my town and university palo alto, uc santa cruz and san diego by sean ojakian
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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
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)
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