Hey there!
I’ve been accepted into Cal Poly Pomona, and I was wondering how it stacks up against the UCs (like Santa Cruz, Irvine, San Diego, or UCLA). How are the job prospects for CPP grads? Education quality? Campus life? Social scene? What about when compared with the other CSUs like SDSU and SJSU? If you could help me and the other prospective freshmen, I’d appreciate it very much!
Thanks for the help!
Are you trying to decide between CPP and some other school in particular, or are you just curious in general?
Also, what are you planning to study?
Hey! As someone from CA, here’s my input:
First of all, congrats:)
For cal poly, it really depends on the program you’re accepted into. I know people accepted to USC but rejected to cal poly for engineering, so I know majors like that are highly regarded. However, about a dozen kids from my school have committed to cal poly, and many of them are big partiers and even potheads. I don’t know how some of them got into college, period, let alone a good school like that. But I guess you see that for a lot of schools.
I think overall it is considered a good school; better than solid but not quite at the “great” level. I know 99% of people who go really enjoy it. San Luis Obispo is an awesome, really fun town!
My personal opinion:
cal poly < Irvine
cal poly <<<<<< UCSD, UCLA
cal poly > UCSC, SDSU
cal poly >>>> UCSJ
Hope that helps! Good luck!!
Thanks for the responses! I’ve been accepted into Cal Poly POMONA (not SLO, though thanks for the help ;p ) and SDSU, and SJSU has asked for my transcript so I’m assuming I got in. I’ve been wait-listed on University of Washington and UC Santa Cruz. I’m having a hard time deciding between CPP and SJSU, since CPP has a good reputation, but I hear that SJSU is REALLY good at compsci for a CSU, and plus, it’s in Silicon Valley. However, I’m keeping UW and UCSC in mind.
PS. @collegebound1516 what do you mean “UCSJ”? you mean SJSU right?
The poster was asking about Cal Poly Pomona not Cal Poly SLO.
Haha oops I should’ve read that more closely, yes I meant SJSU, and sorry about the SLO/Pomona mixup!
Yeah it’s no issue! Thanks for the advice (on SLO haha)
Sorry I never actually mentioned that I’m applying for compsci. Any advice would be great!
CS at SJSU hires nicely into Silicon Valley as I understand it.
SDSU is a good call if your goal is to work in San Diego.
So should I take it over Pomona then?:S