SMU, UT, A&M, Rice, Georgia Tech, Cal Poly, Cornell Engineering

I’ve looked at it, but at 65k/year, I can’t justify it compared to UT’s 26/year. Plus, I would try for UCB and UCLA probably before I go to UCSB.

How is the college life and the feel at Cal Poly SLO? Also, why is the cost of OOS tuition half that of UC schools? Is it the fact it doesn’t have a PhD program?