Which UC is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo equivalent to?

Applying to College
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<p>I recently got into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and I was wondering which UC it would be equivalent to Davis?</p>

2

<p>Bump! I want to know this also!</p>

3

<p>Yes, it’s on par with the mid tier UCs for any majors-Davis, Irvine, SB.</p>

4

<p>Actually, Cal Poly is very different from any UC. It is a hands on learn by doing institution. I would not venture to compare Cal Poly and the UC’s as equals as the teaching methodology and approach is completely different. Instead, how about taking a different route. Compare Cal Poly to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, NY Poly, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rose Hulman, Cooper Union, etc. Compare apples to apples.</p>

<p>By the way, my kid chose Cal Poly engineering over 5 UC’s that he applied and got accepted to. These included UCLA, UCSD, UCI (Honors), UCSB and UCSC (scholarship).</p>

5

<p>Note that Cal Poly SLO’s distribution of majors is very different from that of the UCs:</p>

<p>25% engineering
14% agriculture
13% business and marketing
7% architecture
5% parks and recreation
4% social sciences
4% biological sciences</p>

<p>In comparison, social sciences and biological sciences (and psychology, which is reported separately in the common data sets) tend to be much bigger at UCs, while the more pre-professional majors are less common. So the student’s choice of major may well be a big factor in whether s/he matches up better to Cal Poly SLO or one of the UCs.</p>

6

<p>I would say acceptance-rate wise Cal Poly is similar to UC Santa Barbara but it completely depends on major… for example a less than stellar applicant could be accepted for soil science or wine studies where a 4.0 aspiring engineer could be rejected.</p>