<p>Well id like some opinions on CSUs.
Im a pysch and business major. transfering.</p>
<p>San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
San Diego State University
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly Pomona</p>
<p>Just wondering if anyone knows stuff about the campus, major ranks, city life, etc.. anything.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO Is by FAR the best CSU and better then alot of the UCs. Pretty hard to get into.</p>
<p>yep, SLO is the most prestigious, but what exactly are you looking for in a school?</p>
<p>Well im a business major. A good undergrad program would be nice. A nice campus with a social life. I dunno what else..</p>
<p>San Diego State has the best business program, the nicest campus, and the best social life</p>
<p>i would disagree, fullerton and san jose have the best business programs</p>
<p>i don't know much about cal poly pomona or fullerton, because they are both in areas i wouldn't consider living in. i'd say SF state has the most desirable location (if you're into the city), cal poly slo the best reputation and a beautiful campus, and san jose is the most well-rounded (this might be a little biased as i am from san jose. i have many friends who go there, and i've heard nothing but good things. SJSU has a nice central downtown location, lots to do... if you're 21. there are many opportunities in the area especially in business, communications, technology, and the arts.)</p>
<p>fullerton gives you access to los angeles, san gabriel valley and obviously orange county. That is hard to beat, especially when everything including the snowy mountains reside no more than 30-45 minutes in any direction</p>
<p>San Jose is great however if you want a job in that area, especially if you want to work for a tech company such as adobe, cisco, hp, ebay etc as they hold information sessions almost weekly. Fullerton provides nearly the same opps in terms of tech with irvine, but includes a larger number of start ups. In southern california, you also have opps to work for large car manufacturers, finance, etc, making fullerton more diverse with its business opps</p>
<p>This may come as somewhat of a shock to some of you (as it did for me), but Cal Poly Pomona accepts less than 25% of applicants; Cal Poly SLO accepts 45%.</p>
<p>SJSU is really easy to get into. The average GPA for people in my school that got in is like a 2.8. In my opinion it's a huge commuter school (all of my friends who go there still live at home) and unless you're over 21, then San Jose is really boring, unless you're into shopping... there are like 8 malls within 20 miles
Cal Poly is a great engineering school. the campus is okay but SLO and surrounding areas are beautiful</p>
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Cal Poly SLO Is by FAR the best CSU and better then alot of the UCs.
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<p>Cal Poly SLO is a fine school, but saying it is "better" than "a lot" of the nine undergraduate UC campuses would be stretching things a bit.</p>
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This may come as somewhat of a shock to some of you (as it did for me), but Cal Poly Pomona accepts less than 25% of applicants; Cal Poly SLO accepts 45%.
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Try these statistics, from collegeboard.com:</p>
<p>Percent of applicants accepted:</p>
<p>45 % Cal Poly SLO
42 % UC San Diego
27 % UCLA
26 % UC Berkeley
24 % Cal Poly Pomona </p>
<p>Based solely on this statistic, Cal Poly Pomona is the most selective public university in California. </p>
<p>Now, based on other statistics (such as average SAT scores), Cal Poly Pomona would rank behind these other schools. It just happens to get far more applicants than it can handle, because it's such a great value for students who live in the LA or OC areas. You can live at home, commute to CP-P, pay the low Cal State tuition, and get a solid, respected degree for a very low total cost. </p>
<p>As a predominantly commuter school, it has little social life, but you can't have everything.</p>
<p>Everyone knows Pomona Is SLO's ***** </p>
<p>If you want a good social life and top-notch education go to SLO, it’s by far the best education and they have a new Business building that’s pretty nice. By the way I don’t go to SLO so, my opinions independent.</p>
<p>I know Cal poly slo has a much better rep than the other csu, but why is cal poly pomona acceptance rate much lower around 25% whereas cal poly slo is around 45% and other state schools are 50%-60% acceptance rates??</p>
<p>Actually, I may have my facts mixed up. The following figures were derived from csumentor.com</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona:</p>
<h1>of freshman applicants: 19,937.</h1>
<h1>of freshman applicants accepted: 14,878 (75%).</h1>
<p>Cal Poly SLO:</p>
<h1>of freshman applicants: 26,865.</h1>
<h1>of freshman applicants accepted: 11,726 (43%).</h1>
<p>If I someone believes that I have made a mistake, please don't hesitate to correct me.</p>
<p>those two % seem pretty high for both.</p>
<p>Looks like number conflicts, doesn't it? According to US News, in 2005-6:</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO had 23,691 applicants, accepted 10,551, and enrolled 3,372. The acceptance rate was just under 45%.</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona had 17,252 applicants, accepted 4,122, and enrolled 2,793. The acceptance rate was just under 24%. The enrolled rate was high at 68% compared to 32% at SLO. </p>
<p>Berkeley was 36,989, 9,809, and 4,101, or an acceptance of 27%.</p>
<p>My theory is that SLO is viewed as a "safety" alternative for students applying to privates and the UC, resulting in a lower "yield," while students who apply to Pomona think of it as their first choice. Likewise, Berkeley might be an alternative for those applying to the HYPS schools. Any other ideas?</p>
<p>the stats are somewhat misleading, however, since certain campuses (eg, SLO, SD, Fullerton) are impacted. What that means is that they accept ~100% of all minimally qualified residents in their catchment area. It just so happens that SLO County is not as populated as say, Orange County or San Diego Co., so SLO can accept more out of area residents, relatively speaking.</p>
<p>But, yes, SLO is the top of the Cal States. From there, it really doesn't matter much to employers, whether the degree says San Diego, Fullerton, Long Beach, San Jose, or SF. IMO, UCR's undergrad program will have slightly more cachet for grad schools than will a Cal State diploma.</p>
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IMO, UCR's undergrad program will have slightly more cachet for grad schools than will a Cal State diploma.
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<p>Actually, I believe that Cal Poly SLO is ahead of UCR (and probably UCM) in many areas, such as engineering, architecture, etc...</p>
<p>agree with you hye, but the OP asked about Biz Ad</p>