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  freshmen, fall freshmen, winter freshmen, spring sophomore, fall sophomore, winter sophomore, spring junior, fall junior, winter This is the last time I'm writing these wrap up posts, and it's gonna not feel the same because I've kept this routine up throughout my entire undergrad. These are more than just wrapping up each quarter of college, they're honestly like life updates. I'm wondering should I keep them up once I begin working, and if so should I do it in like quarter segments too? There's no natural breakpoints like there are in university. Enough of that, let's get into this last one man it HITS DIFFERENT. Living off-campus So with this being the third quarter at the apartment the most notable change is one of my housemates graduating and moving out and its not even a notable change because he was rly quiet anyway LMAO but one of the double rooms split up into the singles.  One takeaway from this quarter is like I started losing weight because I t...

freshmen, fall freshmen, winter freshmen, spring sophomore, fall sophomore, winter sophomore, spring junior, fall Here we have finished our Winter Quarter 2026. Our final quarter is now dawning, but let's recap how this quarter went, because as always a lot has happened. Living off-campus As always we start off with this category and I can't think of much else that has changed but I'm continuing the flow of living in a single and having a car and stuff. I started like highkey venturing out a lot more with the car and like some weeks I would average like 3-4 trips to san jose just like casually and ive probably been on that 17 highway like 100+ times now in my life so I know it really well. Senioritis is also starting to hit me aka not caring about anything since im graduating soon. My attention to grades and academics is continuing to dwindle LMAO dude realistlcally i averaged like 2-4 hrs of schoolwork a week max so you can imagine how much random sidequests i was doing. M...

freshmen, fall freshmen, winter freshmen, spring sophomore, fall sophomore, winter sophomore, spring Year 3 has arrived! There's just so many thoughts and emotions looking back on everything like it is kinda crazy. A lot of new changes this year, we moved to a new apartment, I have a car, ICPC happened, and recruiting for next year started. Let's get into it.  Living off-campus So our original group of 3 that we lived together with last Sophomore year decided that our rent was just too high (i was paying 1450 for a big double). Santa Cruz housing is literally so bad like I honestly believe its the worst of all UCs like holy cow it is really frustrating. Our only competent option was in Capitola. 3 beds, 1.5 baths, 3700 a month. We added a 4th housemate who transferred in and went to the same high school as my roommates and so im literally paying a little over 1,000 for a single. Everything abt this apartment was good except one blaring flaw aka being located almost 5 miles away...