I am an international student transferring from community college. How good is the computer engineering program at CP? I am also interested in honors math/engineering/cs classes and programming clubs. I want to participate in programming contests/hackathons like ACM ICPC and I’m wondering what resources Cal Poly has to prepare for this kind of competitions. It would be really helpful to also get advice on how the transfer process goes. This is my last semester at CC and I’m taking honors Calculus on Manifolds which is not a requirement but rather like a senior level class. Is there any chance I will get transfer credit for this one or it can only count as a prerequisite?
My goal is to try get internships as soon as I start off at Cal Poly. I’ve got As in all my computer science and math classes at CC, few Bs in physics/engineering. Also last year I went to ACM competition, didnt score anywhere in the top but still got an honorable mention from them (I guess we were the first team from our community college). I am wondering if these things would help me land an internship, and if yes, how do you do that in Cal Poly? My ultimate goal is to get a good job for my OPT. Thank you in advance for help.