How much of an "upgrade" is UCR to Cal Poly Pomona?

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<p>How about UCI? Or UC Davis? I never see anyone posting about math much...guess it's severely unimpacted at all. I don't see too much about physics or statistics either.</p>

<p>Anyway, I figure I'd get into UCR probably. I'd like to know how much weight it would probably have concerned with employers. Would I be better off sticking it out at Cal Poly Pomona? I don't know if it's really known outside of California. Chances are I might be here for graduate school and attending a UC for graduate school. However, I am probably going to end up somewhere in the east coast for a job.</p>

<p>At UC Davis and UC Riverside "Applied Math" seems like a new thing going on for them. </p>

<p>How much do you think it would help me to be at UCR for instance when competing against someone from Cal Poly Pomona for a summer undergrad research opportunity?</p>

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<p>go to UCR UCI UCD if you’re consider grad school in the future.</p>

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<p>may i ask what is wrong with CPP? this is actually one of my top picks so now im concerned cause I heard it was a decent school…</p>

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<p>@compsciguy91 There’s nothing wrong with CP Pomona, as long as you are not concerned with gaining research experience. Both Cal Polys emphasize preparing for the job force, whereas the UCs emphasize getting involved with research. Regarding grad school, CPP and CPSLO offer up to a Masters degree in Computer Science (which is what I assume you are pursuing). If you want a Ph.D., however, you may want to consider a UC.</p>

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<p>compsciguy91: There is nothing wrong with Cal Poly Pomona. The education and teachers are great. However, there’s not a lot of opportunity to do research for my particular major. Physics majors have an easier time getting research experience than I do, especially at NASA at places like Ames. I want to do research in biology/math, but there is not really any opportunity for the intersection of those at CPP. Computer Science I am pretty sure is different. Many of the internships my major qualifies for are up north with Lockheed, Boeing, etc. that I would like to be closer to get experience, but I’d go UCR simply because they do research in math at the school itself whereas they don’t at CPP (unless it’s some disadvantaged minority type deal). </p>

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<p>So don’t worry about it not being a decent school, especially for computer science. It’s a specific problem I have with the whole research deal.</p>

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<p>CPP is great but just my personal preference, I’d rather go to a UC.</p>