Am I screwed for Cal Poly SLO? Didn't realize their calculate 9-11 GPA

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American born, Chinese female
California resident
Public HS Senior

Hi everyone! So I’ve really wanted to go to Cal Poly SLO for a while now, but like the pipe dream it is, I didn’t do the research I should have done. Just a few days ago, I discovered SLO calculates 9-11 GPA. Unfortunately, I got a B in freshman year and another B in sophomore year (my teacher dropped my grade a letter in the middle of the summer and wouldn’t answer any emails). I was bent on applying because I thought I had a higher GPA because I thought they calculated 10-12. So my 9-11 UW GPA is 3.95 and my Weighted 9-11 is 4.25. My 10-12 would have been 4.42, even then I’m not sure I would have the greatest chances. I’ll list my stats and intended major here:

UW 9-11: 3.95
W 9-11: 4.25
AP’s taken from 9-12: 9 AP’s, 1 honors
E/C’s: volunteering at retirement home, animal shelter, club vice president/co founder for 2 years, work from summer throughout senior year in school, art instagram (passion project-ish) for the last 6 years or so.
Intended major: Nutrition/dietetics

I have no idea how impacted dietetics are at SLO, but I feel like I ruined my chances in my early highschool years. Please tell me the truth on my chances, and any advice you have to make up for it since I know SLO considers EC’s but not a lot. I also did not take the SAT or ACT, but they are test blind this year as far as I know.

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For added context, I’m hard on myself for my GPA because everyone at my school has like a 4.4 or 4.5 weighted 9-11 GPA. It is insane here.

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I think you’ll still be competitive. Good luck!

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Even if you knew it was grade 9-11, how would that have changed your B?

And yea, with two Bs you are just a tad bit - kidding- extremely hard on yourself for no reason.

There are no guarantees but you aren’t ‘screwed’ to use your word.

You’ll end up at a fine school, SLO or otherwise.

Good luck.

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All majors are impacted at Cal Poly SLO.
The Nutrition major is found in the College of Agriculture, Food and Env. Sciences. The 50% middle GPA range of admitted Freshman was GPA 3.94 - 4.25 so you are well within range.

Cal Poly SLO like all the Cal States are test blind. SLO does consider EC’s but you cannot list any details, only hours of participation, if you had a leadership role and if you have a job and is it major related.

Nutrition has estimated projected admit rate of >50% if using the 29% admit rate for the College. What the projected admit rate does not disclose is how competitive the applicant pool was for the Nutrition major and the actual yield rate.

Best of luck.

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