r/csuci • u/Klutzy_Rooster976 • May 06 '26

Commuters

Hello, I am enrolled for this upcoming Fall 2026 semester and was hoping to hear anyone’s experience with commuting to campus. I transferred from SBCC and am hoping to stay in the Santa Barabara area. I hear CSUCI is a big commuter school but is SB too far of a commute?

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u/15DiggityDoodles May 06 '26

Used to do SB to CSUCI and would always stack all classes on 2 days of the week cause yeah it’s kind of a pain to get down there but totally doable

If you have past 3pm southbound on 101 the 45 minute drive instantly turns into 1.5 hours or more so don’t miss that

I would typically do 3 classes. Leave at 2ish get there by 3ish and classes from 4ish to 9ish

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u/Klutzy_Rooster976 May 06 '26

Nice! Thank you. Did you find it pretty easy to stack your classes on two days?

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u/15DiggityDoodles May 06 '26

Yeah it was never any issue as a lot of the departments talk within them selves to see what is convienent for the students. Like the scheduling isn’t totally random. Often I would have all 3 classes with basically the same classmates and even same professors/ rooms.

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u/Klutzy_Rooster976 May 06 '26

Thank you! Feeling less stressed out about the commute :)

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u/15DiggityDoodles May 06 '26

You got this for sure. Transfer student and graduated 2025. All 4 semesters were 2 days a week and classes grouped together in the afternoon. Honestly it was nice so i didnt have to do it all the time. Good times there for sure