Cal Poly Maritime Academy — Local services in Vallejo

The unfortunate truth about this place is that it is most definitely one of the few strongholds left of White Power. The positive reviews on this site are mostly from or of WHITE men, who encounter very little discrimination; and in fact are put in positions of power through out campus. The administration is a plethora of retired navy buddies who are Caucasian and very conservative and help their buddies get jobs. If they are not male-then they are female Caucasian also very conservative and demur to their male counterparts.Same story with the tenured professors on campus and about 90% of the deans on campus, and its support staff. These folks, create two cultures: one that espouses equality and fairness; and one where decisions are made behind the scenes to protect each other. I've witnessed and have bore the consequences for speaking out. Cal Maritime representatives are not forthright with the realities on campus; they misconstrue statistics for earning potential by major, graduation rates and cost. They use the Engineering majors as their bread and butter while the Business and Global and Maritime Affairs languish in poorly constructed curriculum and sub par accreditation. In need of more faculty, many students "graduate" and have to come back to finish their degree one more semester$$$. The Corps of Cadets are paid students who are then used to create positive PR for the college: college tours, Galas and just to show up in Uniform. Female students beware you will get harassed-especially if your a minority. Your professors will talk down to you and question you mercilessly in front of your peers-while other less competent white males get away with BS. If you have a son or daughter who is considering this place research thoroughly: There are 6 other Maritime academies. The intentional experience/cruise are not included in tuition. The Internship requirement? If your Business or Global majors-your on your own good luck finding one: Engineers they are piped through to Companies who pay for everything. If Business/Global find an internship and are not from the area-financial aid does not fund your summer housing-so your on the hook for housing while you work an unpaid internship. The registrar and in particular the assistant to admissions has no clue what a CSU certification is: so if you are expecting to get full credit for earning an AS-t or CSU certification get ready for a fight. They will put you in classes already taken as a GE at your junior college-without the course being...

As a cadet currently attending, there is more to what Alexander D is complaining about. True that some of the food could be better, but the people there work hard and the food is fine, there's also a sandwich shop where you can get hand made sandwiches if you don't want to eat there during lunch. There life there is very militaristic with connections to navy and coast guard, so yes we have an image to uphold and rules to follow. Yeah the commandants will write you up if you are not follow proper conduct, but that's only if you get yourself into trouble. If you keep your nose clean and actually follow the rules, you'll be fine, granted that there is a lot of them. Internet is fine, there has to be routine maintenance because there is a lot of people using the internet for schoolwork. Registration is what the student makes of it, if you apply early then you won't have issues with the classes and won't have to wait until the beginning of the semester to register. However it's the students responsibility to apply for the required courses at the appropriate time. Also, we are literally right next to San Francisco, we don't have just the ghetto to go wandering off into. If you have your own car then it's easy getting to places like target, gamestop or the movies without spending so much time in one part of town. Overall, it's a school for people who actually want to work, not for people that are just used to doing whatever they want and get away with it. As a student and a cadet, I take pride in the fact that I'm getting all of this practical training towards my future career, anyone else who has a problem with Cal Maritime doesn't have to go. Anyone who's just heard bad rumors, actually come here and make a decision yourself. I made my choice of colleges and I'm doing what I can to make...

I graduated from here in 2014 and have been making well over $100k a year as a mate ever since with just a bachelor's degree and a license. If you study hard and graduate from here as a mate or engineer, you will almost certainly find a high paying job. If you dont mind the life of a mariner, being gone for weeks or months at a time, but then being home for the same amount of time, this is a good career.

If you actually want a high paying career from college, this is a good school. If you just want to learn liberal arts and then pay off your student loans while working at Starbucks, than go to Berkeley. This is not the kind of school where your mom can call in to bully a professor into giving you a passing grade or letting you retake a test.

There was plenty of diversity at this school, and we all got along great, it didn't matter if you were LGBTQ or what color your skin was, we were all sailors in this together, and we all got through it by working as a team. The negative reviews are probably just people who had trouble with this school due to its rigidity and work load, had personalities that made it hard to make friends, and are just looking for a scape-goat rather than accepting personal responsibility for the reason they failed...