<p>I am a transfer student who plans to apply as an urban planning major to CPP for the fall of 2012. I really don’t know anything about the department so any information regarding transfer admission, and reputation of the school in the urban planning field would help me a lot. Thanks</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I just saw your question and had to make a profile to respond. I am currently a 3rd year Urban and Regional Planning undergraduate at Cal Poly Pomona and I love it. I came straight out of high school, and have been involved since I arrived. We are in the College of Environmental Design which includes the Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Graphic Design, and Fine Arts departments in addition to the Center for Regenerative Studies. Urban Planning is an awesome major and this university is a great place to become immersed in the topic. We regularly take class field trips to Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Pasadena, and many other places to meet with local city planners, developers, environmental non-profits, etc… to augment our classroom discussions. There is a club called APSA (American Planning Student Association) that most of the involved Urban Planning students are a part of. This organization is officially recognized by the American Planning Association (planning.org) and has won awards for best practices at National Conference. Our student population is diverse in most ways you could imagine and yet remains very close knit. Also, the undergraduate degree program is accredited unlike many universities which simply offer an unaccredited “urban studies” program. Our alumni network is heavily concentrated in Southern California, which is something to consider, although it does not prevent you from working all over the world. I have friends who recently graduated and are now at grad school in Cornell, UC Berkeley, London School of Economics, etc… I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>-Matthew Stafford</p>
<p>That was a great response man! Super informative. So then CPP definitely has bright future job prospects once you graduate, which I forgot to mention is one of my biggest concerns as a college student. I was also worried since CPP isn’t a UC that I wouldn’t have good chances for grad school, but I guess not. Would you happen to know any transfer students that are in the planning department at CPP?</p>