Any chance at getting accepted

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I am going to be a senior(class of '10) aspiring to go to Cal Poly SLO and I was wondering if, given my stats, anyone could tell me if I have a decent shot at getting accepted for engineering, either electrical or mechanical.</p>

<p>CSU Weighted GPA: 3.21
SAT: CR: 640 Math:700 Writing: 590 </p>

<p>Junior Course Load
AP Calc AB: 4
AP Stats: 4
AP English: 3
AP US History: 2
AP French: 1</p>

<p>I took AP Physics sophomore year: 2</p>

<p>Senior Course Load
AP Gov
AP Chem
AP Bio
Work Experience
Externship for local Engineering company</p>

<p>Classes at the University of Nevada this year
Calc II and Calc III
Compostion II (next english after AP credit)</p>

<p>Lots of work experience, 2 jobs, working 30+ hours per week.
Varsity Football
Varsity Ski Team</p>

<p>What do you guys think??</p>

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<p>It’s all about the stats with Cal Poly – GPA and SAT/ACT scores. There is a place on their web site that tells you what comparable scores were for certain majors. They don’t weigh extracurriculars much, from what I can tell.</p>

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<p>GPA is a bit low but your course load is good. Location is a big factor with preference going to the surrounding CA counties. Also you may be facing severe enrollment limitations given the eternal CA budget fiasco.</p>

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<p>Are you out of state? (Classes at U of N). I’m not sure how that normally plays but given the budget fiasco that CA is in, it certainly can’t help.</p>

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<p>yeah I live in Reno, NV. Hence why I am attending some classes at UNR.</p>

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<p>Cal Poly is a dream school for my son, but with his 3.0 Cal Poly GPA, and out of area residence, I just don’t think it’s going to happen. SAT’s help. You can checkout the formula for CSU’s in general, but you might want to check the Cal Poly forum for a more realistic view.</p>

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<p>My son got in with a 2.92 Cal Poly GPA. He is going to be a computer science major.</p>

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<p>OCSLODAD, What was your son’s SAT (CR + M) or ACT? Did he have lots of AP or CC classes?</p>

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<p>CR 700, Math 750
7 APs all =>3 mostly 4s and 5s.
No CC classes.</p>

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<p>College Confidential kids aside, that’s a HECK of an SAT score! Good for him! I’m sure there is an interesting stay to go with the GPA. Hope you will update CC with how it’s going.</p>

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<p>Ahh, OCSLODAD, that’s what I suspected – an UBER-high SAT score to go along with that less than stellar GPA, and lots of College level (AP)classes. Congrats to your son!</p>

<p>Cal Poly admissions is all about the numbers.</p>

<p>My son was accepted with similar stats:</p>

<p>Cal Poly GPA: 2.7 ?
SAT CR: 690 Math: 740
4 AP exams (3 were self-study) with scores of 4,4,4 and 3
8 CC classes</p>

<p>So, even if your GPA is low for CPSLO, admission is still possible with a high SAT/ACT and a high “rigor” score. (rigor of HS college prep curriculum).</p>

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<p>From what I understand selecting the right major at slo is very important, because after you make it passed the first round (being eligible for admission) you are then competing for a spot within the major. My son wouldn’t have gotten into architecture and probably not ME. He didn’t know that at the time he applied, so he had some luck choosing Comp Sci.</p>