Reviews of Cal Poly | United States

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“School Motto: Learn by Doing”

Jack A

United States,
Manufacturing Sciences (including CAD, CAM, CAE), 2024

Overall

Disciplines must be decided from the start, I have taken engineering classes every quarter I have attended. Teachers are knowledgeable and class sizes are mostly smaller and more concentrated.

Cal Poly is also not on the semester system, but quarters. This makes more room for electives, allowing students to pursue more specific technical interests, but also increases difficulty since all classes are taught in 3-4 fewer weeks than other schools.

Cal Poly advocates for sustainability, equity and equality, and is very supportive of the student body.

Careers

Yes, there are a plethora of student services and opportunities.

Pros

Location (CA central coast).

Cons

Campus is very spread out.

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Alexander D

Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Attend new, different courses, which couldn´t attend on my home-university Getting to know a different culture. Improving my Language skills

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Try courses from different departments. Attend sports clubs, you get to know a lot of people. Go surfing!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

California offers a lot of different landcapes. Try to get involved (Clubs, Sportevents) But save some money befoer you go there, it is really expensive to study there (high living costs). But it is absolutly worth!

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anuszka

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

what are the opportunities to work on campus and if there is a chance to arange such work before arrival

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

strong reccomendation

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

search for fellow travellers as soon as possible, because you need a car to do it and the best way to do it is rent a car with couple of people

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anuszka

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

amazing teaching style and teachers committment to students, I recommend courses that I took, investment seminar, case studies in finance, Advances statistics methods in industrial and manufucturing engineering

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

for me it is perfect

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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“Learn by Doing”

Will S

United States, Undergraduate
Engineering, Mechanical, 2024

Overall

Great experience; the learn by doing motto is very authentic. Have tons of industry experience before even doing my first internship. The professors are generally good, faculty is good.

Careers

Pretty minimal scholarships for international programs. Also, for engineering, it is very difficult to study abroad while being able to graduate in four years.

Pros

Location, Academics

Cons

Sports

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Alexander D

Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

The marketing courses are amazing good, try also some Computer Science courses, they are of high quality. The engineering department is one of the best in the US. Solar Energy was on of my facourite courses.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses