That was where we ate. 
The space was nice. The food was god-awful.
My son started at Cal Poly in 2014. Most campus food was bad back then. It’s better now, but still not their strong point. Students either cook or eat off campus.
The same can be said about dorms. There are better options now, but he was in a triple in the red bricks. Some would complain, but he loved it. He then, like most students did, moved off campus second year.
At the end of the day, no school is perfect. On balance, the educational and social experiences he walked away with far outweighed any campus shortcomings.
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“1901” just opened within the past 2-3 months. And it seats 1,000 people, so fine dining it is not. 
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@Mystics, i just perused through this thread quickly and hopefully not too late for decision day. If you daughter aspires to become a CPA, the requirements are now 5 years of college (with an extra year, vs. 4 years), with the completion of 150 semester units (vs. 120 units) or 225 quarter units (vs. 180 units). This extra year or units can be fulfilled with AP college course credits, taking extra classes or taking some classes at a local community college. If your daughter wants to work for a “Big Four” accounting/CPA firm (PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG), the more highly regarded the undergraduate business school, the better the chance for employment with the Big Four. Keep in mind that the Big Four firms recruit from most colleges and universities. The Big Four firms have more employment positions available for the big-name universities. Of the schools mentioned in this thread, UC Berkeley Haas and USC Leventhal/Marshall probably have far more recruits from the Big Four than the other schools.
My son, a CPA, who was a UW-Seattle Foster Business School grad, tells me that in the West Coast, the schools with the most Deloitte hires are: UCB Haas, UCLA (bus. econ.), USC, UW-Seattle Foster and UCSB (econ. accounting). That was about 5 years ago and now I believe UCI can be added to the list. If your daughter aspires to be a CPA and wants to work for a Big Four firm, those aforementioned schools give her a better chance for a Big Four position. This was true even in the old days when I worked for a Big Eight firm, predecessor to the Big Four.
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Thanks. My daughter committed to UCB Haas. She was definitely considering USC Leventhal, she really liked the atmosphere, but considering the price, Haas seemed to make the most sense and she could always decide to go back to grad school at Marshall/Leventhal. Moreover, Haas may open up other opportunities should she choose to pursue other areas of business outside of accounting.
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I am not familiar with the Spieker program, but Haas is a great choice and good value for the costs. Kids change their minds. For example, they might start out in accounting and then change to finance, investment banking or something else. Haas is one of the top business schools in the country that the most prestigious firms (offering the most coveted and highest paid jobs) recruit from. Just like in the law profession, the most prestigious law firms recruit from T14 schools. Best wishes and good luck.
@mystics - Congrats to your daughter. Not sure if you saw this article re: UC Berkeley Haas, but it’s a good read: Poets&Quants For Undergrads - 2023’s Undergraduate Business Schools To Watch
Spieker seems to be the name attached to direct frosh admission to the UCB business major (that is not the small GMP with first semester study abroad or the MET program with double major with an engineering major). Previously, most (all before GMP and MET) admission to the UCB business major was competitive secondary admission during the student’s second year.
I guess any freshmen admitted to these programs are automatically in Haas whereas others who are not in the program would have to apply to Haas, during their sophomore year, for admission as a junior. When I researched Speiker (he gave an endowment of about $30M to make this possible), I also saw something regarding a Haas curve that the school is considering eliminating. Since my kids are passed that stage and done with undergraduate studies, I was not interested in it.
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