My Town and University

Palo Alto, UC Santa Cruz and San Diego

By Sean OjakianBy Sean Ojakian

My Town - Palo Alto Palo Alto means “tall tree”

in Spanish and is named after a tree by the same name located at the entrance to the city

Founded in 1889 From City Website - “Palo

Alto’s residents are highly educated, politically aware and culturally sophisticated”

Palo Alto Information Located in San Francisco

Bay Area 35 Miles South of San

Francisco 15 Miles North of San Jose Known as “Birth Place of

Silicon Valley”

Assorted Numbers Population: 59,900 peoples Land Area: 61 Square Kilometers Positioned 37.39 degrees north of the

equator and 122.13 degrees west of the prime meridian

23 feet above sea level 4,133 acres in dedicated parkland Humidity (relative mean): 68%

More Information Public School System - 12

Elementary Schools, 3 Middle Schools, 2 High Schools

Adjacent to Stanford University

http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/ for even more information

A Few Pictures

More Pictures!

Some Maps

My Old University - UCSC UCSC = University of

California, Santa Cruz

Located in the Monterey Bay Area

Opened in 1965 Current Enrollment -

14,000 student (95% Undergraduate)

UCSC - Exciting Facts Nine Colleges Located in the Santa

Cruz Hills Incredibly ISOLATED Lots of Greenery (i.e.

trees and shrubbery) Mascot - Banana

Slug (anti-school spirit)

Some Pictures

Cowell College Crown & Merill College

Oakes College Baskin

Some More Pictures

Entrance to Campus

Porter College Bike Path

Oaks College

My University - UCSDSome Numbers…

First General Grad Student in 1960 First Undergraduate Students in 1964 Fall 2001 Undergrad Enrollment - 17,514 Fall 2001 Grad Enrollment - 2,735 Geographic Origins - 95% from CA, 63% from

LA or San Diego, 2% from outside US Main Campus spans 1,202 acres

More UCSD Information

Lots of sun