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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad someone started this thread. I'm the poster who started the thread about my DD wanting to attend school in California.

She's not interested in a big school where there are hundreds of students in a class, but more of a "community" feel on campus.

Are there any medium sized schools with diversity that one could recommend? [/quote]

CSU schools (as described by the 9:15 poster) serves the broader CA student body.  The schools are normally *huge*, with many being commuter schools.  The "medium" sized CSU schools could exist in more of the less populated areas. IDK the numbers, but maybe look at Bakersfield, Chino (that's a #1 party school from what I hear), Monterrey.

I agree with 9:15 poster.  UC schools are more researched, theory based schools. CSU schools are intended to teach more hands-on curriculum rather than pure theory.  I think a lot of the CSU professors have actual jobs/careers in the field that they teach and are not fulltime professors, while [b]many of the UC professors are purely research and academia oriented rather than have industry experience[/b].  Of course, there are several UC professors that are very well regarded, have one prestigious awards, etc..  Neither type of professor is better.  Just depends on what kind of education you want.

Also, some CSU schools have majors that don't exist in UC schools, and vice versa. [/quote]

This was my experience at a Cal State vs. siblings at UCs...at a Cal State I had very few teaching assistants leading classes.  Professors were either full-time faculty or people working in their fields and teaching part time.  UC's are much more focused on graduate-level education so you'll get more TAs in undergrad.  If you live in CA, the best value (depending on major) is probably to go to a top Cal State for undergrad and a top-tier UC for grad school.[/quote]

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