Bay Tree Campus Store

Halen Lynch

As the only store on campus that’s open during the pandemic for essentials such as snacks, tech support, and corner store goods, this bookstore has very limited daily hours (10-3PM) for those living on campus, including being closed on Saturday’s and Sunday’s entirely. After calling multiple times on a Thursday, no one answered. Their answering machine is also in need of an update for their current store hours as it is misleading. They are low staffed and unknowledgeable about in-stock products.

Mary Gomes

It's ok... They have a lot of school "swag" bags, sweaters, stickers etc. But all are expensive. As for school books: course specific readers are fine to buy since you can only get them there. Otherwise I would opt to buy or rent textbooks and supplies elsewhere.

Wil Michael

A very nice store but it definitely seems like it could be a little larger for the amount of merchandise they have. The staff here are some of the finest on campus very friendly and efficient.

Eduardo Villa

They have everything you need, kinda... Like they have what you need, but no variety. It's a final option for your academic needs. It's very expensive though. The only good time to go is honestly whenever they have their sales. Otherwise, I'd recommend just staying away from it unless you wouldn't mind paying a little more for stuff. Now that I have your attention, UCSC has a huge housing crisis. The school over admits students and impacts classes, then doesn't know where to put these students, so a lot of students here are homeless. Parking is atrocious in Santa Cruz, and UCSC won't let students stay overnight unless they pay a pretty penny, so they're struggling. The school additionally outsourced jobs to build a massive housing structure that will allegedly be used to house all of these students they over enrolled, but the company that they hired isn't very reputable or trusted, since they build for Trump and since they barely pay their workers. Unless UCSC makes some changes, I would stay far away from this school if I were you. Go to a CSU. You'll get a much more fair experience.