<p>PolyArch: Thanks for your input - My daughter made her decision and will be attending CPP in the Fall! We visited the campus recently and she thought it was beautiful. 
Thanks again!</p>
<p>regarding majoring in finance </p>
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<p>my wife is a professor of finance in the CSU system.</p>
<p>if this is your specific area, here are her recommendations:</p>
<ol>
<li>San Diego Stateābest in strategic and corporate finance</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomonaāstrength in international finance and real estate finance and emerging in entertainment finance</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLOāprobably that faculty published in more high-ranked journals. a smaller program but very good one.</li>
<li>Cal State Fullerton and San Jose Stateāboth large programs and accredited by AACSB as are the three schools above.</li>
</ol>
<p>sonoma is okay, a solid program as is chico. sac state a step down by most accounts.</p>
<p>avoid: CSUDH (unaccredited), CSUB (too small) and CSUSB (disorganized and huge class sizes). </p>
<p>That post above was made by DRJ. In regards to your post all the CSUs have either decent or really good buiness programs. CSUDH is accredited by WASC for the school as a whole, there enginering program is accredited by ABET, There nursing program is accredited by the commisin on collegeiate nursing education, many of there other majors are accredited. The only one not accredited is there business program. However, the school is in the review process with AACSB for getting their accreditation in the business program. Sonoma state didnāt recieve intial accreditation for their business program till 2007. Cal Poly pomona recieved initial AACSB accreditation in 2002. The CSU current not AACSB accredited for business is CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU San Marcos, Cal Maritime, and Humboldt state.</p>
<p>Choose Pomona over Northridge. </p>
<p>Overall there are 2 schools in the CSU that are hands down above the rest:
SDSU and Cal Poly-SLO are both great uniās, ESPECIALLY when you keep in mind how cheap in-state tuition is!</p>
<p>The best measure to determine the best CSU would be standardized test scores of the incoming freshman class. By that measure Cal Poly SLO, by far, followed by Cal Poly Pomona and SDSU. GPAs and admit rates have too many local variables.</p>
<p>SAT scores (verbal/ math/ 1600)</p>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly SLO: 1202 </li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona: 1060</li>
<li>Humboldt: 1043</li>
<li>SDSU: 1037</li>
<li>LBSU: 1025</li>
<li>Sonoma: 1012</li>
<li>SJSU: 1004</li>
<li>CSU Fullerton: 984
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? CSUN: 926</li>
</ol>
<p>English/ Math Proficiency:</p>
<ol>
<li> Cal Poly SLO: 87%</li>
<li> Cal Poly Pomona: 53%</li>
<li> SDSU: 53%</li>
<li> Humboldt: 53%</li>
<li> Sonoma: 51%</li>
<li> LBSU: 47%</li>
</ol>
<p>[CSU</a> | Analytic Studies | Campus and Systemwide Combination - 2009](<a href=āhttp://www.asd.calstate.edu/performance/combo/2009/index.shtml]CSUā>http://www.asd.calstate.edu/performance/combo/2009/index.shtml)
<a href=āhttp://www.fullerton.edu/analyticalstudies/quick_facts/FTF2009.pdf[/url]ā>http://www.fullerton.edu/analyticalstudies/quick_facts/FTF2009.pdf</a>
<a href=āhttp://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/facts/documents/Just_the_Facts_F09_000.pdf[/url]ā>http://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/facts/documents/Just_the_Facts_F09_000.pdf</a>
<a href=āhttp://asir.sdsu.edu/app/reports/Glance/glance.pdf[/url]ā>http://asir.sdsu.edu/app/reports/Glance/glance.pdf</a>
<a href=āhttp://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/satwebcomb.pdf[/url]ā>http://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/satwebcomb.pdf</a>
<a href=āhttp://www.sonoma.edu/aa/ir/Statistical_dashboard/coplac_data_profile_ay08-09.pdf[/url]ā>http://www.sonoma.edu/aa/ir/Statistical_dashboard/coplac_data_profile_ay08-09.pdf</a>
<a href=āhttp://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/hum.htm[/url]ā>http://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/hum.htm</a>
<a href=āhttp://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/nor.htm[/url]ā>http://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/nor.htm</a>
<a href=āhttp://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/sj.htm[/url]ā>http://www.asd.calstate.edu/csrde/ftf/2008htm/sj.htm</a></p>
<p>petrarch, the problem is a GIVEN student wonāt be taking all the course offerings at a CSU. </p>
<p>For example, Fullerton is great for Accounting (as is Northridge). Northridge is great for Philosophy, having received a migration from UCLAās philosphy department more than a couple of decades ago. San Diego State is great for undergrad Business. The list goes on and on. </p>
<p>The better CSU for a given student will depend a great deal on the area of study the student wants to pursue.</p>
<p>The lowest % of admitted/applied are: 1) SDSU (31%), and 2) Cal Poly SLO (34%)</p>
<p>Admit rates donāt mean as much if a bunch of less qualified applicants apply to a certain campus. The best measure are standardized tests that all applicants throughout the state and country take. The CSU does have a problem in that more than half of the freshmen of most campuses have to take remedial English and Math. I agree that it mostly depends on the course of study, but being surrounded by sharper minds is a huge plus. For example, with the average SAT score at CSUN being 926, I donāt care how good their accounting department is. That is about the same as going to college with average high school students. </p>
<p>Actually, the average national SAT score of everyone taking it last year was 1015.</p>
<p>Keeping in mind that we are in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the best CSU is the one that gives you an edge over your stiff competitors while searching for your fist job. For example, I recently heard of a process mechanical engineer from Cal State LA smashing his competitors for a job at Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California. Why? Graduated with a perfect 4.0 and held internships with BP and Chevron.</p>
<p>The best CSU is Colorado State University in Fort Collins.</p>
<p>Kidding aside, Iād vote for CalPoly SLO.</p>
<p>I agree with both statements noimagination made.</p>
<p>does san jose state have a good reputation in general
and what about their film</p>
<p>First, donāt worry about reputation. What you do with your degree and how hard you work with it is most important. Second, a lot depends on the major, so research all the schools and their majors well. Third most important is the quality of the students since you will be surrounded by them for 4 plus years and youāll want to be challenged and motivated by them. As I listed earlier, hereās how they stack up.</p>
<p>Average SATs</p>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly SLO: 1202</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona: 1060</li>
<li>Humboldt: 1043</li>
<li>SDSU: 1037</li>
<li>LBSU: 1025</li>
<li>Sonoma: 1012</li>
<li>SJSU: 1004</li>
<li>CSU Fullerton: 984
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? CSUN: 926</li>
</ol>
<p>English/ Math Proficiency:</p>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly SLO: 87%</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona: 53%</li>
<li>SDSU: 53%</li>
<li>Humboldt: 53%</li>
<li>Sonoma: 51%</li>
<li>LBSU: 47%
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? SJSU: 40%
? CSUN 25%</li>
</ol>
<p>BTW, I hear CSULB is good at film. Didnāt Spielberg get a degree from there?</p>
<p>which are the top 4 csus for engineering (civil and mechanical engineering)?</p>
<p>another ?<br>
what if we apply for eop, my AVID teacher reccomemded us to do so.</p>
<p>Iām not a CSU expert but Iāll say San Diego State is the premiere CSU. Itās ALWAYS impacted. They basically have their pick of the litter as does UC Berkeley in the UC system. San Diego doesnāt let just anyone teach there either. </p>
<p>Fresno State is probably a close second. Definitely the CSU with strongest alumni/support base.</p>
<p>gsp<em>silicon</em>valley:</p>
<p>Youāre quite ignorant, but I can see how the mass majority of people would think that.</p>
<p>There are majors that UCās do not have that CSUās have such as speech pathology/audiology which is a very academically rigorous, intellectual, high-paying medical field that ONLy CSU systems and a few private schools have in california. CSULBās graduate program in speech pathology only accepts 3.9-4.0 along with other CSU programs. Iāve seen people from Berkely and other UC schools with a useless degree such as English trying to get into CSU programs to pursue these type of majors.</p>
<p>BTW, a guy with a B.A. from MIT applied to CSULB and CSUSD for this program, so eat that. Your stupid judgements makes you look rather pitiful.</p>
<p>@petrarch
the SAT scores you listed are without writing?</p>
<p>lovingbird ā yes.</p>
<p>whoosh12 ā I assume your reply to gsp<em>silicon</em>valley is from a post in 2005??</p>
<p>At any rate, it makes no sense to defend a particular csu based on a graduate program, when 90% of csu students system wide are pursuing undergraduate degrees, and even at CSU Long beach 85% of the students are undergrad.</p>
<p>It all depends on what you want to major in.
for example if you want to major in communications, journalism, film, music you might want to look into Northridge, Long Beach or San Diego state. </p>
<p>But if you are into the sciency or the math stuff, you might go to Cal SLO, or Pomona. or even San Jose state if you are interested in engineering. Heard they got a great program.
But it all really depends on what you view as a great program or not.</p>
<p>Best of luck. :)</p>
<p>Thanks to this thread I decided to go with CSUās over UC for business.
Got rejected from SLO for Spring but reapplying for Fall
Going with SDSU in Spring for business/finance and going to excel!</p>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>CSU Long Beach</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>CSU Fullerton</li>
</ol>