<p>(I’ve also gotten into James Madison, George Mason, UCSD, UCI, UCD, U of Washington, and U of Denver [w/ $11,000/yr], and SDSU) – Or if you really like one of those tell me why:)</p>
<p>Cal Poly- Business major
Penn State- Hospitality</p>
<p>I’m definitely looking for a fun social life but good academics, too. I want to be an event planner so staying in CA would be better for contacts. But I know Penn State has some cool event planning stuff there. </p>
<p>Opinions on anything?</p>
<p>Go to Cal Poly… im heading over there this fall as a computer engineering major 
As shown in the following link, Cal Poly business grads are well respected by recruiters. Here’s a quote from the site
“SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly is among the top universities in the nation at producing the best graduates to hire in business and engineering, according to recruiters polled by the Wall Street Journal as part of a special report. Cal Poly business grads are on par with Stanford, Harvard, Penn State and UC Berkeley, while engineering grads top those of UCLA, Rensselaer, Carnegie Mellon and more.”
[Recruiters</a> Tell Wall St. Journal Cal Poly Among Top National Producers of Business, Engineering Grads in the Nation](<a href=“Press Releases | University Communications and Marketing”>Press Releases | University Communications and Marketing)
This is coming from recruiters and as you can see it’s being compared to Penn State as well. I don’t know how much financial aid you will be receiving from Penn State, but Cal Poly’s in state tuition is definitely much less expensive than Penn State’s out of state tuition so it would be great to avoid having a debt after graduation. Cal Poly will provide you with a great education and SLO is a college town so there’s no doubt you’ll be able to have a great social life. You should visit SLO though because its basically a little city in the middle of nowhere. There’s plenty to do, but if your accustomed to the city atmosphere, it might not suit you (there is no fast food within walking distance :/). By graduating from Cal Poly with a decent gpa, you are almost guaranteed to have a job straight out of college which is a great advantage.</p>
<p>…by the way…im not sure if you noticed but you may have accidentally posted this in the wrong section since this is the college computers section…</p>
<p>haha thanks I’ve actually seen that article:) also, that’s so weird; i definitely don’t remember posting it here</p>
<p>I would recommend PENN over Cal Poly. Cal Poly’s business program would not help your career with even planning. If you wanted to go into accounting, it would be PERFECT. It has an amazing accounting department. But the rest of the college of business is not very strong.</p>
<p>As for having CA contacts, dont limit yourself to just CA. Networking is incredibly global. You should think more about diversifying your network to better suite your long term career goals. Just my two cents :P</p>
<p>FunnyorCPA is just a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>He is going around all the boards making random negative comments about Cal Poly for kicks.</p>
<p>He said in his other posts that he knows UCI b-school undergraduates all find jobs now. This definitely can be true, that is when they finally graduate their first batch of graduates in the future, given their b-school just started up not long ago.</p>
<p>im trying to decide between Penn State and Cal Poly as well!! im also considering university of delaware. it’s such a difficult decision, i cant decide! im from pennsylvania, but penn state is so expensive (even instate) that the prices (cal poly out of state) are relatively close. i love california and i know that poly is such a good school but penn state has so many opportunities. i think i might do either marketing or communications. help!</p>
<p>that’s crazy! hahaa. and the two schools are soooo different from each other. haha for me it’s vice versa (being from california). they’re both really good schools. but we do have a friend who works at a penn state campus saying there have been so many budget cuts there. but it’s pretty much the same in CA i think.</p>