Privatizing Cal Poly? For or Against?

smallpotato
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:20:44 +0000

Being a Cal Poly student (graduating in fall quarter), I would not like to see this great school to go private and or to join the UC system.

The school’s already trying its best to maintain itself even with the new “success fee” attached to the tuition fee bill and to tack on more misc. fees that can be passed-on to the students instead. This is an OK idea, afterall, it’s the students that are taking advantage of these facilities.

The second reason is, I used to attend a UC prior to transferring to here. The reason why I left the UC system is because I did not learn anything the years I spent there. Everything was theoretical and during lab time, no one could build a circuit without extensive help from the TAs (ironically the TAs were from CSUs like SJSU and Cal Poly). I do not want to see Cal Poly’s “learn by doing” motto to be converted over to this motto: “well, we taught you enough in the classroom so you can build it on your own if you want.”

The third reason is, even the instructors here (PhDs from Berkeley and UCD) agreed UC programs are lacking, esp. in the undergrad field of engineering.