<p>My son was accepted into all 4 schools for Computer Engineering and we will be going on a tour of 2 nor cal schools over spring break. He will live on campus so costs for all 4 are pretty much even. Internships and future job prospects are important as well as campus life. If he had to rank them at this point it would be:</p>
<ol>
<li>sdsu</li>
<li>cpp</li>
<li>sjsu</li>
<li>sfsu</li>
</ol>
<p>Looking for anyone with comments or insight on who they like and why.
Thanks!!!!</p>
<p>Easy to knock SFSU off that list. I’d pick cpp or sjsu, but take a look at sdsu if student was interested in it for other reasons.</p>
<p>In Scilicon Valley since SJSU is a local school with very good CS program, many company hire from SJSU.</p>
<p>SFSU is the obvious goner as BrownParent said. CPP has the 4-year guarantee, meaning that students who follow the pledge are guaranteed, in return, to graduate in 4 years. It can be appreciable compared to the other schools.
On top of a tour, see if he can attend a class and eat lunch there (what do the students talk about? What does the campus paper focus on? are the students in the class passive or driven/involved?)</p>
<p>Unless your son is apprehensive about moving out of N Cal, I’d spend the time touring the SoCal schools and choose between them. CPP is away from the ocean and has a commuter school vibe. SDSU has more of a buzz/energy and a more residential feel. You can’t go wrong with either.</p>
<p>thanks for all of the replies so far… We live in So Cal, so CPP and SDSU are just a short drive (1-2 hrs). I did not know that CPP was considered a commuter school. Any more comments?</p>
<p>Re: “commuter schools”</p>
<p>Percentage of frosh in the campus dorms (a reasonable proxy for resident students, as opposed to commuters):</p>
<p>50% CPP
63% SDSU
46% SFSU
56% SJSU</p>
<p>I.e. all of them have a substantial percentage of commuter students.</p>
<p>The percentage of students overall in the dorms is much lower, because, like at many public universities, upperclass resident students mostly live in nearby off-campus housing.</p>
<p>For computer engineering, SJSU’s location is probably the most favorable for finding employment based on that major.</p>