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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were still guidebooks with info about schools and college fairs. But also even top students tended to stay in their region. I grew up in CA and applied to some UCs, Cal Poly SLO, and a few OOS schools. One of those was in an area that I liked where we had relatives. The others I'd read about and liked something about their program (now I can even remember what!). Got in everywhere and ultimately made the decision on fit and price (CPSLO).

Even without the USNWR rankings I got some crap from classmates for choosing a Cal State over a UC but the smaller size/undergrad focus was a better fit for me.[/quote]

I also grew up in CA and I never understood why Cal states were considered "lesser than" UCs.   I started out at a UC but it was not a good fit for me and I left and ultimately graduated from a Cal State.    Because I was in good academic standing when I left the UC I was told I could re-enroll at any time--people thought I was crazy not to.  [/quote]

I work with coworkers who graduated from UC and Cal State.  It's a blue-collar profession, FWIW.  I have heard from UC graduates, if they knew what they knew then working alongside Cal State graduates, they would have gone to Cal State and saved the difference.  [/quote]

What is a blue-collar profession?[/quote]

How a Russian spy trainee who’s trying to make trouble on a little message board tries to make us more class conscious. [/quote]

What? I'm seriously curious. I've never heard that term used before. [/quote]

So the question is, do you come from a blue-collar family or a white-collar family?

""
Blue-collar jobs are considered “working class” jobs, which are typically manual labor and paid hourly. The term originated in the 1920s when blue-collar workers—such as those in mining and construction—wore darker color clothes (e.g. jeans, overalls, etc.) to hide dirt"

"A white-collar worker belongs to a class of employees known for earning higher average salaries doing highly skilled work, but not by performing manual labor at their jobs. White-collar workers historically have been the "shirt and tie" set, defined by office jobs and management, and not "getting their hands dirty."

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bluecollar.asp[/quote]

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