I'm going to college!!

[Rayden]

Originally posted by: toant103

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease

Originally posted by: Mo0o
How good is calpoly in comparsion to caltech?

Caltech >>>>>>>> Calpoly

Sorry, Calpoly is a good school but the two just don't compare in terms of resources or prestige.

What about in comparison to Cal or UCLA?

Caltech is really hard to get in. I think they were ranked #1 a couple year back. Their in the top 5 schools for engineering.

Them and Caltech are the top two in the world. At least for graduate and research. Undergraduate is debatable at research universities.

 

[Ophir]

Congrats dude. I'm also headed off to Cal-Poly SLO, to the masters program in Bioengineering.

Cal-Poly is definitely well respected in industry. If you're interest is lining up a good job after college, it's a great place to go. Do yourself a favor and get internship experience, starting your first year if you can. It is a big bonus when job hunting later.

I speak from experience. Me: UCLA Engineering BS, couldn't find a job, moved to San Diego, doing research @ UCSD, going to Cal-Poly for MS.

If you get into UCSD, I'd think hard about it. You can't go wrong either way, but from what I hear the EE dept. @ UCSD isn't in the best shape. If you want to go to UCSD I would suggest one of their bio programs (biomedical eng., bioengineering, BMCB, etc.) instead, they are top notch - top 5 or 10 - and San Diego is the hub of the biotech world. Many companies recruit specifically from UCSD. Plus it's a beautiful place to live (weather and women).

Good luck, maybe I'll see you there.

 

[wobbuffet]

Mt. SAC??

 

[MySoS]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: MySoS

i'm sorry but your argument is complete crap. You sound like my freakin mom... "UC vs State." Do you consider Riverside and Santa Cruz above Cal Poly and San Diego because they have the UC in front of them? Cal Poly is a very good engineering school. The fact that you even make the CSU vs UC comparison speaks volumes about your knowledge of our current university system

SDSU is not that great IMO. I would pick UCR or UCSC over SDSU anyday, but Cal Poly is a great school. I would place it just behind Davis, Irvine, and SB and in front of Riverside and Santa Cruz.[/quote]lololololol

I know people with 3.2 GPAs, 1000 SAT that get into both Irvine and SB. Davis is a toss up depending on the major, but Davis smells like cows.[/quote]


UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

 

[tami]

congrats!!!

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: MySoS
UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

That means NOTHING.

WTF does average freshman GPA mean? I could have a 3.0GPA taken all honors courses, 1600 on SATs, 5's on all available AP tests. While someone could have received a 3.8 or something taking all remedial classes, etc.

Speaking just in EE, CS and CE. Berkeley > Cal Poly: SLO > SD > Davis > SB > Irvine. Think about it, Cal Poly is a polytechnical school.

 

[MySoS]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: MySoS
UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

That means NOTHING.

WTF does average freshman GPA mean? I could have a 3.0GPA taken all honors courses, 1600 on SATs, 5's on all available AP tests. While someone could have received a 3.8 or something taking all remedial classes, etc.

Speaking just in EE, CS and CE. Berkeley > Cal Poly: SLO > SD > Davis > SB > Irvine. Think about it, Cal Poly is a polytechnical school.

LoL

Just because it is called Polytechnical doesn't mean shit. I would rank Cal Poly after SD and LA but before Davis. Speaking in EE it would be Cal>SD>LA>Cal-Poly>Davis>SB>Irvine, for ME/AE it would be LA>Cal>SD>Cal-Poly>Davis> ect.

 

[Boot Weasel]

Just remember son, a straight man in "Caly" is still a fruitcake in the Midwest :beer:

 

[AmbitV]

the students there are known to be SLOw

 

[esun]

Originally posted by: jimikim

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease

Originally posted by: Mo0o
How good is calpoly in comparsion to caltech?

Caltech >>>>>>>> Calpoly

Sorry, Calpoly is a good school but the two just don't compare in terms of resources or prestige.

What about in comparison to Cal or UCLA?

There is no comparison.

I think UCLA Engineering > Cal engineering (marginally)?

Ahem, that should be Cal Engineering > UCLA Engineering (heh, coming from a Cal student, though). Cal has the most graduate programs ranked in the top 10 across the country, and according to the latest result we are #1 in engineering. Of course, all of these rankings are generally worthless anyway, so take from them what you will.

What sort of grades would you need to get in there? Would they require a super-student? eg someone who has a super GPA, tons of extracurriculars and so forrth?

Do most American schools at the higher end of the spectrum (MIT, Caltech, etc) require much outside of academic performance? (I don't follow American schools).

Exactly what you said, but in addition you need something extra. Sometimes, that something extra is worth more than having a 1600 and a 4.0. What most of those schools will tell you is that you need to show you really love science and technology, and you have to show it. If you competed in science fairs, built and/or coded awesome stuff just for fun, that'll help you much more than say having a 1600 instead of a 1500 on your SATs.

 

[RabidMongoose]

Speaking as an outsider, I would without a doubt rank Cal > UCLA...it isn't even close.

I would also rank UCLA and UCSD above SLO.

 

[luvya]

Cal Poly may have great engineering department, but why put other schools down? I am sure students from other schools can just as easily put Cal Poly down (remember, it isn't that great of a school overall.) So be happy with your acceptance and stop the comparison.

 

[db]

Just read the title of this topic to my daughter and we both laughed because 2 hours ago she just finished *forever* with college -- w0000t! :beer:

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: MySoS
UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

That means NOTHING.

WTF does average freshman GPA mean? I could have a 3.0GPA taken all honors courses, 1600 on SATs, 5's on all available AP tests. While someone could have received a 3.8 or something taking all remedial classes, etc.

Speaking just in EE, CS and CE. Berkeley > Cal Poly: SLO > SD > Davis > SB > Irvine. Think about it, Cal Poly is a polytechnical school.

Cal Poly isn't exactly the hardest school to get into... don't know why you rank it so high in engineering. I agree with SoS.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: nycxandy
So if you get accepted to UCSD, you're going to UCSD. How does that make Cal Poly your first choice?

UCSD is my second choice and I will only go there if both my two good friends decide to go there. (One is National Merit, so slim chance, but he's also lazy) so he hasn't turned in many ivy-league apps yet.

doesn't early decision mean you HAVE to go there and you must pull all applications from other schools if you are admitted?

early action usually means they'll let you in early and then let you still go in regular decision at other schools.

unless of course it being a csu has it's own interpretation of the system.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: MySoS
UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

That means NOTHING.

WTF does average freshman GPA mean? I could have a 3.0GPA taken all honors courses, 1600 on SATs, 5's on all available AP tests. While someone could have received a 3.8 or something taking all remedial classes, etc.

Speaking just in EE, CS and CE. Berkeley > Cal Poly: SLO > SD > Davis > SB > Irvine. Think about it, Cal Poly is a polytechnical school.

Cal Poly isn't exactly the hardest school to get into... don't know why you rank it so high in engineering. I agree with SoS.

I believe the average HS GPA for incoming engineering freshmen was a 3.8. The reason why the school itself is much lower is because of the very large agriculture department.

My friend was an EE at Cal Poly his first year but left because he didn't really care for the small town atmosphere. He took a year of classes at a local jc and then reapplied to Cal Poly because he wanted to go back(go figure) as an EE again but was rejected. He had a 3.8 his year at Cal Poly and 3.9 in his classes last year. UCSD and UCLA were happy to accept him and he ended up deciding on UCSD. He loves it at UCSD, but frankly I'm amazed that Cal Poly rejected him even with his very high college GPA.

 

[DanFungus]

Congrats! I love Cal Poly. To the people who said that you'd be taking 2 years of GEs with 200 person classes, there are only a few big lectures and you're taking classes in your major right off the bat. Quarters go by quickly, and there are plenty of cute girls! It's great..

 

[kermalou]

you will be in santa barbara very often, but SLO is pretty fun for a one street town!

 

[kalster]

with all this talk about CSU and UC dont forget about USC, I got my Masters in CS from there, our Engg Grad dept is no #8 in the country now, for undergrad its still in top 25 from what i understand but UCLA and UCSD would be better i think (and cheaper) There is phenomenal amound of research happening at USC though, lot of network standards (RFCs) are written at ISI(Information science institute)

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: kalster
with all this talk about CSU and UC dont forget about USC, I got my Masters in CS from there, our Engg Grad dept is no #8 in the country now, for undergrad its still in top 25 from what i understand but UCLA and UCSD would be better i think (and cheaper) There is phenomenal amound of research happening at USC though, lot of network standards (RFCs) are written at ISI(Information science institute)

University of Second Choice?

haha i kid i kid

 

[kalster]

well it was my first choice well actually no i could have gone to grad school at UMD (maryland) but being from India the thought of east coast weather scared me

 

[Rayden]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: MySoS
UCI, UCSB, and UCD all have significantly higher average freshman GPA for admission than Cal Poly. I know people with a 3.0 and 900 SAT that got into Cal, does it mean Cal is an easy school to get into. No it doesn't.

That means NOTHING.

WTF does average freshman GPA mean? I could have a 3.0GPA taken all honors courses, 1600 on SATs, 5's on all available AP tests. While someone could have received a 3.8 or something taking all remedial classes, etc.

Speaking just in EE, CS and CE. Berkeley > Cal Poly: SLO > SD > Davis > SB > Irvine. Think about it, Cal Poly is a polytechnical school.

Cal Poly isn't exactly the hardest school to get into... don't know why you rank it so high in engineering. I agree with SoS.

It has an incredible reputation with industry, and has been ranked one of the best engineering schools in the country, including private schools. These comparisons are for schools without PHD, so schools like UCLA, UCSD, and Berkeley were not on the list. There are pluses and minuses to having PHD. PHD program means your professor is getting paid to do research not teach. Cal Poly is about research and hands on learning.

Compare it to Harvey Mudd which is the 2nd highest ranked engineering school in the country without a PHD program. It is much smaller, 800 students, and focuses on preparing students for grad school. I read a figure where it has the highest rate of students going on to grad school? Something similar at least.

If you are comparing Cal Poly to UC's, you have to look at the undergraduate only. Having a good masters and PHD program does not translate into a good undergraduate program. In fact many times it is the opposite. Undergraduate is put behind research.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
What does "conditionally admitted" mean?

that you have to graduate from HS

it said that on my friends grad school letters also meaning they had to graduate from college

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
lol I moved from the Central Coast to VA. I lived in Santa Maria. Actually, I lived all over the area. Santa Maria, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, and Arroyo Grande.

Ahh, why'd you have to move?

I fell in love with HayZeus 2000 and moved to Virginia in March of '03. Best move EVAR!

 

[jimikim]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: kalster
with all this talk about CSU and UC dont forget about USC, I got my Masters in CS from there, our Engg Grad dept is no #8 in the country now, for undergrad its still in top 25 from what i understand but UCLA and UCSD would be better i think (and cheaper) There is phenomenal amound of research happening at USC though, lot of network standards (RFCs) are written at ISI(Information science institute)

University of Second Choice?

haha i kid i kid

Don't you mean "I keed I keed"?