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Duderonimous
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Hi there,
I am a student who as of now am looking to transfer to cal poly Pomona to pursue a bachelors in physics. I am going there for its convenient location and relatively cheap tuition. If everything goes well I plan on pursuing a masters or PhD some where else.
Before I decided to go to Pomona I was very adamant about getting into UCSD or a comparable UC school, but as I talked around with the physics and chemistry faculty at my college (Saddle Back college) many of them told me that it would be to my benefit to go to a Cal State school for a bachelors degree. They said UC's are more research oriented and catered to more graduate level students with pedagogy taking a backseat, classes are held in large auditoriums with 300+ students with little 1-1 time with the professor. Where as Cal state is more focused on teaching course material and courses are taught in smaller 30 persons classes. Its seems that when you are learning the basics it would be to your advantage to go to a school more focused on teaching you the material as opposed to upper level research?
Can anyone confirm or refute these statements?
As of right now I am set on going to Pomona for a bachelors and then applying to a more prestigious school afterwards.
Anyone's comments would be appreciated, thanks.
I am a student who as of now am looking to transfer to cal poly Pomona to pursue a bachelors in physics. I am going there for its convenient location and relatively cheap tuition. If everything goes well I plan on pursuing a masters or PhD some where else.
Before I decided to go to Pomona I was very adamant about getting into UCSD or a comparable UC school, but as I talked around with the physics and chemistry faculty at my college (Saddle Back college) many of them told me that it would be to my benefit to go to a Cal State school for a bachelors degree. They said UC's are more research oriented and catered to more graduate level students with pedagogy taking a backseat, classes are held in large auditoriums with 300+ students with little 1-1 time with the professor. Where as Cal state is more focused on teaching course material and courses are taught in smaller 30 persons classes. Its seems that when you are learning the basics it would be to your advantage to go to a school more focused on teaching you the material as opposed to upper level research?
Can anyone confirm or refute these statements?
As of right now I am set on going to Pomona for a bachelors and then applying to a more prestigious school afterwards.
Anyone's comments would be appreciated, thanks.
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