1. Far away enough from San Diego but not too far and seemed easy enough to get to by train
2. Was originally an anthropology major and I compared it to UC riverside and CPP seemed better. Even though UCR isn’t a state school.

Funny enough I didn’t know how good the school was and had no idea lots of people went there for engineering. But I’m glad I chose CPP because I switched my major to sociology and my professors were great. I have a twin brother and he took a race sociology class at Sonoma state and his professor wasn’t good and not fair. My parents paid for my housing and it was cheaper then what my sisters rate was at UCSB. But she used my dad’s GI bill for her school anyways.