UC Riverside Bourns Engineering vs Cal Poly Pomona Engineering

rheidzan
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:06:52 +0000

I went to CPP and I say neither UCR or CPP.
If u didn’t get in to SLO, go to a community college and transfer to the better schools ie: UCLA, just like the above poster said.

I work for the biggest publicly-owned utility agency in the United States ($6B+ /yr revenue) and a majority (more than 50%) of the engineers are Cal Poly Pomona grad.
However, MOST the bosses (middle management and above) went to the better schools (UCLA, Cal, USC, UC Davis, UCSD, UIUC).

This is not to insult CPP grads and claim that CPP engineering education is sub-par compared to UCR.

Current Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis went to CPP. Several of my friends managed to land a job at JPL. One got in to HBS, another went to INSEAD for his MBA and work (or worked?) at McKinsey. My boss went to CPP and then Cal.

However, I could turn back time I would go to a CC then transfer to a better school.