<p>Have any of you attended these schools for mechanical engineering and what are your thoughts about the program. These are the schools that I have a reasonable shot at getting accepted. If you could share your experiences I would be most appreciative.</p>
<p>Why not also apply to Cal Poly Pomona?</p>
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<p>Cal Poly Pomona and SLO have reputations as great engineering programs, as does San Jose State. Not sure specifically what type of engineering is better at each school.</p>
<p>Are you going to try for SLO, also? </p>
<p>Applications open today for CSU's. You should apply as soon as possible to increase your chances of admissions. Don't wait!</p>
<p>Try the above mentioned schools; they are excellent choices for engineering that aren't too cutthroat to get into. Good luck!</p>
<p>Try Cal Poly Pomona and SLO. Out of the schools mentioned though, I'd have to go with San Jose.</p>
<p>The list of schools I gave are actually schools that I have applied to for January 2009 admission. I have already been "accepted" at San Jose pending most likely of if I pass all my current classes this semester. </p>
<p>I should have stated that I am currently a student at a community college with a little more than enough credits to transfer and have an overall GPA of 2.2 - 2.3. Hopefully after this semester is completed though it will jump to around 2.5-2.7 (repeating two classes and taking two new ones). Should I consider trying to transfer out of San Jose to one of the Cal Polys? Honestly I am just done with the community college I am at and want to move forward with my education, so I applied to the schools I believed I would have the best chances of getting in.</p>
<p>Yeah, with those grades I think Cal Poly and Pamona might be stretch, though it wouldn't hurt to try.</p>
<p>Chico is a party school, so you grades might suffer there. However, it's a party school because there is nothing around there. If you like the outdoors (hiking, fishing, etc.) it would be a good school. I have successful relatives who have gradusted from there.</p>
<p>San Jose State in a better area than UCR or UC Merced. I'm from Fresno orgionally and went to Davis and then lived in San Jose for about 4 years before moving out of state. I like the Merced area mainly because I have friends and family in the area, but apart from that it's really a rather drab town. UCR is in the smoggiest place on earth, and I don't really like So Cal. My little sister is a UCR grad, and I think the only thing they are known for is their grass/lawns. San Jose has a lot of culture, is close to San Fran, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. The traffic sucks and the campus isn't in the nicest part of town, but it's relatively safe and is a good school with a lot of local business support (and that the support of silicon valley, nothing to wave a stick at). </p>
<p>If those were the schools I had to chose from I would take San Jose State and then probably Chico.</p>
<p>Note: don't think that I am dis'ing on your gpa. Once you graduate and get a job no one will care what it is. Good luck and don't quit.</p>
<p>I have heard Chico is a party school. So is SDSU. And basically every other college, too, probably could qualify.</p>
<p>With those grades as a community college transfer, it will be easier to be admitted than as a high school student applying into college. They tend to not worry about grades quite as much, and there is no "weighting" of GPA in college, either.</p>
<p>Much harder to transfer from one CSU to another. You are better off going from a CC into the CSU you would like to graduate from.</p>
<p>There are 23 CSU campuses? Have you looked at any others?</p>
<p>your GPA is way too low. even if you got in, I don't think you can survive</p>
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your GPA is way too low. even if you got in, I don't think you can survive
I second what he said.</p>
<p>Don't mean to be rude, but forget cal poly pomona. I transferred from a JC w/ a 3.1 gpa, and the mandatory ME classes pretty much killed it (yes, civils have to take some ME classes).
The ME department's goal is to fail as many students as possible, and not teach. They fire part timers that pass too many students.</p>
<p>^ I hardly think that's true. You can maybe consider them as 'weeder' courses, but to say they want to intentionally fail students is...absurd.</p>
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your GPA is way too low. even if you got in, I don't think you can survive
I second what he said.</p>
<p>Don't mean to be rude, but forget cal poly pomona. I transferred from a JC w/ a 3.1 gpa, and the mandatory ME classes pretty much killed it (yes, civils have to take some ME classes).
The ME department's goal is to fail as many students as possible, and not teach. They fire part timers that pass too many students.
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<p>Thanks for the advice guys, maybe after my first semester of ME classes at whichever university I go to, depending how it works out I'll switch majors. I was doing fairly poor in all my classes when I first stated college. Decided I should take a break for a year and came back feeling more focused and determined than when I started. But thanks to everyone for their input into colleges. I will probably choose to go to San Jose, just not looking forward to the cost of living.</p>
<p>Just remember that even if you are going to a lower-tier university, it's still a university regardless. This is just my advise, but if you did really poorly in a lot of your prereqs, I would consider retaking them if you can at the JC or else you'll probably end up doing poor at the university as well. Just my .02.</p>
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^ I hardly think that's true. You can maybe consider them as 'weeder' courses, but to say they want to intentionally fail students is...absurd.
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<p>I thought weeder classes are only 100 or 200 level classes, and not 300? Also, the ME dept has the lowest student retention rate...</p>