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A new way to tour UCSC
A typical UC Santa Cruz can feel impersonal, leaving you with more questions than answers. You’re just a face in the crowd following a scripted tour led by a guide the school assigns you.
SchoolScoops offers private UCSC tours tailored to your interests. Choose your own UCSC student tour guide and enjoy a personalized campus visit where you'll get candid answers to your questions.
SchoolScoops is the smarter, more personal way to UCSC
Private and personalized UC Santa Cruz tours
On a traditional University of California, Santa Cruz campus tour you’re just a number in a big group. With SchoolScoops, you can book a private UC Santa Cruz tour led by a real UCSC student, giving you a personalized campus visit and the chance to ask all the questions that are important to you.
Choose your own guide
Unlike a traditional UC Santa Cruz campus tour, SchoolScoops lets you choose your own tour guide. Whether you want to meet an engineering major, a student-athlete or a fellow transfer student, you'll get authentic insights and advice from someone who truly gets you.
No scripts, just scoops
Traditional UC Santa Cruz campus tours are essentially a sales pitch—the tour guide works for the school and their job is to show you the highlights. SchoolScoops guides don’t work for their school, so there’s no sales pitch—just honest, unfiltered advice about the UCSC experience.
Find out if UCSC is the school for you
Choosing where to go to college is a major decision and a huge investment. A private University of California, Santa Cruz tour helps you decide if UCSC is the right fit for your academic goals, career ambitions and college experience.
Can't make it to campus?
Book a 1-on-1 video chat with a UC Santa Cruz student for personalized insights. Learn about academics, campus culture, and UCSC life without leaving home.
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Get to Know UC Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz is a public research university in Santa Cruz, California, recognized for its strong programs in the sciences, engineering, and arts, its beautiful ocean-side campus, and its emphasis on undergraduate research, interdisciplinary learning, and sustainability.
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