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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UC system is amazing

Cal State system is pretty bad

city universities (San Jose State University, for example), are also pretty meh.[/quote]

There is some factually incorrect information in this reply. San Jose State University is part of the California State University system, not the community college system. San Francisco State is also part of the CSU. The community college system is completely different.

There are three college and university systems in California, with three have distinctly different missions. While the University of California system is at the top, in terms of selectivity and desirability for faculty, there is a distinct hierarchy within the UC system. The University of California at Berkeley is at the top, and the newest UC, at Merced, provides a UC presence in the central valley and is more accessible to first-generation college students.

The California State University system, or CSU, has a completely different mission than the UC system. By law, it is required to be accessible to a very broad range of California residents, and its fees are intentionally kept low. Historically this system has housed service professions, such as teaching. There are good universities and programs within the CSU. In my experience as a faculty member, few students from outside California attend CSUs, but obviously some do. That doesn't mean they're bad schools, it's largely just a reflection of their different mission.[/quote]

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