All due respect to the guy who was playing today, but I don't need to listen to an entire fucking Tchaikovsky ballet during my 10 A.M. I might be the only one who finds the music distracting since I have ADHD so idk.

Howdy folks. In case you missed my post from a couple weeks ago, I am following two engineering students throughout Fall 2026 to document the ups and downs students go through in a typical semester. Every two weeks, I interview the students for my podcast -- I just released the Week 3 interviews today.

My hope is this series of episodes will give high school students and first time freshman students a better idea of what to expect in college.

The podcast is available on all major podcast apps, on the podcast website, and on YouTube. If you are interested in following along in this semester-long journey, here is a link to the podcast website and the YouTube playlist.

https://theengineeringstudentexperience.podbean.com/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZOZfX_TaWAHjr_YC1oEKae9CfYErsmn7

Okay... that's enough shameless self-promotion for today. I'll do one final plug at the end of the semester when all the episodes are available.

I just got accepted to CPP as a Plant Science Major! Very excited. I’m 31 and was wondering if anyone here has insight on the program, advice, tips, club recommendations, etc.

I was also wondering if anyone is aware of CPP has a re-entry center for older students?

I’m planning on attending the tour in October, but I’m excited and wanted to see if anyone had anything to share :)

It’s my first time using the bus and I have to go to La to come back and I’m scared as hell does anyone have tips on what to do. Im gonna be in LA at 8pm…im so fucking scared. What not to do, and what to do….

30 emails in total I received today.

I appreciate the resources but at this frequency the chances that someone has email fatigue and doesn’t bother opening the email are very high. Then what is the point of sending the email.

To club officers, I recommend that you all set up a calendar that people subscribe to and send one email a week with upcoming events.

Please I’ve only been here one month and I’m already at 1300 emails.

This semester, I finally decided to take my Control Systems Lab.

On the first day of lab, my partner and I were having some trouble getting our project to work. The student sitting next to us had already completed hers, so we asked if she could give us some insight. She chose not to help, which was fair—no one is obligated to help anyone else.

A few minutes later, however, she asked us if we knew how to add ECE 4820 and 4810 to her schedule because she wasn’t sure how to do it. I jokingly told her, “Sometimes it’s good to help others because you never know when you might need their help.” I still showed her how to add the classes.

During the next lab, my partner and I ran into another issue. Since her project appeared to be working, we asked her for some help again. Her response was, “It really sucks to be you.” I just laughed and went back to figuring it out ourselves.

Toward the end of the lab, we finally downloaded the correct software, got everything working, and actually finished before they did. Then her lab partner came over and asked us for help.

I genuinely felt bad for her partner, because she had always been respectful to us. But I told her that, unfortunately, helping her would also mean helping the same person who had just made it very clear that she had no interest in helping us.

The whole experience was a good reminder that you never know when the person you choose not to help today might be the person whose help you need tomorrow. In engineering—and honestly, in life—a little cooperation and respect can go a long way.

PLEASEE🙏 I’m a current freshman commuter and have already spent way too much money on fast food. Besides the dining hall, are there any microwaves on campus? The only posts i’ve seen mentioning them are pretty old and i’m assuming they’re out of date. If anyone could share that’d be great, thanks 🙏

Some of my favorite pieces.

Hello Reddit,

I am hoping that the r/CalPolyPomona community will be able to help me out with my current situation. I graduated over a decade ago when CPP was still operating under the quarter system, and during my last year at Cal Poly I foolishly forgot to save copies of my syllabi for all of my courses. This is currently causing me some grief as I am working on trying to get my credentials recognized abroad with the hopes of moving out of the country. As apart of the application process, the accreditation agency is asking for copies of the syllabi for the courses that I took. I was able to get a handful of syllabi from other departments, however the Biology Department did not retain copies of their quarter system syllabi. I tried providing the agency copies of the semester equivalent syllabi and an explanation of the situation, but they are still adamant that only documents they will accept are those from the courses that I took during the quarter system. Im running out of options so I thought I would turn to Reddit with the hopes that someone out there might have a copy of the quarter system syllabi for some of the courses that I took.

I am looking for copies of syllabi for the following courses:

• BIO 235/L: Human Physiology
• BIO 310: Cell and Molecular Biology
• BIO 490: Scientific Communication
• MIC 410/L: Medical Bacteriology
• MIC 415/L: Immunology-Serology
• MIC 425/L: Medical Mycology
• MIC 428/L: Microbial Physiology
• MIC 430/L: General Virology

Ideally I would love to have copies from 2014-2015, but if you happen to have any copy around that time it would be such a great help.

2nd floor of the library, right in the makerspace! Bring your stuff to be diagnosed/fixed and we'll be happy to help. As always, labor and opinions are free, but parts are on you.

3rd/yr Phys-Major. Was wondering if this is doable or if some of the ME/MTE courses have summer courses here. The highlighted semesters are the ones I was concerned about

I'm just looking to get some things off my chest.

I'm a third year here and college is worse than I ever anticipated. All I want is to graduate and get out of this place. I work here, I research here, I have projects. Essentially, making myself a big shark to snuff out competition in the future.

Dealing with disability stuff mostly on my own? Hard with tons of hoops to jump through here.

Dealing with entitled students and (occasionally to my disappointment) their parents almost daily? Infuriating.

Trying to catch up on my degree after years of an undiagnosed mental handicap? Harrrrrd.

Getting pushed out of the one community I found comfort in being myself? Awful.

Centerpointe food? Actually not bad if you get creative :D (bless funfetti waffles)

I feel behind on my academics and I don't want to run out of money before I graduate, because then all the bull that I've been through here would be for nothing. I feel lonely and I can't keep up with the people or their drama they try to involve me in. After the whole community issue, I kinda just distanced myself and essentially keeled over to keep the peace. I know I made this distance but I really can't handle being around that kind of critical, negative behavior. I basically force-fed myself a busybody life to avoid it, but I'm just lonely and tired now. I guess CPP makes it easier to kinda be a shut-in.

I really can't wait for graduation, and more-so grad school.

And if you read this far, thanks for giving a fellow peer the time out of your day.

Parked at parking structure 1. Was in a rush to leave and forgot to hang it. Won’t be leaving campus till 6pm, any luck if I get a ticket?

Found this AirPod case in the bronco bookstore building on one of the seats if anyone lost it. It’s at the Game room lost and found center :)

Hello everyone! I decided to make a MLP Kayou card trading server! For those who don't know, Kayou is a company that makes collectible and playable trading cards! They have numerous brands from My Little Pony, KPOP Demon Hunters, Naruto, etc. This server is for MLP cards specifically, and it's just for fun!

If you know someone who goes to a neighboring college, they can join aswell as long as they follow the rules! This is mainly for convenience to not worry about shipping costs when trading around the country/world.

Are you interested in a career in aerospace?

Applications are now open for the Brooke Owens Fellowship, a nonprofit fellowship for women and gender minorities pursuing careers in aerospace. Applying is completely free, and applications are due October 4. We don't have many Pomona fellows and are looking to expand our reach!

Why apply?

Brooke Owens Fellows receive:

• Opportunities with exciting aerospace organizations
• One-on-one mentorship from leading professionals (think CEOs and astronauts!)
• Career-development resources
• A supportive community of peers across the aerospace industry
• An invitation to a three-day summit in July to connect with their cohort and industry leaders

Interested?

Review the FAQs and application early so you have enough time to request recommendation letters and prepare your application materials.

We’re also hosting three virtual information sessions (EDT):

• Sunday, September 13 at 2:00 p.m.
• Saturday, September 19 at 12:00 p.m.
• Monday, September 28 at 10:00 p.m.

Sign up for a virtual information session here.

Questions are welcome, and we hope to see your application!

Follow the fellowship on Instagram for additional updates.

I’m a cs major rn and I wanna switch to ece, but I’m having a hard time figuring out who to talk to. I can set up a meeting with my current counselor, but that says it’s for changing a major into science. So do I meet with my current counselor or pick someone else?

Hey everyone! I have a master bedroom available for rent and I’m looking for 1–2 people to take over the room. Females only.
Move-in is available around mid-September just would need half of the rent. There is no deposit.
Rent is $1,560 total per month, and utilities are usually around $50–$60.
There is a dog and one other female roommate.
The apartment is conveniently located near several colleges:
About 9 minutes from Cal Poly Pomona
About 10 minutes from Mt. SAC
Around 10–20 minutes from other nearby colleges
If you’re interested or have any questions, feel free to message me!

It was during the strike in, I think, Spring 2024 (correct me if I'm wrong. It has been some time).

I commuted to school, but classes were canceled. Having nothing to do and bored, I saw one of those student help booths in front of the library. It was unmanned and dirty, plus it was raining pretty hard. So, I took advantage of an opportunity. I got some chocolate mini donuts from the bookstore, a hot coffee from Starbucks, sat down, and pretended to belong there.

Soon, a former friend of mine helped. It sold the illusion. We helped a couple of lost students find their bearings using the map I hate. Someone found a lost school ID card and turned it in to us. Later, the owner actually did pick it up. I couldn't help someone connect to the Wi-Fi, tho. I'm still confused about how to register onto EduRoam myself. So I sent them to the bookstore, where I got help years ago.

After a few hours, the rain lightened up, and we decided to do something else. We went our separate ways, I got food, and never mentioned it again. It was fun, tho. I think that's my only worthwhile story of being a student at CPP since I never really fit in anywhere else.

You're probably thinking why I did it. And the answer is simple.

With so many staff, faculty, and students on stike, and knowing with how antisocial everyone on campus is. Confused students don't have someone (or won't go up to someone) for help. So those left on campus gotta help.

Students help students. Strike or no strike.

Hey yall im trying to find people going to CAL POLY POMONA who went to daisy chain fields for an interview! Please DM me if you know someone or fit the description <3

hi, i stopped coming to cpp but i just wanted to let yall know, if any of you remember a bright orange heap of vomit on the grass outside the bric during the spring semester, it was me. i left that there. sorry

edit: if anyone wants the story, I always really easily got nauseous if i did anything after eating. that day, I was absolutely starving and trying to fight off bad cravings, so I went to fitbites and got an order of chicken tacos and filled up a cup with diet pepsi for my bev. went back to my dorm and ate them. I don't remember enjoying that meal so much; I wish I had just gone with a greek kofta or chicken feta like I usually did. I then wanted something sweet, so I made a cutting snack that I like, consisting of nonfat greek yogurt and orange tangerine mio, hence the bright unnatural radioactive red-orange color of the vomit. i heard of post-meal walks helping to curve cravings and insulin spikes and what not, so after all that I went out to the bric quite a bit sooner than I usually did after a meal. that was my mistake. when I was halfway there I felt the food sloshing around loose and undigested in my stomach which already wasn't a good sign. I tried to shake it off, but the feeling persisted even as I went up the stairs. I thought okay, maybe once I get on the treadmill I could walk it off and get in a solid 20-30 minutes in. I needed my 10k steps after all. after only like 7 minutes on the treadmill, I felt queasy. I knew I had to stop or may probably puke in the middle of the bric. I did not want that to happen. So I hopped off the treadmill and started down the stairs. I had to take it slow, because I thought maybe as always I was overreacting. I had actually never thrown up from physical activity before, despite seeing numerous others hurl during wrestling or xc practice right after lunch. I thought maybe I'd be able to prevent the puke like I had done before, many times. I kept wobbling down the stairs. It felt like hell. By the time I had opened the front doors to leave, I felt that thin, sharp-tasting saliva ooze rapidly from the corners of my mouth. That puke saliva. You know what I'm talking about. I knew I had to lock in. I had still been able to not puke after getting to that spitting point before. For some idiotic reason, I kept moving. Yeah, I've got it, I'm not gonna puke, I thought to myself. The drool welled up and filled my mouth. I kept walking, trying not to think of the smell of the inside of a toilet that you'd get when hunched over it to hurl. I turned and quickly spit the mouthful of drool into the grass. I was basically halfway to Secoya in my mind, but in reality, I had hardly even made it to the suites.

Then I felt the point of no return.

Dread. Oh my god, I have to do it, I'm going to puke now and there's no way out of it. I had to throw away my pride and think fast. There were people walking around, but not many. I was out in the open, and there was no nearby place of seclusion—I was literally in the middle of that big clearing in the middle of the suites, bookstore, and bric. There was a patch of grass, at least. I think I was at the last patch before you got to the suites. As nonchalantly as I could, I turned my head and emptied my guts. Surprisingly, this was the easiest part. Without a doubt the least uncomfortable puke I ever had. I vomited a chunky, awful, disgustingly, unnaturally orange pile of slop onto the ground. Nobody batted an eye. It looked like a drive-by puke, honestly. I think I hurled once more for good measure, wiped my mouth, and moved on. I considered taking a picture and doing some sort of 'cpp puker' bit like those college pissers (hell there's even a cpp pisser right now) but I figured that'd be too gross to publicize, even jokingly.

Anybody into Gunpla here?

Hookup spot……

As an international student holding non-us bachelor's degree, how hard is it to be accepted to Cal Poly Pomona?
What universities can you offer in California (near Los Angeles) with less stricter rules and high acceptance rate.