ucsbstud- Cal Poly has a higher peer assesment score in engineering than UCSB. In fact, it has a higher score than any UC except for berkeley. I doubt many would choose UCSB's engineering over cal poly's.
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I certainly did.</p>
<p>SLO focuses on application. UCSB balances application and theory -- an aspect I liked FAR better than Cal Poly.</p>
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How could someone rejected to UCSB and UCSC be accepted to SLO?
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How are there people who got accepted into UCLA but be rejected to UCD? Atleast when I applied three years ago there were a handful of my friends who were rejected from the UC system and ended up going to SLO.</p>
<p>I got accepted to UCD, UCSB, UCI, and Cal Poly SLO college of engineering. I am leaning towards UCSB's Chem E for the same reason why Yen did. I visited both campuses and took the engineering tour and from what I gather, Cal Poly is concentrating on todays application rather than the future. Cal Poly is a tech school where you are learning hands on the discipline that you are studying. You are ready to go out and work. UCSB is more theory and application, which also gives you more options to specialize. UC's are more research, they are the future.</p>
<p>I'd say UC's are more graduate research-based. Cal Poly requires every undergrad student to complete a senior project. These projects are usually research-based, and involve direct faculty-student interaction. UCSB is certainly a better grad school, but I give CP the edge in undergrad education and research.</p>
<p>Overall its no doubt both UCSB's and CPSLO's engineering program or the university in general is very reputable. That is the point i am giving to UCSBstud and all others who automatically put down CPSLO just for being part of the CSU system. CPSLO really is an exception and is as good if not better than most of the UCs when it comes to undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Better than most of the UCs, yeh right! While I agree that their engineering program is good it is by no means excellent or better than most UCs.</p>
<p>packerfan: have you visited both schools? I agree with another post on this thread that our opinions should mean close to nothing when it comes down to your decision. Some interesting stats have been provided here that could influence you, but this isn't end-all be-all.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure SLO will be a good fit for you then. As far as the campus, remember that the Bonderson engineering building will be up and running next fall, and that the library and science building are going over some major overhauls in the next couple years. Cal Poly has a lot of money due to their Centennial Campaign, and is improving the campus drastically.</p>
<p>I have a M.S. from UCSB, am a registered professional engineer, manage a group of 30 engineers and scientists, and have a few comments about the difference(s) between UCSB and Cal Poly. UCSB teaches with a tilt toward the theoretical. During a major plant construction project, I worked with a lot of engineers that had come out of schools that dealt more with the real world stuff, like how to specify a control system (instead of modeling a dynamic system) and those guys were invaluable. I thought the UC theory approach was good for those with a research orientation, but the reality is that engineers have to be able to do stuff. Don't get too caught up in the UC vs. CSU debate. It's more about Departments within a specific school. Cal Poly has a national reputation and I'd hire a Cal Poly grad any day to put alongside the ones I've got from Davis, San Diego, Iowa, Berkeley, Washington, UMass, and elsewhere. And I think the Cal Poly guy would hit the ground running just a little bit faster. I have one joining for the summer and expect great things from him. Check out the departments and talk to the professors and make a decision.</p>