Well I suppose I’ll put my two cents in for cal. I’m currently a junior MT there. Pretty good program. Partying? We don’t do any of that there. Actually that’s not true, we drink a bit. Well, a lot. The parties here are more about getting drunk with your buddies than picking up girls, pros and cons to that. If you still want to score handjobs in the parking lot Berkely is 20 min. drive south, Sonoma State (75% female) is half an hour away, and USF/SF State are about an hour- hour and half away. I don’t really know of anyone that hung out at any of those schools a lot that didn’t end up with a girl (apparently being a sailor is a good pick up line).
Academic are pretty decent here. Most of the teachers base your grade off a couple tests and a final which means you don’t really have to do anything until a night or two before the tests. We have a pretty cool training ship parked right in front of the school. The training cruises rotate every year between S. America, Asia, and S. Pacific. This means that you’ll be going to more exotic ports while you’re at school than the E. Coast schools. If that isn’t enough, Cal Poly does a semester at sea program onboard our TS. Ya know what that means? Cal Poly girls for two months. Enough said. Overall, CMA is a pretty cool, relaxed school. Everyones got the get it done, get out in four years, and have some fun attitude.