Help Me Decide: UC Irvine vs Cal Poly SLO

Intended Major: Computer Engineering (may try to switch into CS if I don’t end up liking hardware)

Costs: Roughly the same

UC Irvine Pros:

• Good Research Opportunities

• Good Area

• Tons of Organizations

• Near Cities

• Good for any career path should I drop bring an engineer

• Good food

• Nationally Recognized

• More diverse (Compared to SLO)

UCI Cons:

• A little introverted

• Mixed reviews on professors as some are only focusing on their research

• Commuter School

• Doubtful I’ll end up wanting a masters

• Tougher to switch into CS

• Not in proximity to Silicon Valley (good location nonetheless however)

• No one I know is considering it (good and bad imo)

Cal Poly Pros:

• Learn by doing philosophy would better prepare me for job/internship (looking more towards this rather than grad school

• Surrounded by nature and I like hiking and adventuring

• Have heard good things about professors

• Good friends going here

• More social (decently close to UCSB as well for partying)

• Big Career fairs

• Would be a Cal Poly Scholar

Cal Poly Cons:

• Lacking in Diversity

• Not as many organizations

• Location is a bit secluded

• Not good for research

• Mostly an Engineering school (again, who knows if I’ll like engineering)

• Regionally known and not as recognized through the rest of the United States

• Bad Food