<p>I was just wondering what people from all over think of SDSU....What are your first thoughts about it?</p>
<p>Party school. I think if you were to go out of california, sdsu would just be another state school an employer will see on a resume.</p>
<p>nice area to live (San Diego) but it doesn't have the same college feel as say chico or cal poly. Its a commuter school. Kids live all thru the area, a lot at the beach towns (mission beach, pacific beach). A decent school, in the middle of the cal-states in terms of rep.</p>
<p>"in the middle of the cal-states in terms of rep."</p>
<p>i believe sdsu is at the top of the cal states. usually cal poly slo is considered the top csu, followed by sdsu. sdsu is also second in cal state selectivity behind slo as well. i believe sdsu's stats, both admissions and entering class, are also second highest behind cal poly slo. so i would argue sdsu is clearly at the top of the cal state heirarchy, just behind cal poly slo.</p>
<p>Rankings DON'T mean everything when it comes to the quality of a college, but when I take a look at San Diego State in terms of US News:</p>
<p>Rank: Fourth Tier, National Universities</p>
<p>I see a lower-quality state school. While rankings are somewhat subjective, fourth tier is forth tier is fourth tier.</p>
<p>Now, this is the uneducated layman at work here. I do not know much about San Diego State University. Then again, neither will MOST non-California residents.</p>
<p>This is what you're dealing with in terms of prestige.</p>
<p>i think of Marshall Faulk and Tony Gwynn. Besides that, pretty much party school full of people who pay little attention to academics.</p>
<p>i agree, no california state university school other than cal poly slo is looked at as prestigious. i simply responded to someones post who said sdsu was in the middle of the cal state system. that is not correct, it is one of the more difficult cal states to get into, 2nd behind cal poly slo. in no way was i trying to say it is prestigious. if you want a highly ranked public university in southern california, go to ucsd or ucla. but they are obviously much tougher to get into than sdsu.</p>