Cal Poly/ U Washington/ UCSB

NTKS17
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:42:02 +0000

Cal Poly: not as hard to change majors as they make it seem.
-probably not as well recognized outside the west coast for some majors, but in the end where you went to school doesn’t matter as much as your experience (work, internships, etc.)
-you’ll probably rarely if ever see the people from your high school if you don’t want to. And if you do, just say hi, no reason to hang out with them or anything. Cal Poly is a good size in that it’s big enough to meet tons of new people, but small enough to not feel like the school is its own town.

Washington: I don’t think it rains quite as much as some people think it does. Visited there once, saw a graph a national park measuring rain fall for different places throughout the county. Washington had the same amount as some places in the midwest.
-I doubt people will keep their same cliques from high school. It’s inevitable that they’ll meet new people, from out of state/country, or just from different high schools, so I wouldn’t worry about that.

UCSB: don’t know much about it. I’ve heard the party stereotype though. not sure how true it is.