California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

The program required work experience hours directly related to the degree

I remember they provided interviews with companies in our fields for us.

Career center, career fairs, senior project

a philosophy of learning by doing

"Learn by doing" philosophy, all hands-on classes, less lectures, senior project where you do a real world event/product/business

There motto is Learn by Doing so you get hands on experience vs theoretical. Also, they had good programs with companies if you wanted to do 3 month or 6 month work experience programs.

Cal Poly is a "learn by doing" school. We completed many volunteer hours in the community as part of our course credit. We also had many guest speakers who worked in the real world so we could learn first hand what is was like to work in the area of nutrition and dietetics.

Lots of alum support and also internships in the field of study

Learn-By-Doing, hands-on education opportunities, as well as current industry professionals as professors.

Practical application. A lot of hands-on. Very few, if any, socialist instructors.

Learn by doing curriculum, extensive alumni involvement

Fast paced quarter system, many labs, real projects.

Students in my program were full time employees and already working in the field.

Bright, driven students in a positive environment

Really fun party atmosphere but everyone was very intelligent and hardworking, beach culture but also citylike almost

Relaxed. It has a lot of engineering and agriculture studies.

Casual. Lots of different studies, from tech to Ag.

Mostly white, 50/50 male to female ratio, relaxed environment but very competitive at the same time.

Big agriculture school, mostly white students

hard working, salt of the earth

Promotes hands on, practical experience.

With the exception of the athletes and the home-ec majors, the students at Cal Poly tend to be studious, and have firm career paths in mind prior to enrolling.

Naturally a lot of nerds, but most are free of the major stereotypes. More than 1/10 of the student body goes dancing every week. Lots of outdoorsy folks.

I don't know nowadays. The computer we used took up a whole room!

When I was there, dorms and food were not great. Things have gotten much bettet

A mix of old and new.... not as good as some colleges

They were renovating while I was there so they're probably even better now, but labs/classes were very upgraded, dorms were a little small but not bad

Laboratories were advanced. The library was extensive with many places to study alone or in groups. The class sizes were smaller at least for my major, around 40 people. The dining halls were nice, but the campus had a few additional choices beyond the dining halls.

At the time, they were great. I am guessing they have improved.

Multiple new dorms, campus wide dining program spread all over the campus, many computer labs, new equipment in food science labs

continuing to be upgraded. lack funding

At the time, many buildings were older and very functional. Unfortunately, they did add some horrible buildings that are more of a maze than something really efficient..

State of the art & extensive

Well equipped computer labs, albeit typically loaded with too much software so they're a little slow. The dorms are good, the food is overpriced and mediocre. The majority of classrooms are equipped with computer projectors. The grounds are kept clean, both by helpful students and good maintenance staff.

The agricultural emphasis of the campus. I especially like the horse barn.

the Rose Bowl Parade float committee

Ski club, beach volleyball, bike night

Club sports were almost better than varsity (I'm biased) and incredibly fun, greek life seemed huge if you were in it but probably not overwhelming if you weren't

Bowling and billiards as classes; horse stables.

They had something for everyone - hard to remember back then, the specifics.

Every Thursday is club day where clubs meet campus wide from 11-12. There is a large and brand new gym facility with Olympic sized swimming pool. There is a performing arts center that attracts stars/acts from all over the world and students can get in with a student discount. Sports activities/games.

Greek system is strong and also

The Rose Parade float group is unique in that the two Cal Poly campuses (SLO and Pomona) each build half of a float and assemble them in Pasadena. Also, Poly Canyon offers a wonderful opportunity to build real-life projects.

Very divese so hard to answer

Going to the beach, surfing, biking and hiking.

There's a group for everyone at this school, from electronics to rocket building to dancing. Greek life is also popular. There are pickup games of volleyball and ultimate frisbee several days a week.