accepted to Animal science major with 29 ACT and a 3.88 GPA
When does the results for international student come out?
Any guess about when transfer decisions might roll out in relation to these FTF decisions, based on previous years?
@air2017 what was your SAT score and are you OOS or instate?? I applied under animal Science as well and am anxious to hear back!!
@Gumbymom is it true that some majors take longer to get a response? I applied for Psychology and my dad said that I’d most likely have to wait around two weeks (from the day they start admitting in state kids) to get the results. He says psychology is always the last major to be released. Is this true? How long will it take?
Does cal poly just tell you through the portal or also through the mail like with a “welcome packet of admission”?
@air2017 congrats! are you in state or oos?
@Justlookingahead Just a portal update at first, email comes later sometimes a day or two or later I believe
@CalPolyQ I mean like an actual in mail packet not an email ?
Accepted
OOS
Statistics
32 ACT
4.32 Cal Poly GPA
@Justlookingahead Ohh sorry about that. I’m not sure.
Daughter just checked portal:
Accepted OOS Biological Studies
~4500 MCA
GPA 3.86/4.2
ACT 32
Thank you for the info in this thread = very helpful! Good luck to all!
@Justlookingahead I forgot exactly what they sent a few years ago, but I think it was pretty sparse. The school is very nice though, good academic programs, and the people there seem friendly. Just don’t get overhyped for an expensive acceptance packet.
So, if your an OOS student and your portal still isn’t updated, does that mean that you didn’t get accepted?
OOS just accepted for graphic communications!
SAT: 1320 ACT: only 27
4.6 GPA (3.95 unweighted)
Congrats to everyone else who just heard and good luck to those still waiting anxiously
@smithem2 Not necessarily. Some decisions could roll out sometime after the initial acceptances.
My SAT score was a 1300 and im OOS. Good luck to everyone waiting to hear!
Hi new Mustangs,
In order for your stats to be helpful, please take a minute to convert your info to the MCA, which is the formula Cal Poly uses to make its admitting decisions. Be sure to post your MCA when you post the decision. I posted the instructions back on post #138 and here they are again:
As the very knowledgeable @eyemgh has shared, Cal Poly uses an algorithm called MCA (Multi-Criteria Admission) as the basis for admittance. This is different from the other Cal State schools, which use the Eligibility Index. It would be helpful to future candidates to post your MCA when decisions come out. @Sterny16 created a calculator which figures it for you, which can be found at this link: https://repl.it/EJ7C/0
Details on how your MCA out yourself are below. I’ve had this saved since 2013 when my oldest D was accepted, and here we are again, waiting for #2’s decision:
Academic MCA:
The maximum GPA they will use is 4.2, even though you can have a higher calculated CP GPA. A 4.2 is worth 2250 MCA points. Thus, multiply your CP GPA by 535.7 and you’ll get your MCA points for GPA.
The next biggest thing is test scores. The odd thing, likely because they wanted it to total a nice round number, is that the max score is 1650, even though the max SAT score is 1600. Multiply the total of your best SAT CR and your best SAT math by 1.03125 to get your MCA test points. If you took the ACT, they convert and vice versa.
The third largest section is the class rigor score, worth 750 points. In this section you get zero points for meeting the minimum admission requirements and adders for more than the minimum. The bonuses in order of power are
min semesters max total semesters bonus points per extra semester total possible bonus:
math 6 10 125 500 (note: stats and finite do not count)
lab science 4 8 50 200
English 8 10 50 100
foreign language 4 8 25 100
visual performance 2 4 25 50
no bonus points for social sciences or electives. As with GPA, you can actually score higher than the maximum, but 750 is the most they will count.
Finally, work and ECs, worth 350 points. Work (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/20, 6-10/40, 11-15/60, 16-20/80, 21+/100, add 50 points if work is major related. ECs (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/30, 6-10/60, 11-15/90, 16-20/120, 21+/150, add 60 points for leadership role.
There are also other Non-Academic Bonus Points:
CA vet/701, Hayden Partner School/700, faculty/staff dependent/700, service area of CP/500, either parent with some or no HS, but who DIDN’T GRADUATE FROM HS/300 (per parent).
Here’s how it works. Cal Poly does TWO “READINGS” one of academic only and one after adding additional non-academic bonus adders. The reason I put readings in quotes is that they don’t actually READ them. A computer tallies points and then ranks students.
The first “reading” is used to fill approximately 65% of the class. Presumably that is all of ED plus the first half or so of RD.
Then they add the other non-academic bonus points and re-rank MCAs to fill the final half of RD, approximately 35% of the class.
This totals a minimum of 28 semesters that allows for a student to take 2 semesters of elective classes. An applying student is encouraged to take more than the minimum required semesters and is awarded bonus points for doing so. A student who takes the highest possible number of semesters and gets the maximum amount of bonus points is presented below.
English (10 Semesters; 100 Bonus Points)
Algebra (4 ; 0 Bonus Points)
Geometry (2 ; 0 Bonus Points)
Foreign Language (8 ; 100 Bonus Points)
Lab Science (8 ; 200 Bonus Points)
History (4 ; 0 Bonus Points)
Performing Arts (4 ; 50 Bonus Points)
Advanced Math (4 ; 500 Bonus Points)
As seen above, this student has received a maximum of 950 admission bonus points for their high school curriculum. Notice that extra semesters of Lab Sciences and Advanced Mathematics have a higher weight than the rest of the subjects with respect to the allotment of Bonus points. A student taking 4 extra semesters of Advanced Math results in 52% of the maximum possible bonus points by itself. For each semester that a student is under the minimum required number of courses, a 500 point deduction of admission score
Just got accepted as a business major with a 3.3 GPA and a 31 ACT!! Don’t know how that happened but so excited!!
BTW, that calculator crashes Firefox every single time, at least on my computer. Works on Explorer though.
Good luck to everybody who’s anxiously waiting 