Glad to hear your 'rents are trying to make up.

I feel sorry for your sister. UC Santa Cruz has a reputation as a party school, which sounds like it was absolutely the wrong fit for her. It's good that she's recognized it soon enough to transfer, instead of suffering in silence and letting academics slip due to misery.

Not all of us in California are egocentric slacker assbites! But yeah Santa Cruz is pretty much booze, bongs, & Boardwalk.