<p>Hi guys so lately i have been thinking about transferring to cal poly as an engineering major. I heard that it is one of the best schools out there now i have two questions..</p>
<h1>1 How good is cal poly in the eyes of companies ? who would win a guy from UCLA or Cal poly with the same engineering degree ?</h1>
<p>2# I heard that the highest you could go in cal poly is masters is that true ? and is it possible to finish BS in cal poly and them to masters or phd in UC berkely or UCLA ? and what are the chances? </p>
<h1>1 Employers LOVE Cal Poly. Cal Poly engineering grads garner the highest starting salaries of all California Public Schools including Berkeley. Cal Poly holds up very well mid-career too. My son was accepted at 5 UC’s for engineering including UCLA and UCSD. Because of the unique “learn by doing” teaching methodology, he chose Cal Poly over the UC’s. My son’s best friend’s Dad works and hires for Raytheon. When I asked him about Cal Poly early on in the selection process he laughed and said, " Cal Poly is good, I think my CEO graduated from there." Sure enough, William H. Swanson is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Raytheon and a very satisfied Cal Poly grad.</h1>
<h1>2 Cal Poly does not offer higher than a masters for a very specific reason. It is a teaching institution that focuses on giving you, the student, an education. They do a lot of research, but it is more real world with immediate application in focus. The advantage is that you will have a real professor for every class. Professors will run the labs which you will have for pretty much every class. There are no TA’s that you will have to deal with. At Cal Poly you are the main and most important thing. Also you can do the 4+1 program and graduate simultaneously with a BS and a Master’s Degree. Get your PhD at a research institution later. If you have the grades and proper work/internship experience, Cal Poly grads go on to Harvard for MBA’s or Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC, Michigan or many other schools in or out of state for PhD’s in engineering or other fields. Also, when you see higher salaries quoted for engineering grads at other schools such as MIT, etc., remember that many of those folks end up working for hedge funds and in other fields such as patent law, finance, etc. Don’t forget that an engineering degree also gives you a fantastic general education that can lead to other fields.</h1>
<p>Call the school and speak to a counselor at the specific engineering department that you want to transfer into. You must declare a specific major upon application. Then find out exactly what perquisite classes you need to get into that particular program. Then satisfy every single prerequisite without fail. Even if you have a 4.0 GPA, it will be a challenge to get into Cal Poly without the proper prerequisites. If you satisfy all the classes, you can have a lower GPA and still get in as long as it fits their guidelines. Bottom line – find out exactly what they want and give it to them. They are strict and competition is stiff.</p>
<p>[Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) will help you match up community college courses to prerequisite courses for various majors at Cal Poly (and other CSUs and UCs).</p>
<p>In cases where your main community college is missing a prerequisite course, you may want to check other nearby community colleges for the needed course.</p>
<p>what matters to employers is what you can “Do” and how you can “Benefit” them. Regardless, where you graduate. Unless, you want to become a researcher or professor, a PhD is not necessary. It is about work experience. Whether you get your Master’s degree or even multiple PhD, in of itself, an employer would care less with the many degrees you have unless you can contribute to their business. You can go Harvard for your BA and grad school, but if you don’y do well in your job, you won’t advance anyhow whether trying to apply back to grad school or for employment.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. This information is very helpful ! because i wanted to transfer to ucla for computer engineering, but now i see that i should probably go to cal poly and do software / computer engineering.
will they let me double major ?
and will i have a chance of getting into their 5 year masters program ? assuming my gpa is high of course ?
and after researching around i saw lots of 4.0’s that go rejected from cal poly according to some people they are trying to keep a certain gpa level if then what should my gpa be when ill be applying ?.. </p>