<p>Cal Poly Pomona engineering is a highly ranked program (#11 in the nation, though not as much as Cal Poly SLO's #5) for master's universities. I have seen CP-SLO even being compared to UCSD for engineering, but what about CP-Pomona's engineering program? Does it compare well against UCD, UCSB or UCI? What about UCSC, UCR, or UCM?</p>
<p>Probably comparable to UCSC and UCR, superior to UCM.</p>
<p>In my opinion, CPP has far better engineering reputation than UCSC and UCR. It’s a tech school and half the price. Heck, I have a transfer agreement with UCD, but might end up going to CPP because CPSLO is too difficult to get into and because I don’t want to take out loans. Plus, Pomona is close to LA and the OC and their internships and job opportunities.</p>
<p>sorry to change the topic, but i am trying to post a question about slo vs. pomona. how do you start a thread?</p>
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<p>and click on the New Thread button.</p>
<p>I think you also have to look at the major. For example, UCI is better in civil than CPP, but CPP might be better for mechanical.</p>
<p>I’ve done a lot of research and the Polytechnic experience can not be compared to the UC’s very easily. Rather ask yourself if you want a “hands on” application oriented education or a more research and theory based one. My kid was recently accepted to SLO and Pomona and the Honors College at UCI. He also got merit scholarship invitations to UCLA, UCSC and UC Berkeley where he also applied to the engineering departments. He also applied to UCSD and UCB. We will not know most UC admission decisions until mid March at the earliest. In his opinion, the Polytechnic teaching method is far superior to the UC’s simply because his goal is to be a working engineer during (via internships) and immediately after college. He is great at learning from texts, but given a choice to be working with his hands and he will choose that without hesitation. He wants to be in the field right away and has no interest in a PhD or a teaching position at this time. He just wants to be in industry as soon as possible. For us it is between SLO or Pomona depending on how we feel after the tours. He will gladly give up slots at the UC’s for either of those schools. Additionally, we have friends who work for Raytheon and other firms that employ engineers and I had them ask their recruiters which schools they prefer. The answer was surprising. Big recruiters consider graduates of both Cal Poly’s on par with UC grads (UCLA in particular due to our location) for job interviews. You will do great at CPP and should be very competitive with any UC grad. If you really want a UC that bad, graduate from CPP get a good job, perform well, and have them pay for a master’s degree at a UC! Just as a side note, I asked my friend at Raytheon what he though of the Cal Poly’s and he said, “Oh, those schools are great!” I thin my company’s CEO grauated from one of them. Indeed, the current CEO of Raytheon graduated from SLO.</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly agree with OsakaDad. My son gave up spots at both UCI and UCD to attend Cal Poly Pomona precisely because of the approach to academics the two polytechnics have. The price tag (~$4,000/year) is very appealing, and his scholarships and grants virtually offset the cost. Cal Poly SLO is already a shinning star in the CSU system… Cal Poly Pomona is moving up very fast in that direction.</p>
<p>OsakaDad:
You mention merit scholarships to a few schools, and the context made it seem he also received the same from SLO. Is that the case and did you have to do any special applicaton for those schalrships?</p>