Will the CSU Engineering/Physics Program get me into a good graduate department?

[Pianoman14]

I'm thinking of CSU as a place to get my engineering or physics degree. Has anyone heard of it? Does anyone know if it will get me into a decent graduate program?

Their research seems pretty spectacular (they get more citations than Purdue!), but every university will put themselves in a good light.

 

[fss]

Whether or not you get into a good graduate program depends on your grades, your recommendations, and your subject-related work during your undergraduate career (research, mostly). It's less a function of the undergraduate university and more a function of the student.

 

[romsofia]

For Physics, CU boulder would probably be better!

 

[Pengwuino]

Getting into a good grad school has little to do with what undergraduate university you go to. As already said, it depends on what work and effort you put into it. The CSU system, being a 2nd tier system, won't have departments that are as big or nearly as well funded as the UC system for example, but many departments have good opportunities. Some of the best things you can put on your graduate school application are not connected to the university you attend such as working at national labs or corporations.

 

[Vanadium 50]

It might help if the OP were to tell us which CSU he is talking about.

 

[G037H3]

It might help if the OP were to tell us which CSU he is talking about.

I'm thinking of CSU as a place to get my engineering or physics degree. Has anyone heard of it? Does anyone know if it will get me into a decent graduate program?

For Physics, CU boulder would probably be better!

States that begin with the letter C: California, Colorado, Connecticut

probably Colorado

 

[Andy Resnick]

I'm at Cleveland State University.

 

[jtbell]

Some other possibilities:

Charleston Southern University
Chicago State University
Columbia Southern University
Charles Stuart University

 

[G037H3]

Well, we await verification by the OP.

 

[Pianoman14]

Colorado State University (sorry)...

I haven't checked this thread in a while due to schoolwork.

 

[General_Sax]

Nope, no chance at all. Sorry. Try again in 4 years.

 

[Pengwuino]

Damn I must have imagined him saying "A CSU" instead of "CSU" to mean the california state system.