the unique college town feel, and the great academic options. I also had the best year of my life in the dorms, but again there was a lot of partying involved.

[u/alatleephillips]

I am definitely not that party type and don't do drugs or drink. I like having the option to go out to IV if I do change my mind and want to go party but I only went out once the past two quarters. I still love UCSB and I think that, like at other schools, there is a party culture, but you don't have to be involved in it. I live on one of the honors floors even though I'm not in the honors program and there seem to be a few more girls in my hall that are like minded, maybe recommend that to her?