Is Cal Poly worth cross-country travel?

Colleges & Universities University of California - GENERAL
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<p>Accepted with scholarship to Cal Poly for Computer Engineering. I realize that it is ranked well (at schools whose highest degree is a bachelors or masters. In fact, that is how we found it (see lists below). However, because it is not a National University it is difficult to compare to the other (East Coast) schools my S has been accepted to. Would it be silly to travel across the country to attend a CSU? From what I am reading on CC CSUs are considered to be inferior to UCs. </p>

<p>**Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Computer Engineering
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s) **

  1. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)<br>
  2. Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo <em><br>
    Cooper Union (NY)<br>
  3. Harvey Mudd College (CA)<br>
  4. Milwaukee School of Engineering<br>
  5. United States Air Force Acad. (CO)</em><br>
    Valparaiso University (IN) </p>

<p>Additionally it ranked very well for these academic program which I feel are very important for a computer engineering major:</p>

<p>**Academic Programs: Internships / co-ops **</p>

<p>Alverno College (WI)
Antioch College (OH)
Berea College (KY)
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo *
Drexel University ¶
Georgia Institute of Technology *
Northeastern University (MA)
Portland State University (OR)*
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY)
University of Cincinnati *
Warren Wilson College (NC) </p>

<p>**Academic Programs: Undergraduate research / creative projects **</p>

<p>Allegheny College ¶
Amherst College (MA)
Bates College (ME)
Bryn Mawr College ¶
California Institute of Technology<br>
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo *
Carleton College (MN)
Carnegie Mellon University ¶
College of Wooster (OH)
Creighton University (NE)
Davidson College (NC)
Duke University (NC)
Furman University (SC)
Grinnell College (IA)
Harvard University (MA)
Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Hope College (MI)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Lafayette College ¶
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br>
Oberlin College (OH)
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
Princeton University (NJ)
Reed College (OR)
Stanford University (CA)
SUNY–Stony Brook *
Swarthmore College ¶
Truman State University (MO)*
University of California–Berkeley *
University of California–Irvine *
Univ. of California–Los Angeles *
University of Chicago<br>
University of Delaware *
University of Georgia *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
U. of North Carolina–Asheville *
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill *
University of Pennsylvania<br>
University of Washington *
Univ. of Wisconsin–Eau Claire *
Univ. of Wisconsin–La Crosse *
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *
Wellesley College (MA)
Williams College (MA)
Yale University (CT)</p>

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<p>It’s a good engineering school, especially if you don’t plan on pursuing a postgraduate degree. They focus more on hands-on training rather than theory. If you are planning on getting a Master’s or Ph.D. in engineering, some might say you’d be better off at a UC.</p>

<p>P.S. Cal Poly is not a UC school, so technically this shouldn’t be in this thread.</p>

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<p>is there a way to move (or remove) this thread if I posted it in the wrong place?</p>