Today's UCSC Students:

WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING, WHAT THEY WANT FROM COLLEGE AND LIFE


Numbers offer just one view of UCSC's current student body. Certainly, there are more enrolled than ever--10,638 this past fall. More importantly, individual distinction continues to characterize the students who choose UC Santa Cruz. Among this year's new students, for example, are 48 Regents Scholars, high school graduates whose academic excellence qualified them for the University of California's most prestigious scholarship. But statistics can't tell the best part of the story. Like their predecessors, today's UC Santa Cruz students are passionate, energetic, and--above all--eager to use their UCSC education to make a difference in the world. In this issue, we profile 10 current students who are preparing to do just that.


Undergraduates majoring in the social sciences 36%

Undergraduates from southern California 34%

Undergraduates who studied abroad during 1996­97 226

Current students who are women 59%

Acceptance rate of UCSC students into graduate and

professional programs 93%

Undergraduates majoring in the arts 13%

Students receiving some form of financial aid 65%

Undergraduates majoring in the humanities 19%

Re-entry undergraduates age 25 or over 900

Students who live on campus 45%

NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports teams 6

Undergraduates majoring in the natural sciences and engineering 31%


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