<p>My kid is an interesting fellow. He had no interest in Berkeley, Stanford or Cal Tech although I believe that he could have gotten into at least one or two of them. He refused to apply to these schools and we even had a fight about it. I finally gave up as after all it is his life and education and long term it is none of my business. He is a hands on guy and has no tolerance for intellectual elitism. He has the academic capabilities to go toe to toe with the best of them, but what he really wants is to be in the machine shop getting his hands dirty.</p>
<p>Also, he refused to apply to any out of state schools and no schools farther away than a half day drive. SLO was literally at the cusp of the distance he was willing to go from LA.</p>
<p>I am sorry that your son did not get into Cal Poly. UCSD and UCD are awesome schools. I wish you the best.</p>
<p>Hi Coquimom and OsakaDad-
Interesting discussion. My son got into Cal Poly in Kinesiology, but is waiting to hear from UCSD and UCD. He also applied to UCLA and UCSB, but has no interest in either of them. Like your son OsakaDad, my son refused to consider UCB or Stanford, although he did apply OOS. At this point I think it is down to CP vs. UCSD if he is accepted. My husband and I both attended CP in engineering in the 70’s but he is the 1st of our kids to be interested. I’m curious Coquimom-what major did your D apply to for UCSD??? Good luck to both of your kids w/ UC admissions!</p>
<p>Hi takeitall in… daughter applied to UCSD as physiology major. I was reallly surprised that she was turned away by Cal Poly (kinesiology). She’s had ONE “B” her entire high school career, lots of AP’s, varsity sport, 2000 SAT… probably wouldn’t have been her choice, but we considered it kind of a safety! She got into Univ. of Michgan the other day, so that was nice (and Boulder) and got the supplemental for UCLA. Lost our primary source of income last year (husband died)… am hoping for in-state schools for them.<br>
Anyway, I’m feeling like a whiner…<br>
congratulations to all who got in! I hope you all find great success in your college journeys!</p>
<p>Same as my son at UCSD. Who knows?-maybe they will end up together? So sorry for your loss- it must be so difficult-especially with kids starting college. My son has similar stats as your D-I don’t understand the admissions rationale. Best of luck!</p>
<p>coquimom – I am very sorry to hear about your husband. My condolences. To go through a great loss like that and still be there for your kids in this stressful time is amazing. Many others would have disengaged and pulled back. Mom’s like you are heroes.</p>
<p>If it makes you feel any better, Cal Poly is very impacted and kinesiology unfortunately has only a small handful of open spots every year. I am sure your daughter was well qualified and if the program had been larger I am sure that she would have gotten in. It is not fair at all, but Cal Poly can no longer be considered a safety by anyone…</p>
<p>Daughter was just accepted at Cal Poly SLO for Industrial Engineering. Acceptance came about 2-1/2 weeks ago. I’m sold on SLO but she wants to wait to hear from UCs, esp. UCSD. She applied to other UCs but I think it’ll be down to UCSD and SLO. Due to great feedback from other parents incl. OsakaDad (thank u; I feel like I’ve been stalking you thru reading all of your threads this past few months). I’m sold on the hands on teaching of CPP and SLO but have to let her weigh in since she will be attending, not me. Pomona is just too nearby to us she admits (30 minutes away; OC area) and more of a commuter school than she would like. Even though she would live on campus at CPP, she’s afraid we’ll drop in on her! We are already making plans for SLOs open house…! I’m convinced it’ll seal the deal for her. She is very outgoing, looking for a school with lots of spirit, sense of community, and smaller class sizes… The waiting is killing us, probably more for my daughter than she will care to admit. Good luck to everyone during this time!</p>
<p>Hi fellow parents! I concur, osakadad has been a huge source, information and encouragement as we have made decisions for our son who was admitted as ARCE major. I’m interested why UCSD was #2 choice. We are from SD and my son wanted to go farther and wanted hands on and college town. Coquimom, so sorry for your loss.
Take good care.</p>
<p>kschall – UCSD was our first choice until the SLO Open House. The only turn off regarding UCSD was that some of the profs had low opinions of the value of lab time. And another declared that the focus was to prepare your student for grad school rather than a job. These profs were in the minority. Other than that, it was a really good alternative and the best of the UC’s. UCSD offered the most hands on learning of them all. SLO just blew or minds at the Open House and we completed the SIR online before we left town! If SLO had been disappointing, we would have sent our kid to UCSD.</p>
<p>Coquimom, I echo what OsakaDad wrote in regards to your husband dying. Please accept my condolences and hang in there with the whole college-thing. Your very bright daughter will find her place. And, you just never know from year to year what stats they’re looking for. In 2010 my daughter had similar stats as yours; one B (salutatorian), good ACT, GPA, etc. and happened to gets into Kinesiology. But, as OsakaDad said, it’s a small major and simply doesn’t take a lot of students. I remember the head of the dept. telling us at Open House what a small percentage it was. I have a feeling this is going to be something she’ll contend with when applying for occupational therapy grad programs. Several applicants with far less places to offer. And, numerous highly qualified applicants.</p>
<p>IMO something is afoot at SLO. We went through the process with D in 2010 who was accepted into business, and then again with S this year who was rejected from ME. </p>
<p>As more individual data is coming in (through Naviance and conversations with private college counselors) the trend shows a very high rejection rate for very high stats applicants. CP had, once again, a record number of applicants. And, it seems that the quality of these applicants has risen yet again. Not sure how their algorithm is making the selections because it sure seems counter to the stated method which is weighted towards the numbers.</p>
<p>I posted a link here yesterday to information from CP outlining it’s (forced) plan to convert to a semester based system. I can’t help but wonder if the CSU powers that be have determined CP has gotten to big for it britches and is trying to reign them in. For what other positive reason would you change something so fundamental to an institution? There is overwhelming support from students, faculty, alums and board members to keep CP on the quarter system. It is part of the culture and a obvious part of it’s success. </p>
<p>Just to be clear - this is not sour grapes on my part. I love this school, it has been fantastic for D and S is getting over the shock of his denial. The accepted applicants are obviously of a very very high caliber and will no doubt have other excellent options also. However, from this - granted limited view - of individual data, it does seem that higher stats applicants in this years pool are at a disadvantage. At least for the more competitive majors.</p>
<p>D made first cut and was asked to submit art portfolio on Feb. 20th. Have any visual art majors heard back post portolio review?
FYI 3.5 w
1740 SAT
5 AP Art
Several Regional Art Awards
Would love to know chances?</p>
<p>Hi Osakadad,
I have a daughter who’s now in 10th grade, and she wants to be a vet some day. She really liked UC Davis when we went there as part of college tours w my son. Any insight on that school based on your experience? Thank you!</p>
<p>I was at a CalPoly event this week and Cal Poly President Jeff Armstrong told us they had over 48,000 applicants this year. He was thrilled that the state was giving him money to add 250 students to campus next year over last year. This is nowhere near enough capacity to meet the needs of qualified students as evidenced in this forum. If you are upset about top students being rejected, contact your state representatives about allocating more money so our best and brightest can get educated in our state. Can’t think of a better investment.</p>
<p>What about prospect of going to another high ranking U for graduate school? As CP is more career oriented. Are the graduates better or less prepared for graduate schools?</p>
Pomona is just too nearby to us she admits (30 minutes away; OC area) and more of a commuter school than she would like. Even though she would live on campus at CPP, she’s afraid we’ll drop in on her! We are already making plans for SLOs open house…! I’m convinced it’ll seal the deal for her. She is very outgoing, looking for a school with lots of spirit, sense of community, and smaller class sizes… The waiting is killing us, probably more for my daughter than she will care to admit. Good luck to everyone during this time!</p>
And, numerous highly qualified applicants.</p>