<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/01-02/011107-SLO.shtml[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/01-02/011107-SLO.shtml</a></p>
<p>Very interesting! </p>
<p>A couple tidbits:
77% of 2001 UC Davis cross-admits chose Cal Poly, 85% of UCSB cross-admits chose Cal Poly… 48% of UC Berkeley cross-admits chose Cal Poly!</p>
<p>Hmmm, i cant really believe these numbers. 63% of cross admits chose slo over USC, 64% chose slo over UCSD, and 48% chose slo over berkeley??? I really cant believe these numbers. I dont know anyone personally who would choose slo over ucsd, usc, or berkeley unless they have to stay in the slo area or there is a financial issue.</p>
<p>yea, definitely should break that thing down by region cuz i can only imagine locals turning down ucb for slo.</p>
<p>Don't underestimate the financial issue!! SLO is approx. 1/2 of UCB tuition...this is very attractive to many people, and I can hardly blame them.</p>
<p>But wouldn't people rather loan a few thousand more a year and go to berkeley than go to slo? I know i would.</p>
<p>of course DJdooey...
~also some people are overwhelmed by the Berkeley "atmosphere" :) , SLO is certainly tamer and a nice college town...</p>
<p>(just so you know, I prefer UCB over SLO ;) , but have many friends who have chosen SLO)</p>
<p>Cal Poly cost $4,000 tuition, $8000 room and board, Davis a typical UC costs $7,500 tuition, and $9,000 room and board. So the difference is $4,500 per year. Some people simple can't afford that much more money. I got the various numbers from <a href="http://calpoly.askadmissions.net/calpoly/aeresults.aspx?quser=cost,http://www.housing.ucdavis.edu/Halls/New/default.htm%5B/url%5D">http://calpoly.askadmissions.net/calpoly/aeresults.aspx?quser=cost,http://www.housing.ucdavis.edu/Halls/New/default.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.ormp.ucdavis.edu/studentfees/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ormp.ucdavis.edu/studentfees/</a>
I knew a couple of good students at my community college who simple couldn't afford to goto the UC's as freshmen.</p>
<p>I find the numbers bizarre.
When looking at each individual school and then adding up the numbers, it looks like over 75% of students choose Cal Poly over other schools.
Yet, when looking at the number in aggregate, out of 10,673 admiited applicants only 3450 enroll. This is a far smaller number. </p>
<p>How are the two numbers rectified?</p>
<p>Well USC's engineering is more research based, and the degree isn't as good for an undergrad compared to Cal Poly. I choose Cal Poly over USC because of the aforementioned and a couple of other reasons. One, USC is in the middle of Los Angeles, and I hate traffic. Also, Cal Poly is a LOT cheaper. Going into over $150000 of debt just out of college was not an option for me.</p>
<p>The statistics given are biased. It assumes that Cal Poly admits and UC admits are equal. The top applicants at other schools usually don't apply to Cal Poly. For all campuses except UC Davis, we are talking about several hundred cross admits per school. This is a small number, and reflects far less than 10% of total applicants for the other schools. This small cross admit pool probably comes from the lower end of the UC admitted pool and the higher end of Cal Poly's admiitted pool. The cross admits are likely to choose Cal Poly, preferring to be the big fish in a small pond.</p>
<p>Having said that, I think Cal Poly SLO is a fine school, academically. Most importantly, it has a traditional college atmosphere, something that is just as important as the "academic" qualities of a school. I would definitely choose Cal Poly over UCSC, UCR and UCI, if given the choice.</p>
<p>Cal Poly over all the UCs except for B, LA, and SD.
Cal poly is really a good school, with a lot of fine majors.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD are way above Cal Poly. They're not even comparable. That's indisputable.</p>
<p>UCDavis is Much more higher than Cal Poly, because 1) it's a UC and Calpoly is a CSU, thus Davis recieves support from the rest of the UCs 2) Davis has more money. lots more 3) Davis offers PhD degrees, Cal Poly does not. Therefore, professors at Davis are better. Think about this, Cal Poly's reputation rests on its engineering program (mainly). Would you rather do something like Computer Science and Engineering at Cal Poly or UCDavis? givem ur hometown is in neither area.</p>
<p>I would say UCIrvine and UCSB are comparable with Cal Poly, but I and most others would pick the UC because they are more prestigeous, and they actually offer an effing doctor degrees, thus bringing up the point of superior professors. </p>
<p>Cal Poly > Riverside, Merced, and SC</p>
<p>Well actually those three have several joint programs with the top UC's so...well Cal Poly > Merced for sure.</p>
<p>I want to re-emphasize some things that were stated earlier. The reputation of Cal Poly rests solely upon it's engineering program. Outside of this, the school is only on-par with the rest of the UCs. Also, the cross-acceptance does not represent the amount of students that applied to the UCs sans Cal Poly consideration. There are a lot of these students.</p>
<p>I have several friends at my school, 3+hours from poly that chose it over Berkeley, UCSD, and USC hands down. They said it was mainly the atmosphere, and that the education didnt rationalize the cost. I guess if it makes you feel better about yourself to go to berkley or UCLA you would feel that the report is a travesty.</p>
<p>You are talking graduate level education.
I would believe Cal Poly has the advantage when it comes to undergraduate education. It's number one focus is practical application and undergraduate education. Not research, theoretical, graduate education like UCSD, UCB, or UCLA.</p>
<p>I've talked to alot of Alumni of UCLA and CPSLO students and there is alot of agreement that the CPSLO method of undergraduate education, especially for engineering and architecture is superior to most if not all UC type of learning.</p>
<p>Just because SLO doesn't offer Ph.D's doesn't means the faculty is sub-par. In fact, that has nothing to do with the faculty. Re: UCB and UCLA, many of my friends have turned down these schools to go to poly. I wouldn't do that personally, but many people do. Re: the rest of the UC's, I know only a handfull of people at SLO that didn't get into any UC's. I'd say 95% of my friends at SLO got into UC's.</p>
<p>Really I guess it ll just depends on what you are aiming for way down the road. If you want a research job , PH'd or something of that type, then you would most likely chose a UC. But if you are in practical application than you might want to go to SLO.</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter how great the university is if it does not have your intended major. Heck I would pick cal poly over ucla for there architecture program becuase ucla doesnt have one. Cal poly does have one of the top rank architecture program in the nation, i think it is the best on the west coast.</p>
<p>Hello children.</p>
<p>When US news ranked Cal Poly for undergrad education. It got ranked along with the other schools that did not offer a docterate degree. That means, it did not get ranked alongside with the UCs, Ivys, and other top tier universities. However, you guys beat San Jose State and Longbeach! Congratulations! My arn't we proud.</p>
<p>(But in some cases, yes, there are some relatively rarer majors that many schools don't have)</p>
<p>Lets keep in mind that theres two distinct kinds of UCs. First you got your riverside and merced. And then you got your Berkeley and Los Angeles. Just saying "I got into UC" doesn't mean a thing. As for those rare people who got into Berkeley and choose Cal Poly, well good for them. They're either really bright people who know what they're doing (they'll be the Best at Cal Poly while chances are they'll be just another face in the crowd at Berkeley), or they're....ugh hopefully have their own reasons...</p>
<p>Youngster- USNews also publishes peer assesment scores for engineering. Cal Poly(3.9) apparently has a higher score than any UC besides berkeley(4.7). So at least for engineering, going to Cal Poly over UCLA isn't much of a stretch. I'm glad I was able to be teach you something today.</p>