I was an ex student of Taylor's, and I must say that TCSJ has a wide variety of food compared to other places. In my current uni, I have not much choices to choose from compared to when I was in Taylors. It's probably your luck in getting bad lecturers + bad classmates. My friends in CAL are quite satisfied with their current condition ( Aside from stressing for A2 ). I'm personally a SAM student last year, so I can't really comment on the CAL staff. But it was a really enjoyable year for me. Aside from the new study space that I have less to no chance in using. And did I mention lakeside campus has a nice library to study in?