So I am trying to decide between Cal Poly CS and Cal undecided L&S. So these are the pros and cons of each school based off the research I’ve done and tons and tons of people I have talked to:
Cal Poly:
Pros:
Already into CS major
Have great job opportunities after graduation(over 90% have job before graduating for CS majors)
Median CS major starting salary is 90k
farther away from home(I live in bay area)
All engineering classes taught by professors, not TAs
Less Expensive
Cons:
Not really close to anything
Don’t love the campus
Cal:
Pros:
1 Public University in the country
More flexible degree options
Bigger Sports Scene
Cons:
Close to home
Not guaranteed into CS major
incredible workload and very hard to do well(especially for stem majors which I will be)
Huge Classes and taught by TAs
More Expensive
Not sure if this is all the pros and cons of each one, please feel free to comment on either school about the notes that I have taken and please let me know about other pros and cons for each school that I have missed. I’m just afraid that at Cal I will have no time to have fun or have a real college experience because I will always have to be studying especially since I will be a STEM major.