Cal Poly Fall 2013 Admission Decisions

<p>SoDo, Respectfully, i must disagree. Many CSU are well regarded in a variety of areas. In fact, I believe SDSU is more “competitive” than Cal Poly and definitely has wider name recognition due to athletics.</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Transfer
Business Administration
GPA: 3.45
All prereqs and GEs completed at time of app
High EC, no work</p>

<p>Also, I was trying to transfer from CSULB, so I realize that I had even less of a chance than CCC transfers. I was kind of just trying again just to see if I could get in.</p>

<p>At least the waiting is over now!</p>

<p>Rejected;</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>ACT 32
GPA 4.33</p>

<p>Daughter rejected:
kinesiology
WGPA 4.8
UW 3.9
SAT 2000
sport - 3 yr varsity
lots of ECs… wow</p>

<p>but… she got into Univ of Michigan and U Boulder so far!</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Construction Managment major</p>

<p>CCC transfer 3.5 gpa with work in field of study</p>

<p>blows</p>

<p>son also rejected
Aerospace Engineering
WGPA 4.3
UW 3.8
SAT 2000
ACT 30
choir, theater, 2 yr sport, volunteer</p>

<p>Time to go visit Colorado School of Mines, I guess!</p>

<p>Wow, sorry guys. With those SATS y’all probably have other choices. Would you mind posting if CA resident (county) or OOS? If you applied to other CSU and if your were accepted or rejected?</p>

<p>@momneeds2no - If all you’re looking at is acceptance rate, then sure, but that number alone means nothing. Take all the other statistical factors into account, and Cal Poly is by far more competitive/selective than SDSU. The only reason SDSU has a lower acceptance rate has to be the large number of party kids in Cali who apply and get rejected. The gap between Cal Poly and the 2nd best CSU is huge.</p>

<p>As for name recognition in athletics, that is not necessarily a good thing. Take Boise State for instance, the only reason BSU is well known is because of its status as a football power. Academically, everyone either knows nothing about it or they are aware it is incredibly mediocre. Do you think that’s a reputation a school wants to have?</p>

<p>Wow I have received a follow-up letter from housing after I contacted them expressing my concerns over them accepting housing requests when not all students have been notified. I sure wish admissions was as professional in the way it treats parents of applicants.
Here is the follow-up email from housing. </p>

<p>Hello Lisa:</p>

<p>I just wanted to check in and see if Admissions has answered your questions and concerns. University Housing works with Admissions in effort to ensure the majority of students have been notified of their acceptance into Cal Poly prior to opening the housing application.</p>

<p>Thank you,
Monica Delbar
University Housing
805-756-1226
[University</a> Housing for On-Campus Students - University Housing - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://housing.calpoly.edu%5DUniversity”>http://housing.calpoly.edu)</p>

<p>From: “Socal29fan” <a href="mailto:socal29fan@verizon.net">socal29fan@verizon.net</a>
To: “University Housing” <a href=“mailto:housing@calpoly.edu”>housing@calpoly.edu</a>
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:42:25 PM
Subject: Re: Housing fall 2013</p>

<p>True admission notifications have begun going out , but a large number of students are still waiting to hear. It seems very backwards and very unfair.</p>

<p>Sent from my iPhone</p>

<p>On Mar 5, 2013, at 11:26 AM, University Housing <a href=“mailto:housing@calpoly.edu”>housing@calpoly.edu</a> wrote:</p>

<p>Hello Socal29Fan:</p>

<p>We work with Admissions and open our Housing application once students have been notified of admittance into Cal Poly. I’m forwarding your questions and concerns to Admissions for clarification.</p>

<p>Should you have any further questions, please contact us at 805-756-1226.</p>

<p>Thank you,
Monica Delbar
University Housing
805-756-1226
[University</a> Housing for On-Campus Students - University Housing - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://housing.calpoly.edu%5DUniversity”>http://housing.calpoly.edu)</p>

<p>From: “Socal29fan” <a href="mailto:socal29fan@verizon.net">socal29fan@verizon.net</a>
To: <a href=“mailto:housing@calpoly.edu”>housing@calpoly.edu</a>
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 4:44:12 PM
Subject: Housing fall 2013</p>

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>My son is still waiting to hear a decision on acceptance and housing requests are already being accepted. How is that possible? I understand those who applied for early decision but what about others who simply found out already that they are accepted? How is this fair? I was told by admissions that it notifications are done randomly and that many who still have not been notified will be accepted- my question to you is how can they get housing? Will their choices be considerably more limited than those who have already been accepted and are able to move forward and apply for housing? This process is new to me, so I apologize if my questions seem off- I am just very confused as to why all students who have been accepted have not yet been notified and how can housing requests begin when not all applicants have been notified. </p>

<p>Regards, </p>

<p>SoCal29</p>

<p>Sent from my iPhone</p>

<p>**I know that in life there are reasons to wait and there are disappointments in life, but applicants are potential students and will be paying the college so they should be treated with common courtesy and respect and equally regarding timeframe of notifications.</p>

<p>we are in-state
didn’t apply to other CSUs
Applied to most UCs and some others</p>

<p>Both kids rejected to Cal Poly</p>

<p>daughter accepted to:
Univ of Oregon (with $)
Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor and
Univ of Colorado, Boulder so far. (with $)
waiting to hear from UCs and USC and a couple of others</p>

<p>son accepted to:
Colorado School of Mines
Milwaukee School of Engineering (with $)
Rose-Hulman
Illinois Institute of Technology (with a lot of $)
waiting to hear from UCs, and a bunch of other schools (and some giant reaches like MIT, Cal Tech, Brown, etc.)</p>

<p>Rejected today.
BME Major
3.89 UW 4.3 W
1880 SAT</p>

<p>:(</p>

<p>Rejected today.
In-state.
Major: Political Science.
GPA: 3.73.
ACT: 28.</p>

<p>rejected today instate
UW 3.83
W 4.3
SAT 2040
BME Major</p>

<p>Wow, they’re giving everybody the ax tonight, me included. They weren’t my first choice, but it would have been a nice option to consider. @Coquimom, I wanted aerospace engineering, too. Guess I’m most likely Purdue bound. All in all not a bad alternative, but I’ll miss the Calif sun.</p>

<p>Rejected
In state
Computer Engineering
GPA w: 4.67, unweighted: 3.92
SAT 1920</p>

<p>i got accepted to SLO a few days ago, as did a friend of mine. i also know someone who got accepted a few weeks ago.
they sent a very, very strange acceptance video, along with an email about housing b/c the application open on march 8th.</p>

<p>school of landscape architecture
in state
GPA unweighted (very small private school that doesn’t weight): 3.5
ACT 29</p>

<p>my D got wait listed despite being #1 in her class and posting a 2220 SAT and a 780 Math II. She applied for bio-engineering. What is most frustrating is three classmates with less impressive resumes were accepted, though for other majors. We are CA residents who live just two hours from the school. What does it take to get in?</p>

<p>maranderson - congrats!
What major did you get into? Do you mind posting your GPA, SAT etc?</p>

<p>Engineering is so competitive at Cal Poly.</p>

<p>I don’t know, exoraguy, but it’s mind-boggling! Now I’m worried about the mid-tier UCs (that we’d kind of considered safeties!)</p>