#HumansofUCSC #CollegeSigningDay Edition! 1. "During my freshman year of high school, my school hosted a college fair on campus and I discovered UCSC. At first I just liked that the mascot was a banana slug, but after I did research and toured I saw how beautiful the campus was, I knew I wanted to make it my home for the next 4 years. I am a proposed history major. I want to become a history or government teacher after I graduate. I look forward to learning how to be on my own and becoming more independent as I enter college. I have visited UC Santa Cruz a few times and each time I fall more in love with it. I’m really excited to start this part of my life." -abbeycasarez, proposed history major ____ 2. "Santa Cruz instantly felt like home when I stepped onto the campus in April. The people, land and community was beautiful, unique and somewhere I see myself spending the next four years of my life at. The diversity of the student body is incomparable to many colleges, and it seems th...