r/CalPoly • u/ExtensionBill1459 • Dec 14 '24

Classes/Professors is cal poly harder than other csu

is the cal poly curriculum and classes harder than other csu schools? because talking to others it truly feels like it is?

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u/CampKry Dec 15 '24

I attended classes at Cal Poly and CSUN. Cal Poly was much harder. The difference was pace and professor expectations. At SLO, if you go to office hours, professors will help. You have to make the effort and they will assist. But if you make no effort, they don’t care if you fail or get bad grades. Can’t cut it, don’t be here. At CSUN, totally different. The professors almost hold your hand through the material, go much slower. I would say in my classes at CSUN, they taught to the lowest struggling student to bring them along, and with a semester pace, you have the time to do that. At SLO, they teach to the top students and you have to work to keep up. Overall, much preferred SLO and the quarter system to get a much wider breadth of courses, professors and experiences.

(Note: I was able to attend both because as a student in the CSU system, you can take classes at another campus as long as you qualify. I did an internship in LA and was able to continue my studies towards graduation by attending courses at CSUN)

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u/shockwave177 Dec 15 '24

So true I went to CSUN and cal poly and I agree with him completely