Accepted!!!
in-state animal Science major
Accepted! in-state animal science
Accepted in-state Ag Business 
Daughter Accepted!!!
Mechanical Engineering (in-state)
MCA: 4730
GPA: 4.36
ACT: 36
son accepted
Electrical Engineering (in state)
UC GPA (capped):3.8
ACT: 32C, 34M, 30E (super scored)
MCA: ~4400+ (not sure what the numbers are we used for ECs)
Not sure, it didnt say
Accepted! Ag Business! in state. MCA 4445.
Does anyone know when biochemistry results come out?
Accepted for Environmental Management and Protection!
gpa: 3.86 new sat: 1370
Has anyone heard back for journalism
Is bio over with now? I have a 1350 SAT and a 4.45 GPA, it’s odd how people with lower stats are hearing back first
Just got into Cal poly for Agribusiness
3.65 GPA
25/26 ACT super score
in state
Accepted in state animal science!
Congrats to those who have heard back and good luck to those who haven’t!
Accepted into Industrial Engineering
MCA: 4780
Cal Poly GPA: 4.18
SAT: 1470
how does one calculate their cal poly gpa?
Cal Poly GPA: College prep GPA Calculated by Cal Poly for 9th -11th grade coursework designated on the application (with honors points granted for courses designated as “honors,” “college,” “advanced placement" or “international baccalaureate” on a high school transcript, for up to eight semesters).
Can’t believed I got accepted with my low SAT and limited EC and CS
Accepted: Computer Engineering
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.33
SAT: 1320
Accepted: Mech. Engineering!!!
UC/CSU GPA: 4.28
ACT : 34
In-State
Cal Poly GPA is the same as CSU/UCGPA but use grades from 9th - summer after 11th grade. https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
For those who are just comparing GPA and test scores, there are other factors that help weight your application such as the number of years of each subject you take (aka “course rigor”). Also, SLO only looks at the English and Math sections on the ACT, not the composite.
The information below is courtesy of @eyemgh .
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 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).
Lastly,
Cal Poly ACT/SAT Concordance Chart in case you took ACT (use only Math and English and figure out the two equivalent SAT scores)
ACT CR M
36 800 800
35 770 790
34 760 780
33 750 760
32 720 730
31 700 700
30 680 680
29 650 660
28 630 640
27 610 620
26 590 600
25 570 580
24 550 560
23 540 540
22 520 520
21 500 500
20 490 480
19 470 460
18 450 440
17 440 410
16 420 390
15 400 360
14 380 330
13 360 300
12 330 280
11 300 260
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.
Accepted for Animal Science!!
In State
ACT 32
GPA 4.0
MCA ~4900
I’m so excited, and congrats to everyone else who got in too!!