torn between uc davis and cal poly SLO

mimi5876
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:45:19 +0000

Well, I just went to cal poly’s open house event and really liked the school, but I also like Davis a lot. I am not sure what career I want, but I will most likely go to grad school. I want to become specialized in something. In high school I really enjoyed biology, statistics (especially probability) psychology, and my citizen law class. I especially enjoyed psychology, even though my teacher was a jerk I loved the class, and I loved reading the textbook. I chose psychology as my major at cp but I think that was a mistake. At Davis my major is undeclared -life sciences.

The main cons for davis are large classes, professors that don’t care about you. and make you learn from TA’s. (this I’m really worried about)

The main cons for Cal poly are that it’s hard to change your major, it might be harder to get into grad school, it isn’t known for science.

I really like at cal poly how the classes are small and it’s “learn by doing” motto. You get to personally know the professors. Also there are interesting courses I would like to take like their colt starting classes, rodeo etc. I own my own horse and the facilities are probably better at Davis. However the cal poly school has lots of interesting things I could learn how to start colts, I could do polo. However I am an eventer which isn’t offered at cal poly, and is at Davis.

Also I am an extremely picky eater and even though Davis supposedly has good dorm food, I didn’t like anything there. At cal poly I actually had options to chose from, and it was from one dining hall only.

Also you know that “vibe” everyone gets while walking around campus. I didn’t get that at Davis, but I got it at Cal poly. But I did meet some really nice people at cal poly, I even talked to the teacher that teaches how to break colts. But maybe cal poly told them to be nice to us on purpose. Although wherever I go I probably don’t have to worry about fitting in if I get involved with horse stuff since I’ll make friends that way.

I plan to visit Davis again during picnic day and buying a course catalog so I can compare the majors. I already bought one at cal poly. I want to decide soon after next Saturday. Thanks for the help everyone, and sorry for the length.