Hi,
Earlier I have got information and advice from ‘Gumbymom’ about Eligibility index calculation and brief details about CSU admission process.
I have few questions regarding calculating ACT score.
Somewhere I read that CSU’s will take only English, Math and Reading score into consideration and not the science score. Is this true!!?
In my daughter’s case, she got 34 in English, 30 in Math, 32 in Reading and 24 in Science (her composite is 30).
Now shall I take only English, Math and Reading scores for Composite calculation or all 4 sections.
And my second question is, regarding the superscoring of ACT scores—>I saw that CSU’s do take Superscoring of ACT, in that case my daughter’s Superscore of all 4 sections(comparing from last 3 ACT’s)—is 30.75, rounding to 31.
Now which ACT score shall I take for calculating EI?
Her CSU GPA is 4.00.
Please guide me and let us the possibility of her getting into CSU. We are local to San Jose and we want to apply to San Jose, SLO and Pomona for CSSE. Please suggest if any other CSU which is good id CS or SE course.
I am pretty sure the CSU’s look at English, Reading, Math, and Science on the ACT…yet do not calculate in the Writing portion. If you’re unsure, I would call the schools’ admission offices directly, so you get accurate information moving forward. Much luck to your daughter!!!
According to CSU Long Beach’s website, this is how they determine their EI using the ACT:
For applicants that take the ACT assessment, the ACT composite will be converted to an SAT total replacing both the Critical Reading and Math scores for this calculation.
SDSU’s EI calculation: If you took the ACT
(High School GPA × 200) + (10 × ACT Composite Score)
= Eligibility Index
SJSU’s CS is very competitive (EI threshold 4725) SE is slightly easier (EI threshold of 4200). Also SJSU does not publish their EI thresholds for ACT, only for SAT so I would calculate the ACT superscore and then convert to SAT score.
SJSU’s EI calculation: If you took the ACT…
CSU capped weighted GPA x 200
average of your highest ACT score results (English, reading, science & math) score x 10 (without the writing score)
= Eligibility Index
Seems like each school has a slightly different way of calculating the EI so I would just superscore her ACT as in the SJSU information and then convert to SAT scores to get the EI.
That is what I did for my younger son when he applied for CS.
I would add CSU Fullerton and CSU Long Beach to the list for CS. San Marcos offers SE and the new program starts next Fall. Other than SLO and SJSU, SE is not a common major vs. CS.
How about Santa Clara University? Great location and CS program is well recommended and recognized.
I must be calculating the EI incorrectly. My daughters cal state gpa is 4.09. Her ACT is 26.
According to Gumby mom’s calculation:
CSU capped weighted GPA x 200
average of your highest ACT score results (English, reading, science & math) score x 10 (without the writing score)
= Eligibility Index
So, 4.09 X 200= 818
ACT 26 X 10= 260
818+260= 1,078. Is that right??
Sorry- this is my second post today. I’m stressing!
The thresholds Gumbymom posted are over 4,000. How can 1,078 be correct for my daughter? (4.09 cs gpa and 26 ACT) Does that mean her EI number would be on a different scale because of the ACT? And, if so, what is a competitive ACT EI for SDSU? She got into Long Beach, so that’s exciting!
@dana37: You want a target EI (ACT) for SDSU around 1056. Since each major has different EI thresholds and SDSU does not publish any EI by major, I am basing this on their campus average of 3.93 CSU GPA and ACT of 27. Acceptances will all depend upon how each applicant compares to the other applicants that are applying to that specific major.
