How to convince parents that cal poly slo is a good school?

[ucbalumnus]

@eyemgh

That’s an interesting point. I’ve had this conversation with my son regarding the uphill battle CP faces with increasing their diversity. When more than just white people started going to college in larger numbers, they typically went to the schools closest to where they lived. SLO County was pretty homogeniously white.

SLO county is 69% white (not Latino), 22% Latino, according to https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanluisobispocountycalifornia/PST045216 . It is 89% white inclusive of those who are Latino.

While CPSLO is a “destination school” for engineering majors across the state, it may have a more regionally based student population in some of its other divisions, such as the College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences. (Regionally in terms of more from rural areas.)