As an incoming freshman afraid of starving to death due to everyone saying the Cal Poly food is mediocre to horrible, what are ways you guys found to avoid starving? I'm genuinely saying this as someone who is willing to go buy groceries and learn to cook to avoid it.

EDIT: thank you guys, you're all amazing. 🫶

Hi guys so I went to cc for 3 years applied to slo and got rejected. I ended up going to cal poly Pomona and I hate it lol. I’m suppose to start my last year and graduate next spring but I’m honestly miserable there. I’m 22 years old and (Ik this sounds stupid) I feel like I’m running out of time. All my friends graduated this year spring 2026 and I lowkey want to go Cuesta and then reapply to cal poly slo but I don’t want the judgement of my friends and family also what if I don’t get into slo and just wasted more time. Any thought? Is it bad if I go back to cc (move to slo for Cuesta) and then try again. My gpa was lowkey so bad when i first applied im pretty sure i had a 2.7 and my major is business. Is there anybody else that has had a similar experience?

since everything is on a hill is it easier to be active? any tips of healthy but filling food to get would be great!

Hello everyone!

I am an undergraduate student at Boston University (Advisor: Dr. Jessica Simes, Sociology) studying how students interact with and perceive campus police, including direct and indirect experiences, and how police are perceived in the maintenance of campus space. I am looking for students aged 18+ who attend a California college or university in-person, including CalPoly SLO, to participate in a one time interview about their perceptions and experiences.

Participants will receive a $25 Visa gift card as a thank you for volunteering 45 minutes to one hour of their time.  

To participate, please contact me (Ada Sussman) at [email protected].

Essentially just the title. A couple of friends and I have a final on Thursday and I've never been out to a bar since turning 21, so we wanted to celebrate the night afterwards. None of us have much expertise with this and we're guessing most places will be closed or empty due to the timing, so I was hoping someone had recommendations.

Waiting for Friday is not an option, one of us is leaving town. Thanks!

For anyone else that is in the temporary PCV housing situation, I asked if there was any way we could opt out of it, and I got this in response: "Students who prefer not to participate in the temporary assignment may cancel their housing through their Housing Portal." Interesting.

I've just got my RA room assignment. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into what the Red Bricks are like, and specifically Muir Hall.

Also, if I should bring anything specific when moving in. I know it gets very hot, so fans, but is there anything else I should know?

Hi guys I’m an incoming aerospace engineer transfer and I was just wondering how other transfers liked calpoly? Living off campus and coming in 2 years later I wanted to see what everyone thought of just meeting people and enjoying your time there?

probably a dumb question but I can't find a straight answer.

when I register, classes are listed as 1, 2, 3, or 4 units. I know units matter for full time status and tuition. what I don't know is whether the number tells me anything about how hard the class will be. is a 1 unit class really four times easier than a 4 unit class?

reason I'm asking is there's a 1 unit class on my list that has weekly readings and assignments. it's the smallest number on my schedule but it doesn't look small.

so when you plan a semester, what do you go by? total units, number of classes, or do you just kind of eyeball each one? five classes is five sets of deadlines even if the units are low, but I also don't want to overload on units and die.

anyone have a rule they use?