<p>Would you say most kids have more of a 'socially-satisfying time' at Cal Poly SLO compared to UC Davis? In other words is one school and town more chill over all? </p>
<p>I have been accepted to both schools and have been leaning toward Cal Poly. But you know how some people have to throw the letters "UC" at you. They make it sound like it's the only way I'll be successful. I'm not sure i believe that. But, I thought i would ask your opinions about the general student life at both schools.</p>
<p>I realize that both are set in small college towns and have been popular schools for kids. I just seem to hear more about Cal Poly being more 'fun' for students as well as a great learning experience. Its not that I'm into party central. I'm not. But I would like a chill atmosphere especially when studying so much in the quarter system. Is Davis more intense because it's a large research school? Does Cal Poly have smaller classes over all?</p>
<p>Well, I need to make the decision and I just don't want to feel like I'm missing something by passing up a UC. I know that Cal Poly is highly regarded and not quite the same as other CSUs. But I still would like some reassurance.</p>
<p>Much appreciated!</p>
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<p>Anyone have any thoughts or opinions? Thanks!</p>
<p>If you’re going to go to a CSU, the Cal Polys (SLO and Pomona) are probably the most highly regarded of the system.</p>
<p>I do know that a lot of kids travel to SLO to party if you’re anywhere near the area (kids from SSU do it pretty frequently), but I only have two or three friends who travel to Davis, and that’s only because they have friends there.</p>
<p>I don’t know about class sizes (ask on the school’s forum), but non-research schools do tend to be more “chill” than their researching counterparts IMO.</p>
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<p>Please don’t let that ever be your deciding factor. The people that shuve their nose upwards when they mention they’re from a UC… are also the people you don’t want to become or be around. Sure UCs are more ‘prestigious’… but don’t let that factor into where you want or need to go.</p>
<p>Personally I think Cal Poly is way more chill… but it’s still regarded as a highly respectable school. I’d so go for it - plus, Davis is booorrrinng. I believe cow-tipping is highly popular there. I lived near there for 20 years… and there aint nothing going on. At least at Cal poly you have the beaches :)</p>
<p>Well, I have kids at both schools and my Davis daughter is happier than my Cal Poly SLO daughter. My D at Cal Poly is already tired of the excessive partying (seems to be all the kids want to do there) and the stuck up attitudes of some of the So. Cal rich kids at SLO. My D at Davis absolutely loves it! You can be who you are at Davis and get a fantastic education in the process. Also important to families like ours is that Davis has much better financial aid to offer. Despite the big difference in price, we have actually had to take out more loans to cover remaining Cal Poly expenses than Davis, and both kids have the same financial info taken into consideration, but the Davis package is substantially better. Cal Poly is already out of Work Study jobs for the year, and the first quarter isn’t even over yet!</p>
<p>The kids I know from high school that went to SLO were all the kids I hung out with and they partied a lot and were technically considered ‘popular’ whereas the kids I know who went to Davis were (for the most part) Asian, or socially awkward. Overall if I had to choose, I’d pick SLO over most california schools of similar academic caliber. In fact, the only schools I’d take over SLO would be USC, UCSB, Cal, UCLA, and (assuming I got in) Stanford.
In fact, one of my best friend’s sister chose SLO over UCLA. She was super ****ing hot too hahah. Check out both though, because all the kids I DO know at SLO were the party kids in high school. They were relatively smart, but they partied alottttttt</p>
<p>Speaking from experience, Cal Poly has an implicit, borderline merciless, weed out process as students progress through their education; this is especially true in the rigorous majors such as engineering, architecture, and sciences/math.</p>
<p>Some students do party hard the first year, and they learn the hard way (and very quickly) that they won’t be returning the following year. </p>
<p>As an illustration, I had 6 different roommates in my entire time in Cal Poly, 3 of them never finished due to poor academic performance. The academic axe in Cal Poly is no joke.</p>
<p>But on a whole, we do know how to have a good time in SLO.</p>
<p>The people who say Davis is boring don’t go to Davis and most likely have never ever been to the town. They say that because that’s what they often hear - a myth.
If you don’t go to the school and pass by there like once…it seems like there is nothing going on. But if you are a student, you would know all the events/parties EVERY single day !!! They even throw super big parties before and during Finals week. You have to be a student here to know though.
Anyone who has ever been to Davis knows that it’s the SH * * !. It is whatever you make of it ! Be a nerd if you want to. Be a party animal if you want to. Or Be both. Davis can accommodate to any type of person. </p>
<p>Davis is only boring for boring people. </p>
<p>Suggestion: Come to Davis on Picnic Day. You would never want to leave it (:</p>
<p>look at my review on the SLO forum. im a current freshmen at slo and hate it.</p>
<p>im droppin out mainly for other reasons: but since your interested, parties at SLO are comparable to HS parties. their lame. try USC or UCSB.</p>