Cal Poly Life 101
What's What At Cal Poly?
Favorite Cal Poly Activities
Cal Poly Acronyms
100

This is the only food option open 24 hours on campus and is a popular national sandwich chain

Subway

100

The proper name of Cal Poly’s Mustang Mascot

Musty the Mustang

100

A premier horticulture display garden on campus

The Leaning Pine Arboretum

100

LA (hint: it's a person!)

Learning Assistant

200

This is the amount of time that Cal Poly recommends us students to study outside of class each week.

 25-35 hours

200

This is the large science building in the center of campus or a person who makes bread

Baker

200

This isn’t your typical graveyard

The Architectural Graveyard

200

PCV

Poly Canyon Village

300

Cal Poly is often referred to by this name, which is associated with a frequently seen farm animal

Cow Poly

300

This lawn is where people hang out between classes and also a popular tv show about a serial killer

Dexter

300

This popular Thursday night event is making it’s return on May 6th

Farmers!

300

 OCOB

Orfalea College of Business

400

This is the cost of a basic parking violation on Cal Poly’s campus.

$40

400

Popular hiking spot on Cal Poly’s campus

The P

400

Named after a type of meat, this full-day activity involves climbing 3 mountains in San Luis Obispo: three main peaks in the San Luis Obispo area: the Cal Poly “P”, Cerro San Luis Obispo (Madonna) and Bishops Peak.

The Tri-Tip Challenge

400

AMA

American Marketing Association

500

This famous smoothie shop has hundreds of locations, including one on campus

Jamba Juice

500

This place on campus is popular for serious studying and has the same name as the 35th President of the United States?

Kennedy Library

500

A popular Italian restaurant in SLO started by a political science graduate in 1988

Giuseppe’s

500

WIB

Women in Business

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