<p>Cangel,
"Yes, Famous Professor teaches a few classes, and his post docs and grad students may cover a few more, but if they are doing high level neuroscience research, they won't cover that many freshman bio classes!" </p>
<p>-- you're right, the difference one Famous Professor makes doesn't add up to a heap of beans, but it's a moot point since no Famous Professor would want to work in a vaccum. He'd want to be with other Famous Professors, at a major research institituion. </p>
<p>CCSurfer, I don't think it's especially easy to transfer from a Cal State to a UC: most 'transfer' spots are generally for those who come in from the CC system. At least, that's the way it used to be - since you can't get a BA/BS at a CC but the Cal States were created specifically with the idea of producing BAs/BCs.</p>