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Inge · 11-24-04, 01:37 PM

Hi,
I'm a gilr from Germany and I recived a place in our exchanging program with the California State University. I want to go for 2 quarters to CA but I don't know which university - SLO or Pomona - is better for me.

Can someone help me?
I'm studying Business Administration and I'm in the 3rd semester in Germany.
And please tell me if I made mistakes in my text!!

Thank you very much!

Keng · 11-24-04, 01:41 PM

Come to Cal Poly Pomona :P

phoenixmemori · 11-24-04, 05:52 PM

ooooo germany!!! yay i wanna go there. i took 2 years of german, i wanna continue on, but my stupid school cancelled it because not enough people are taking the language...it makes me mad...anyways, i like german hehe. i'd like to be in an exchange program someday when i go to college

Inge · 11-25-04, 09:44 AM

Hi,
thanx for your answers!
Can someone tell me something about the crime rate in Pomona? I read some bad things so I'm not sure whether I could go there.

@ phoenixmemori: I'll hope you could come to Germany one day. I think it's really different from the USA. I'm really sorry that you couldn't take German courses any more. My university (Tübingen) has an exchanging program with the California State University (with all 23 campuses I think).

phoenixmemori · 11-25-04, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inge

Hi,
thanx for your answers!
Can someone tell me something about the crime rate in Pomona? I read some bad things so I'm not sure whether I could go there.

@ phoenixmemori: I'll hope you could come to Germany one day. I think it's really different from the USA. I'm really sorry that you couldn't take German courses any more. My university (Tübingen) has an exchanging program with the California State University (with all 23 campuses I think).

umm i don't know much about pomona, but i applied to SLO because it's not as far away from home and the campus is really nice there. Also i like their philosophy "learn by doing". i guess the only thing is that they don't have much diversity there. anyways, yea i bet germany is really different from the US. i'm not counting on my school anymore, but i'm definitely gonna continue german in college...a minor in german (highly possible) hehe. ohh where in germany are you from?

lwong81 · 11-25-04, 11:55 AM

Pomona has some bad areas, but you can just aviod those places. It is next to Diamond Bar and Walnut, both are affluent cites.

If you want to compare:

<Deleted>
CPP:
http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5510.html

http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/c...36&inunId=5510

SLO:
http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5501.html

Inge · 11-25-04, 01:58 PM

@ Iwong81 : Thank you for your informations. These 3 links were very interessting. One more question: I've heard that in Pomona you can't go out after nightfall because it's too dangerous. Is this true? Or was it like this in former times?

@ phoenixmemori: Did you hear something in school about Germany? The most different thing is our social system. I'm not sure whether your teachter told you something about that.
Well, I'm living in a very small town (about 3000 people). The nearest city is Stuttgart (you know: DaimlerChrysler). Do you have a map? If you don't have and you don't know where Stuttgart is lokated, I'm shure you know Munich. And I'm living about 2 hours away from Munich.

Keng · 11-25-04, 02:15 PM

Cal Poly Pomona is on borderline of Diamond Bar and Walnut.

phoenixmemori · 11-25-04, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inge

@ phoenixmemori: Did you hear something in school about Germany? The most different thing is our social system. I'm not sure whether your teachter told you something about that.
Well, I'm living in a very small town (about 3000 people). The nearest city is Stuttgart (you know: DaimlerChrysler). Do you have a map? If you don't have and you don't know where Stuttgart is lokated, I'm shure you know Munich. And I'm living about 2 hours away from Munich.

ohh yea, i know where munich is, at least i heard of it. yea i also learned about the education system in germany...i heard college is free...but i'm not sure, the only i remember was there are different types of school...and one of them is "gymnasium"...an d something starts with a r...schule. hehe

lwong81 · 11-25-04, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inge

@ Iwong81 : I've heard that in Pomona you can't go out after nightfall because it's too dangerous. Is this true? Or was it like this in former times?

I am new here too, so I am not too sure of how safe/unsafe it is.
But the campus is pretty safe. If you do want to walk around at night, just make sure you know where are you. If you live on campus, then it should be cool.

Inge · 11-26-04, 12:30 PM

Thank you! Well, I think I have to ask some students from Germany that have been there. I think my idea of safeness could be a littel bit different. There aren't really poor people in Germany because of our welfare system, for example.

swagner · 11-26-04, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lwong81

Pomona has some bad areas, but you can just aviod those places. It is next to Diamond Bar and Walnut, both are affluent cites.

If you want to compare:
CPP has and endowment of $17.2 million vs SLO that has $2.7 mil.

CPP:
http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5510.html

http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/c...36&inunId=5510

SLO:
http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5501.html

Hey lwong81, I think your facts might be incorrect. Cal Poly SLO's endowment is over $99 million.
" In addition, the University has more than doubled the endowment fund, from $45.3 million in 1998 to $99 million-plus at its present value.
"
http://www.giving.calpoly.e du/

***Admin*** · 11-27-04, 12:04 PM

Welcome to the Cal Poly forum Inge. Are you guaranteed to get accepted into the exchange program to either university?
Try Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Inge · 11-27-04, 02:13 PM

Well, I think SLO will be my first choice and Pomona my second one. I like the their excellent cours program.

Their is no guarantee but it's safe to say. They decline only a few because there is a preselection in Germany. So I hope I'll flow smoothly.

Ketcham82 · 11-27-04, 04:17 PM

Go to SLO. It has more majors (more options). It has a football team, a daily newspaper, a radio station and a much better campus. Their campus is five minutes away from bars and pubs where you can hang out with college-aged people and meet guys/girls. The downs: It's pretty far away from a lot of things, unlike Pomona where it's near Los Angeles metropolitan area, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Six Flags, beach areas, thousands of clubs, restaurants and bars and movie theaters. The ups: SLO is mostly notorious for its party environment. There is a party almost every day and you're sure to get invited to it. It's near the beaches and it has a lower crime rate than Pomona.

Inge · 05-23-05, 01:06 PM

Hi again! A few days ago I received my acceptance to SLO!!! I'm really excited about living and studying in California!! It'll be the best time of my life !!!!

***Admin*** · 05-23-05, 10:19 PM

Congratulation Inge. California will be a whole new place!

jayandbutton · 05-25-05, 10:41 AM

SLO does not have more options than pomona. the two schools have exactly the same number of majors, 66, but pomona has far more options. for example, in just one department in business there are 16 options while the same department up north has only three options. also, pomona is a larger university with about 2,000 more students. finally, SLO has only six colleges while pomona has eight schools and colleges with separate deans. this does not mean to suggest that pomona is better, only that it offers a somewhat broader curriculum. it is a fact that SLO is the best university academically in the CSU.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ketcham82

Go to SLO. It has more majors (more options). It has a football team, a daily newspaper, a radio station and a much better campus. Their campus is five minutes away from bars and pubs where you can hang out with college-aged people and meet guys/girls. The downs: It's pretty far away from a lot of things, unlike Pomona where it's near Los Angeles metropolitan area, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Six Flags, beach areas, thousands of clubs, restaurants and bars and movie theaters. The ups: SLO is mostly notorious for its party environment. There is a party almost every day and you're sure to get invited to it. It's near the beaches and it has a lower crime rate than Pomona.

Inge · 05-25-05, 11:27 PM

Thanks a lot! I'm so excited!!
At the moment I'm searching for an apartment or something like that. Does someone know something about Valencia Apartments?

slikrthnuravg23 · 06-19-05, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Inge

Thanks a lot! I'm so excited!!
At the moment I'm searching for an apartment or something like that. Does someone know something about Valencia Apartments?

I live in Valencia,CA, not the Valencia apartments, I don't know if those are the same things, but I'm going to Cal Poly Pomona next year as a freshman. Valencia is an awesome town, it's like the 4th safest city in the country, Magic Mountain (amusement park) has the best roller coasters on the west coast, we have a sweet mall, movie theaters, and pretty much everything you would need. It's about 20 minutes north of L.A., so you can pretty much call it the suburb of all suburbs because it's the perfect place to live.

11-24-04, 01:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Hi Hi, I'm a gilr from Germany and I recived a place in our exchanging program with the California State University. I want to go for 2 quarters to CA but I don't know which university - SLO or Pomona - is better for me. Can someone help me? I'm studying Business Administration and I'm in the 3rd semester in Germany. And please tell me if I made mistakes in my text!! Thank you very much!

11-25-04, 11:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
lwong81 Active Member Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 142	Pomona has some bad areas, but you can just aviod those places. It is next to Diamond Bar and Walnut, both are affluent cites. If you want to compare: <Deleted> CPP: http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5510.html http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/c...36&inunId=5510 SLO: http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5501.html Last edited by lwong81; 11-26-04 at 03:50 PM.

11-27-04, 02:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Well, I think SLO will be my first choice and Pomona my second one. I like the their excellent cours program. Their is no guarantee but it's safe to say. They decline only a few because there is a preselection in Germany. So I hope I'll flow smoothly. Last edited by Inge; 11-27-04 at 03:06 PM.

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11-24-04, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Keng Guru Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 597	Come to Cal Poly Pomona :P

11-24-04, 05:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
phoenixmemori Active Member Joined: Sep 2004 Location: concord Posts: 98	ooooo germany!!! yay i wanna go there. i took 2 years of german, i wanna continue on, but my stupid school cancelled it because not enough people are taking the language...it makes me mad...anyways, i like german hehe. i'd like to be in an exchange program someday when i go to college

11-25-04, 09:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Hi, thanx for your answers! Can someone tell me something about the crime rate in Pomona? I read some bad things so I'm not sure whether I could go there. @ phoenixmemori: I'll hope you could come to Germany one day. I think it's really different from the USA. I'm really sorry that you couldn't take German courses any more. My university (Tübingen) has an exchanging program with the California State University (with all 23 campuses I think).

11-25-04, 01:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	@ Iwong81 : Thank you for your informations. These 3 links were very interessting. One more question: I've heard that in Pomona you can't go out after nightfall because it's too dangerous. Is this true? Or was it like this in former times? @ phoenixmemori: Did you hear something in school about Germany? The most different thing is our social system. I'm not sure whether your teachter told you something about that. Well, I'm living in a very small town (about 3000 people). The nearest city is Stuttgart (you know: DaimlerChrysler). Do you have a map? If you don't have and you don't know where Stuttgart is lokated, I'm shure you know Munich. And I'm living about 2 hours away from Munich.

11-25-04, 02:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
Keng Guru Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 597	Cal Poly Pomona is on borderline of Diamond Bar and Walnut.

11-26-04, 12:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Thank you! Well, I think I have to ask some students from Germany that have been there. I think my idea of safeness could be a littel bit different. There aren't really poor people in Germany because of our welfare system, for example.

11-27-04, 12:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,961	Welcome to the Cal Poly forum Inge. Are you guaranteed to get accepted into the exchange program to either university? Try Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

11-27-04, 04:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ketcham82 Enthusiast Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Covina Posts: 188	Go to SLO. It has more majors (more options). It has a football team, a daily newspaper, a radio station and a much better campus. Their campus is five minutes away from bars and pubs where you can hang out with college-aged people and meet guys/girls. The downs: It's pretty far away from a lot of things, unlike Pomona where it's near Los Angeles metropolitan area, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Six Flags, beach areas, thousands of clubs, restaurants and bars and movie theaters. The ups: SLO is mostly notorious for its party environment. There is a party almost every day and you're sure to get invited to it. It's near the beaches and it has a lower crime rate than Pomona.

05-23-05, 01:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Hi again! A few days ago I received my acceptance to SLO!!! I'm really excited about living and studying in California!! It'll be the best time of my life !!!!

05-23-05, 10:19 PM	#17 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,961	Congratulation Inge. California will be a whole new place!

05-25-05, 11:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
Inge Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 40	Thanks a lot! I'm so excited!! At the moment I'm searching for an apartment or something like that. Does someone know something about Valencia Apartments?