CP SLO vs UCLA DECISION!!

ucbalumnus
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:26:55 +0000

Mallon640:

[Cal Poly]

Every student I talked to (about 5) that was an upperclassman had an internship or is scheduled to have one in the summer.

The 4 year graduation rate for engineers is is something like 20%, so expect to be there 5 years.



You have to be careful with 4 year graduation rates in this case. Do they mean “graduation after 4 calendar years” or “graduation after 12 academic quarters”? If a lot of students do internships lasting longer than a summer session, then they may take longer than 4 calendar years to graduate, even if they actually spend 12 academic quarters in school.



Mallen640:

It has a D1 (not FCS though) football



Cal Poly is in Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision (D1 FCS) for football. The well known college football teams like UCLA are in Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).



Mallen640:

The demographics are neutral for me, since I’m a white male, but they are very skewed towards white



Yes, kind of weird for an engineering-heavy school in California…