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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any experience with U San Diego?

DC wants to head off to California (STEM, CS Engineering), but realistically getting into UC's is not looking very feasible, so searching for alternate options

Santa Clara U is on our list for sure. [/quote]

USD is absolutely beautiful, has a good campus culture, in a wonderful location, and has great faculty. However it is not as known for CS/Engineering, although it does have those programs, and doesn’t have the jobs pipeline that Santa Clara does. That does not mean that it has no jobs pipeline, just that as far as job placement it is hard to compete with Santa Clara.

For your DC, in addition to the UCs, I would look at Santa Clara, USF, USD, maybe Occidental and Pitzer depending on grades.

Also, look at the CSUs. They also have good hiring outcomes in California. If GPA is a concern I would look at Cal Poly Humboldt and Pomona for CS, or San Jose State. Cal Poly Humboldt is very isolated but is investing a lot in their STEM offerings and is getting noticed. San Jose State has a lot of job connections.

Feel free to ask more![/quote]

Thanks. Was wondering about Cal State's - which are the top one's? Are they seen as something equivalent to a GMU/VCU or more like a community college? The tution is really cheap.. so thats what made me wonder if its basically a community college?[/quote]

[b]The Cal States are definitely not community colleges--California has tons of those too. Lots of solid Cal State school. Cal Poly SLO (San Luis Obispo) is probably the number one--good academics, great location, good reputation within CA. Definitely would outrank several UC's IMHO.[/quote][/b]

The California state universities definitely are not commuter colleges.  I don't agree with PP above that any of them outrank a UC, however.  They are four-year colleges but do check directly with admissions to see if an OOS student can get in.  We called Cal State Fullerton when DS was interested in their animation major (a feeder into Disneyland).  They were curt and said Californians only but that was some time back and policies may have changed.

If you aren't aware, California is unique in that it has a three-tiered level of state schools - the top is the UC schools (getting more and more difficult to get into - especially for OOS, which is limited at some by 10% which is unlike UVA at 30% OOS); then the four-year cal state schools, and the community college system at the bottom.  But the community college option is more accepted out there than it is here as a way to start off your college career, then segue into a UC, although some of my friends decided to do the four years at a Cal State.  Most of my public high school friends from southern california went to a community college or a cal state.  A relative went to community college then transferred into USC before USC became so popular.  Its just a more accepted (and financially reasonable) alternative out there.[/quote]

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