Cowell College and the UCSC College System
The college system at UCSC is a little different from other schools. You are affiliated with 1 of 10 colleges of your choosing. Every college has a different theme ranging from Science and Technology to Diversity and Social Justice. It makes a large campus feel smaller and like a community.
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It's ah, one of the ten colleges, and they're all like many colleges. It's kind of nice because it breaks up the bigger school himto like a community, and they all different themes. So you're kind of surrounded by people with, like, the same likes and dislikes. For example, college cowl college, the one we're in right now. Its motto is The pursuit of Truth in the Company of Friends. It's a little, but it represents it's twin commitments to academic endeavor and supportive community. It's not super serious like the theme of it. It's not like you just have to take a couple of core classes, and every college has core classes, and they're kind of centered around that like value or theme. It's it's good because everyone around you, like, likes things and you can connect to people easier and find friends quickly saw.