CP SLO vs UCLA DECISION!!

ucbalumnus
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:25:39 +0000

OsakaDad:

Since we are a mixed Asian family and deeply hooked into the Asian community, I can explain why Cal Poly has more White students than Asians where it seems the opposite is true at some UC campuses. It seems as if some folks on the forum were stumped by this. A lot of Asian families, especially first generation immigrants, are heavily influenced by prestige. UCLA and Berkeley have big international recognition and the UC’s are considered superior to schools in the CSU system.



However, while CSUs have a lower percentage of Asian students than UCs when considered system wide (which would match the “prestige” explanation at that level), the individual campuses are all over the place:

East Bay (Hayward): 28%
Fresno: 16%
Long Beach: 20%
Los Angeles: 18%
Monterey Bay: 5%
Pomona: 26%
Sacramento: 20%
San Diego: 7%
San Luis Obispo: 10%
San Jose: 34%

CSU system wide: 17%

There seems to be little correlation between prestige within the CSU system and Asian enrollment. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is considered the most prestigious of the CSUs, but it has a rather low Asian percentage. This is even more odd because of its heavy engineering enrollment. The other Cal Poly, Pomona, has a significantly higher Asian percentage.