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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Cal Poly SLO and that seemed a good size.  There were a lot of engineering students and they definitely stuck together at study time (same with the architecture students)[/quote]

Excellent undergrad engineering program.

My concern would be that my son went there, discovered he didn't like engineering and then was at SLO for his degree.  [/quote]

I have a business degree from there with a minor in statistics.  I've done quite well in my career and think I got a great education there.  It was also my dad's first choice recruiting school for grads in information technology and graphic design (his field and why he pushed for me to go there).  However, I will concede that it's not as well known outside of California so getting a 1st job outside of CA may be more challenging (my 1st job was in CA and then I moved to DC when hired by one of my clients).

Another important consideration for prospective students is that it is very hard to change majors.  Most majors are impacted so they don't take many transfers and since you start your major classes in freshman year, switching can set you back a lot.  One of the things that's great about Cal Poly is that, because you start your major freshman year, kids are generally pretty focused on what they want to do but that also means it's not a good place for the undecided student.[/quote]

Yes, the impacted major...  our final decision with SLO and Cal was that we might make a different decision if we paid in-state prices, but at our price, the lack of access to so many majors with a curious but undecided kid made the schools feel overpriced.  [/quote]

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