in my opinion the student body at CAL makes the school great even today. and the administrators are an inbred mafia–that will try and destroy your life. take only smaller classes with professors who actually grade their own papers. don’t take any classes with TA’s–that is the biggest scam of all time. TA’s that generally are overworked and abused and have no clue what they are doing. frankly they are unqualified to teach and should never be allowed to grade papers. i am a 3rd generation CAL graduate, it really is the administration brining that school down. like many other California public schools. the school was so dirty that i used to bring cleaning supplies, white board eraser, and markers. and before classes stared washed down the desks and cleaned the boards. the bathrooms were appalling, and i used to find the cleaning staff sleeping in the halls when i would arrive early in the mornings. outrageous. again, i loved some of the teachers and all of my classmates. and the grade deflation is killing graduates who have a hard time getting jobs. tech companies all want to check GPA’s now. really lame. i arrived with a 3.97 and left with a 3.4, because no matter how high i scored–those TA’s would give me an A minus (3.7). even with a 96.5 on the overall class. go bears.