UCR vs Cal Poly pomona

<p>Hey letjon, I think it doesn’t matter where you dorm cuz UCR has really good housing and Im pretty sure CPP has some good dorms since they have built some new dorms… If you want to major in environmental engineering then I would suggest you to go to UCR since Cal Poly Pomona doesn’t even have that major. UCR’s environmental engineering program ranked 39th in the nation according to U.S. & World News Report (even though I hate this website)</p>

<p>@suenese,</p>

<p>Maybe this year. But nothing close to your stat last year; 502 admits out of 991 applicants. BTW, where did you get your info? Just curious.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/stats/students/admissions/docs/Application&Admission%20Counts%20by%20Major.pdf[/url]”>http://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/stats/students/admissions/docs/Application&Admission%20Counts%20by%20Major.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I am not surprised by the CSU Pomona students coming here and misleading people with wrong stats.</p>

<p>I’ve personally taken on a couple of them, dropped their pants off and run naked on our board. Haha, those poor souls from csup.</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona for undergraduate education.</p>

<p>I would suggest anyone considering any two universities to look at how their departments rank first. Comparing UCR and Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona has a few more highly rated programs and three in the top 25 in the country among all private/ private/ research/ master’s universities while UCR has none. Here’s how they rank.</p>

<p>CPP top 25 in the nation programs:
Architecture: 18th
Landscape Architecture: 17th
Urban Planning: 21st</p>

<p>Engineering (amongst Masters only so harder to compare to UCR
Overall Engineering: 11th
Civil Engineering: 7th
Mechanical: 8th
Electrical: 10th</p>

<p>UCR top 25 in the nation programs:
none</p>

<p>UCR top 50:
Video Game Design? (seriously?, there can’t be more than 50 programs in the country: top 50
Overall Engineering: 35th
Enviromental: 39th</p>

<p>[Rankings[/url</a>]
[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html]About”&gt;http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html]About</a> UCR: Ranks](<a href=“http://dsa.csupomona.edu/visitors/rankings.asp]Rankings[/url”>http://dsa.csupomona.edu/visitors/rankings.asp)</p>

<p>Bottom line, one should choose based on their chosen major first and then by overall factors.</p>

<p>I’m not going to claim I know a lot about this, but from what I’ve read and heard from other people I get the feeling that the general quality and opportunities available at a school are much more important then departmental strength. Not saying I would pick UCR math over Princeton math, but generally at the undergraduate level coursework is very similar and most differences in academics would probably be with the quality of the overall student body and general things like that. Also, there are other small factors to consider like research opportunities (if you are going to do research). </p>

<p>(Also, tons of people come into college undecided about there major and another huge chunk of students change their major so picking based on major over the general quality of the school is something I would personally avoid)</p>

<p>This really is up to each individual person to decide though.</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona would be good for engineering and architectrue…
But UCR is a better school OVERALL. UCR is ranked top 100 in the nation. Cal Poly Pomona is not even considered in ranking. So, if you are 100% certain that you’re going to major in engineering or architecture, then I would choose Cal Poly Pomona. If you are not certain, then I would choose UCR because the major changing is very flexible at UCR. Keep in mind that most students change their majors on average of 3 times. Also, your college experience is important as well.</p>

<p>I’d say CPP and UCR are about even in the engineering/science level… and then of course CPP’s architecture program is one of the best in the world. UCR definitely out ranks CPP overall though.</p>

<p>College life? I have visited UC Riverside and WOW! Riverside is like no man’s land! There is absolutely NOTHING to do in Riverside. It’s like UCR is the main village of the city or something…
However, I live literally like a mile up the street from CPP, and we actually have a city with things to do, unlike UCR. And even if you don’t like the life in Pomona, there’s always the surrounding cities that have stuff too.</p>

<p>In general, I’d say the more east of LA you go, the less you have to do…</p>

<p>The new Common Data Sets are out and as mentioned earlier in this thread, Cal Poly Pomona is starting to surpass UCR in admissions standards. The middle 50% SAT scores of the incoming freshmen class are as follows.</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona: 950-1200
UCR: 930-1170</p>

<p>Not a huge difference but I believe this is the first time CPP has surpassed UCR and it seems like this trend may continue as CPP, in the past two years, has abandoned minimum CSU requirements and quotas. Many more majors have also been added to their impacted list while UCR standards have remained the same despite the increased demand for admissions across the state. </p>

<p>[Strategic</a> Academic Research and Analysis: Common Data Set 2010-11 Section C](<a href=“Institutional Research |”>Institutional Research |)
<a href=“http://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/dataset/docs/cds2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.csupomona.edu/~irar/dataset/docs/cds2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I know what you mean. Even for the sciences, Pomona is starting to catch up to UCR. I tried going there for Bio last year but got rejected and ended here at UCR. I hear Biology is now impacted there. I wish they would get more selective here at Riverside. I just dont think anybody wants to come way out here. It’s pretty boring. I don’t want us to get left behind and be forever known as UC Reject.</p>

<p>Simple economics. Cal Poly Pomona offers better location and better academic reputation for half the price.</p>

<p>You gotta be kidding me jimpayne. UCR is known for sciences. You applied for bio program, which is already impacted at Cal Poly Pomona. UCR is better for science overall, the CNAS field. (entomology is #4 in the nation) And they prepare you to go to good med school because it’s still a UC school. I’ve seen many science majors going to great med schools. Unless it’s bio, architecture, animal science, biotechnology and engineering for Cal Poly Pomona, UCR is better overall.</p>

<p>People don’t seem to wanna go to UCR because Riverside is located in a bad area for a school. (Still don’t understand why a school has to be located at riverside). Unless you are active in greek life, it can be pretty boring. But it’s not that bad once you get used to it. UCR is becoming more selective, but it’s not becoming as selective as Cal Poly Pomona due to its location but that doesn’t mean Cal Poly Pomona offers better academic reputation. Both schools can offer great education equally if the students take the initiative to make the best out of each school.</p>

<p>Mhhh, I have talked to several CPP students and all of them were admitted to UCR. Then again, they were all engineers, which seems to be the crown-jewel at CPP.</p>

<p>I think UCR is better for colleges like business and liberal arts.</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona… hands down!</p>

<p>some people are talking about admissions standards, which shouldn’t matter at all when were talking about ucr and cpp. cpp is way cheaper, which causes a lot of students to choose it over ucr. Another point is that the CSU’s have been hit the hardest as far as the financial situation goes, so they cant admit as many students. honestly i didn’t even apply the CSU’s because so many people have been telling me that its like community college 2.0 as far as getting classes goes. the people i have talked to at UC’s have told me that they get classes no problem. i would say that going to a CSU and finishing years late because you cant get classes would be one of the biggest dissapointments. thats my opinion on the matter ^_^</p>

<p>Hey folks. Some of you need to update your thoughts about UCR’s business school. They got a new dean a couple of years back and they’ve hired some terrific new faculty members. Some came from USC. The business school, they call it SoBA, is listed in the Princeton Review Best Business Schools and the undergraduate program is now ranked by both U.S. News and Business Week. It does pretty well against other publics.</p>

<p>I’m stuck between the two…</p>

<p>Which is better for chemistry?</p>

<p>UCR chemistry rank Top 75 in the world</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona Chemistry not Rank</p>

<p>Chemistry Nobel Prize winners
UCR:1
CPP:0</p>

<p>[Department</a> of Chemistry at the University of California, Riverside ( UCR )](<a href=“http://www.chem.ucr.edu/]Department”>http://www.chem.ucr.edu/)</p>

<p>UCR>CPP</p>

<p>can anyone rank these business programs for me? </p>

<p>Pepperdine
UCSB
UCI
Chapman
Occidental (if they even have one)</p>

<p>UC Reject aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha</p>

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