<p>hi evry1..</p>
<p>i m an international student... n want to apply for BS in electrical electronics and communication engineering..</p>
<p>can u suggest which CSU is the best for the same course ?
which CSUs should i apply for this course.. ?</p>
<p>i heard san jose state univ. is da best one for electrical engineering..</p>
<p>SLO would be your other good option.</p>
<p>uuummmm... one of my friends told me that SJSU offers good internships for EE dept. especially.. n it's silicone valley thr so that has many advantages.. </p>
<p>is it so ???</p>
<p>Cal State SLO appears to be the "only" Cal State school with a decent reputation. </p>
<p>Cal State SLO supposedly is even a better school than UC Riverside. </p>
<p>I'm honestly surprised that SLO doesn't have more Asians though (something like only 5% of SLO students are Asians). </p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona is pretty good. Lotsa Asians there too (34% Asian). Pomona is good in that it's very practical and focuses on job skills.</p>
<p>some cal states seem to moving upward swiftly, such as fullerton, long beach, san jose and san diego.</p>
<p>some are inching forward such as sonoma, bakersfield, east bay and northridge.</p>
<p>some are newer and are in the building phase such as channel islands and san marcos.</p>
<p>and a few are going in reverse, notably pomona and los angeles.</p>
<p>don't assume that asian density equates with quality, please.</p>
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<p>It's no coincidence that the ones moving upward are increasing in Asian population. Both Fullerton and Long Beach State have had a substantial increase in Asians attending those schools.</p>
<p>San Jose State has like 40% Asians (almost as many as UC Berkeley). However, most of the Asians at San Jose State are Southeast (Berkeley is mostly.... East Asians) commuter students and the vast majority of them have full time jobs and/or even raising families. So that's why you don't see many Asians from San Jose State on myspace or facebook (whereas the Asians from Berkeley/UCLA are full time students and don't have jobs so they spend their times outside studying on myspace/facebook).</p>
<p>the largest cohort at san jose are of vietnamese descent.
but the central issue regarding universities on the move upward is based upon leadership and program building noteworthy at places such as san jose, fullerton and long beach, not racial profiling. fullerton, for example, has a relatively lower concentration than pomona yet the two institutions are moving in opposite directions.</p>
<p>IAmYourFather... You should do a research on the Vietnamese American population in general and the stats on Vietnamese students at UC Berkekey. I'm very sure the stats are similar to Chinese American, and way higher than Japanese American or Korea American</p>
<p>Hierarchy of Asians (in descending order of most successful academically, financially, and professionally)</p>
<p>**Chinese<a href="considered%20the%20most%20prestigious%20group,%20even%20compared%20to%20other%20Asians;%20Chinese%20are%20the%20ones%20who%20dominate%20the%20elite%20universities%20and%20the%20top%20white%20collar%20professions;%20probably%20the%20wealthiest%20and%20most%20academically%20successful%20of%20all%20races,%20including%20Asians">/b</a>
**Koreans<a href="rising%20rapidly,%20almost%20on%20par%20with%20Chinese;%20like%20the%20Chinese,%20the%20Koreans%20are%20also%20becoming%20a%20strong%20plurality%20at%20elite%20universities%20and%20white%20collar%20jobs">/b</a>
**Indians<a href="lacks%20the%20sheer%20number%20of%20Chinese%20and%20Koreans%20at%20elite%20universities%20and%20white%20collar%20professions,%20but%20Indians%20are%20slowly%20replacing%20the%20Japanese%20as%20part%20of%20the%20%22Big%20Three%22%20Asian%20groups%20who%20will%20dominate%20America%20and%20the%20world;%20Indians%20tend%20to%20gravitate%20more%20towards%20business%20and%20practical%20fields%20whereas%20Chinese/Koreans%20are%20in%20the%20more%20elite%20esoteric%20fields">/b</a>
**Japanese<a href="overall,%20they%20are%20a%20group%20on%20the%20decline;%20although%20there%20are%20still%20a%20decent%20number%20of%20Japanese%20Americans%20at%20elite%20universities,%20most%20Japanese%20people%20I%20know%20are%20much%20more%20laid%20back%20and%20less%20prestige-obsessed%20than%20Chinese/Koreans;%20they%20tend%20to%20occupy%20more%20%22middle%20class%22%20occupations%20and%20are%20not%20as%20elite%20as%20they%20once%20were">/b</a>
**Vietnamese<a href="another%20rapidly%20rising%20group;%20they%20tend%20to%20dominate%20the%20lower%20tier,%20unprestigious%20universities,%20but%20I%20acknowledge%20that%20there's%20a%20growing%20presence%20of%20Vietnamese%20at%20elite%20colleges%20and%20white%20collar%20professions;%20still,%20there's%20a%20strong%20number%20of%20Vietnamese%20during%20blue%20collar%20jobs">/b</a>
**Filipinos<a href="some%20Filipinos%20are%20extremely%20successful%20and%20prestigious%20like%20David%20Lat%20and%20Kiwi%20Camara,%20but%20I%20would%20categorize%20Filipinos%20as%20the%20middle%20class%20Asians;%20again,%20like%20the%20Vietnamese,%20Filipinos%20tend%20to%20dominate%20lower%20tier,%20unprestigious%20universities,%20but%20they%20make%20a%20living%20in%20middle%20class%20occupations">/b</a></p>
<p>IAmYourFather -- don't know if what you write is true, other than to comment anecdotally that Chinese I've met generally seem quite satisfied with themselves. In the absence of data, I have no way of knowing if your heirarchy and broad stroke comments about ethnicities are correct. It is dangerous thinking, though, this grouping of ethnic groups into characteristics that are supposed to apply to all members. </p>
<p>Post 168 does not reference heirarchies, merely the current composition of the Asian population at UC Berkeley currently. Do you have a comment on that actual post?</p>
<p>that's excellent input to be sure but income data alone does not provide conclusive evidence.</p>
<p>further, to state that more chinese are at elite universities among asian groups is akin to saying that there are more californians in america than hawaiians. that's a no brainer when somewhere between 1.5 and 2 billion of the planet is populated by persons of at least partial chinese ancestry.</p>
<p>K, so I lived in Fresno originally and I got accepted to CP san luis obispo in fall 2007; so I moved there.
having lived in SLO for 2 years previously, I did not like the town much...sense it definitely felt untouched ever since.
I spent the fall semester there, and then moved back to Fresno to get done with the G.Es.
Reasons why I moved back:
1.less financial aid for cal poly than Fresno state!
2.fierce competition for class picking
3.annoying little white and spoiled-brat kids (mostly from north cal)(aka poly ponies)
4.Old and outdated classes (ie. cracks in classroom walls, chalkboards, over-heads, etc.)
5. fierce competition over parking, housing, etc.
6. very high living costs</p>
<p>Anyway, This was just my experience...The facutly were great and all, but the overall impression sucked big time. </p>
<p>so I moved back to fresno CITY college and i'm about to finish the G.Ez jst now, and I'll probably end up in San Diego and or last resort (cal poly slo)</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are the top two CSUs hand down. I work at Chevron's refinery in El Segundo, California and we even have a recruitment team devoted to scouting Cal Poly Pomona Engineering undergraduates... yes ONLY Cal Poly Pomona students... not UCLA not USC. We highly compete with other refineries for them and try to lure them in.</p>
<p>SDSU university is very strong program wise. They have a LOAD of odd programs like Astrophysics,Theoretical Math...etc that not even UCal has.</p>
<p>you are right, forces. san diego state has more joint doctoral programs than any other CSU and is a national university as a result. the fact that chevron recruits at cal poly pomona hardly makes it second ranked in the system. while it may have the second best engineering programs, though san jose state also is strong, its very weak programs in things like business, arts, humanities, and education drop it way down in the ranks. pomona has fallen from sixth to a tie for 32d among regional programs according to USNWR rankings in just six years and that must be the greatest drop of anyone. my sense is that san diego, long beach, san jose, and fullerton are relatively strong across all disciplines though hardly of UC caliber.</p>
<p>I live in same town as where chemengineer works. These two CSU's have incredible engineering programs. It is good to know that employers like Chevron are recruiting out of CSU Pomona...what about SLO? Any efforts to recruit there, as well?</p>
<p>even though it's off the beaten path SLO has a fantastic record of recruiting.
and no wonder given its elite status as the best engr college in the entire cal state system by a wide margin.</p>
<p>I disagree if you like EE or CE, I would say SJSU is the best in California undergrad wise. It may not be a grad school, but Silicon Valley employers have shaped it to pump exactly what they want even more then Stanford or UCal.</p>
<p>Yesterday was "College Night" at the High School gym. Was surprised when the rep said Cal Poly SLO was the "Third MOST SELECTIVE public university in California." One and two were UCB and UCLA. I compared the freshman profiles for the UCs and CalPoly SLO. She may be correct. Too tough to apply, may have to try CalPoly Pomona or UCI/UCR</p>
<p>Are you a senior this year, OrangeCounty1? An application to Cal Poly SLO is easy enough to fill out on the CSU Mentor website. If it fits your interests and you're applying to CPP anyway, go ahead and apply to SLO. Yes it's selective, but if you're in the 50th percentile you've got a shot.</p>
<p>Here's last year's admitted student profile: <a href="http://www.ess.calpoly.edu/_admiss/Pdf/profile09102108.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ess.calpoly.edu/_admiss/Pdf/profile09102108.pdf</a></p>