California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Students who would return Would not - 1/3  Would Return Ratio
This is about 111% lower than the average for all schools.
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Average Yrs. Completed: 4.5
Civil Engineering Rating
6.4, B- | |
2.5, D | |
5.5, C+ | |
5.3, C+ | |
6.4, B- | |
5.2, C+ | |
6.6, B |
5.4, C+ | |
6.3, B- | |
5.5, C+ |
5.0, C | |
7.3, B | |
6.2, B- | |
3.3, D+ | |
5.8, B- |
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Education Quality Vs. Competing Schools
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
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Average of All Schools
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Average of schools in class
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University of California - Berkeley
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University of California - Santa Barbara
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University of Southern California
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
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Stanford University
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University of California - Los Angeles
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Harvard University
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Student Expectations
| Expected coursework difficulty: | 3.0 Medium | ||
| Actual difficulty: | 2.9 Medium | ||
English Speaking
| Percent of teaching staff that does not speak satisfactory English | 20-30% | ||
Student Personalities
Faculty Personalities
Civil Engineering:
| “A pretentious university that has a large number of pompous and arrogant people as students and faculty. It pretends to be a UC, but fails at it. Tjey... |
| “Greatest Engineering Value- For the price and quality of education in engineering, it is easily the best school in the country. Cheap- Although the... |
| “The information in college is somewhat of a celebrated version of high school courses. The in-depth and innovative knowledge really only comes to you ... |
| “This cow college sucks. Bunch of rejects who self-indulge in the fact they got into a Cal State! Ego-centric and white nationalist as fuck. I hated th... |
| “Cal Poly is great for engineering. It's very reputable among california businesses who love to hire its students, however I don't know if this stands... |
| “The information in college is somewhat of a celebrated version of high school courses. The in-depth and innovative knowledge really only comes to you ... |
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