Jackie
For my particular major, Cal Poly offers the number one architecture program in California; that however is not all , Cal Poly is in a small typical college town and the general environment is very homey and comfortable which makes for a smooth transition into the college life.
Alex
The motto at my school is "learn by doing" and it shows, everything I learn in class has a paralleling activity with real life situatuions and data.
kristine
For in coming freshman, I will always recommend them staying in the dorm for the first year to meet the people that will be your base friends for all of your college experience. I would join as many clubs as possible and use what ever resources are available if needing help with studying
Andrea
Its an agricultural school located 10 min from the beach
Adrienne
good history of getting graduates jobs, overall academic reputation, small town
Nicole
Ev eryone is very friendly and down-to-earth with common goals of being successful in college and after graduation. The surrounding town is beautiful and in a smaller town than I grew up in which made for a nice change.
Cetin
Cal Poly is a small school with a great student to teacher ratio that allows teachers to be able to interact with students on a one to one relationship. The teachers pride themselves on their accessibility as office hours are plentiful and helpful. The students may even request appointments from teachers outside of their office hours. It really differs from a lot of these schools with simply large lecture halls where students are nameless numbers .
sarah
its in a small college town that completely centered around the campus. the whole town supports campus life.
Chelsea
It's philosophy is learn by doing, so everything is very practical and helps to train you in your field. For engineers this can mean actually learning programs and building things, for accounting concentrations this can mean doing taxes for students in a certain tax brackett, or for liberal studies (elementary teaching) this can mean actually being in a classroom. These experiences put Cal Poly grads ahead of most of the competition.
Nicole
Cal Poly is a polytechnic school. Very hands on and has a learn-by-doing motto. Most of the professors have industry and career experience and are not there to just do research. We have very small class sizes. It's in a small coastal town.