Santa Clara University?
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Anonymous
| Has any one visited or have a child at Santa Clara University in California? It looks good on paper and is in a good location. Just wondering how the academic, social life, and propects for jobs in the area are. |
Anonymous
| Seen as second rate in the Bay Area, for those who couldn't go to Stanford, Berkeley, UCSF. |
Anonymous
The fact that you lumped UCSF (primarily a graduate school) into that group shows me you have no idea what you're talking about. |
Anonymous
| Why not just go to GW if you're thinking about Santa Clara University? |
Anonymous
Sometimes, when tempted to bullshit a bit just for fun, it pays off to shut up. http://meded.ucsf.edu/ume |
Anonymous
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My SIL went there and graduated in 2010. She majored in business and is pretty Catholic - 2 things they are known for. All her friends I met there were pretty tame and not partiers - although I'm sure there is plenty of that going on. Her friends have gone on to good grad and law schools, she's working in San Fran for a tech company making good money.
Her BF graduated in 2011 and still doesn't have a job in his major field of study (marketing) but he isn't interested in tech companies for some reason so that's like being in DC and having a major completely unrelated to politics, public service, or federal contracting. |
Anonymous
| It just seems to be located right in the heart of Silicon Valley and thought it would be a good place for internships. Not everyone can get into Stanford. I saw that it has engineering and computer science so I wondered if these students are able to work in the area when they graduate. The campus looks beautiful online. |
Anonymous
It is a nice campus. I read that their engineering students are able to get jobs in SV. That is nice to know considering Cal and Stanford are there. I also read that SJ State engineering students also do decently in the job market. |
Anonymous
Well UCSF has only graduate and medical programs, so you are ridiculous. Cal and Stanford are a different league, and also a totally different environment--large research institution vs. smaller undergraduate focused school. Santa Clara always seemed to me like a nice liberal arts school in a good location. When I was in school, many people applied to it as a safety compared to some better known liberal arts schools, but that doesn't mean it isn't a great fit for some. |
Anonymous
| I'm a uc grad and don't see it as "second rate" at all. I know a lot of people who's first choice was Santa Clara. I don't see it as as competitive as ucs but definitely a strong private school. |
Anonymous
| Loved the campus when I visited about 10 years ago. Nice area. Not sure about academics. |
Anonymous
One UG program does not make it comparable to the other colleges. Sorry, dude. Nice try. See 20:16. |
Anonymous
The second PP above. Yes, one undergraduate program pretty much summarizes what "primarily a graduate school" means. Stop trying to call out others and work on reading comprehension. |
Anonymous
Did you go to Santa Clara? If you did, are Jesuits standards of learning so low these days? Because your pseudo-objection does little to address PP's essential point. |
Anonymous
| Been awhile but I grew up near there and Santa Clara was generally referred to as the best High School in California . . . I think it is better now but nothing stellar and kind of in an odd location and it used to be at least half commuters and pretty much all from California. |