CP SLO vs UCLA DECISION!!

Mallen640
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:30:08 +0000

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.



I believe the internships were all summer-long programs, but I’m not too sure. One thing to note though - one of the students I talked to was on track to graduate in 4 years, however she was taking a 19 credit course-load this semester and came in with 4 classes covered with AP credits. She also had an internship over the summer I believe, but nonetheless, 4 years seems possible.

One thing however that was said to me was that they have to do a senior year project where the “class” to do this is only offered in the fall quarter, if I remember correctly, and spans the whole year. This was pointed out as a big inhibitor of the 4 year graduation rate by one of the students I spoke with.



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).



Oops, that was my mistake. I meant not FBS. One thing to note though, I read on a site that cal poly is scheduled to move to the Big Sky conference in the next few years, which is a good thing since some major teams came out of that division in the past. They are apparently also taking strides to try and be included in the FBS system, so they might potentially be there in the future.



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



Yea. I found these stats on wikipedia (yes, I know, not the most credible source) for SLO if they are any help: 65.2% white american, 10.7% asian american, and 24.1 % other demographic groups.

At UCLA they are: 35.5 % White American, 32.3 % Asian American, and 32.2% other. I found these on the UCLA website.