UCSB or Cal Poly SLO..pleeease help

Zephyr_Boards
Tue, 04 May 2010 20:32:20 +0000

Hey everyone,

So I’ll try and make this quick and easy, i just got into UCSB off of the waitlist and now i’m in a huge predicament. I already committed to Cal Poly, and had my mind set on it.

Now, i need to make the decision between going to UCSB or Cal Poly and it’s stressing me out like crazy.

I loved the cal poly campus and area when i visited, and from people i’ve talked to it seems like it really is a respected school. But UCSB is UCSB and has that “uc” name attached to it. Also Isla Vista is a huuuge plus for me. I am really leaning towards cal poly, but i dont want to make the wrong choice and choose a state school over a uc. I know, those stupid labels are affecting my decision…but status is a huge part about what school you go to unfortunately.

I am in business at cal poly, but i think im going to switch into econ because i want to get an mba after college. I also got into pre-econ at ucsb. So here comes the first question: Which econ degree do you think would be better? help me get a job out of college? more money? get into a respected mba program? etc

My second question is: Which should i choose?? I’m in such a dilemma and i dont wanna make the wrong choice. I was looking at us news ranking and didn’t even see cal poly on the list, but did see ucsb (which worries me even more).

I’m just trying to get some opinions, so anything will be greatly appreciated. I’ll be posting this in the cal poly forum also. Any info on the comparisons between party life, academics, ranking, town, etc is also appreciated.

Thanks!