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Originally Posted by Admin  Cal Poly Pomona is still a great school. Anyone can succeed and excel at Pomona. |
let me see...the school nosedives from 7th to 32d according to you, jay. but that's a sign of greatness?
but in fact, cal poly pomona was ranked 3d as late as 2002 according to the US News rankings then. i still have the data. but hey, good news, as the latest 2008 rankings show a tie for 31st, up one from last year!
except for the fact that a school ahead, APU, has been moved from a regional to a national university on the strength of its many doctoral programs that cal poly doesn't have, so pomona gets bumped up by default.
so then you say these rankings and lists don't matter. what happens on campus does. is that why my teachers didn't even have erasers in their classrooms but just dirty rags? is that why students had no seats so had to sit on the floor? is that why students had to riot in front of the president's home because there were no classes for them? is that why the athletic facilities are so old that nobody uses them anymore? is that why so many faculty have left campus?
must be because there was just too much greatness.
here's a tip. truly great schools don't say they are. because they don't need to.
bottom line: good people can achieve greatness anywhere, even in spite of their mediocre surroundings.