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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by MaxLeiter on Sunday March 18, 2018 @05:27PM (#16614467)
As a highschooler hearing back from UCs and CSUs at the moment, this is true from the start. The UCs are magnitudes harder to get in to vs the CSUs, and are therefore more prestigious.

However, that does depend on the CSU. Cal Poly is highly regarded (engineering-wise), while UC Merced or Riverside are often held at a "lower tier".

Anecdotally, a lot of people hold Chico at the bottom, and Berkeley/Cal at the top of CA public schools.

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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by DrScump on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:00PM (#16615472) 

  Anecdotally, a lot of people hold Chico at the bottom
Fairly or unfairly, Chico State has a reputation within the CSU system as the "party school".
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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by kfriede on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:22PM (#16615567)
Similarly with UCSB on the UC side.
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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by MaxLeiter on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:14PM (#16615772)
I think UCSC is higher on the list of party UC schools
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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by kenhwang on Sunday March 18, 2018 @11:04PM (#16615969)
UCSB is #2 in California, Chico #3, UCSC isn't even on the first page (#30).

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/top-party-schools/s/ca...

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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by MaxLeiter on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:19AM (#16616461)
If this ranks Chico about UCSB it loses all credibility with me
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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by DataWorker on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:39AM (#16618650)
No, and I’ve never heard anyone else make that mistake. Maybe you are not from California?
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Re:Cal State L.A. turns the most low-income students into to... by MaxLeiter on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:06PM (#16624204)
I’m in California, Bay Area.
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