Cal Poly SLO Class of 2025 Regular Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
2087

Pleasant surprise, son admitted off the waitlist today for Kinesiology!

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2088

I believe thatā€™s the first Cal Poly admission off the waitlist Iā€™ve heard of. Congratulations!

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2089

Thank you- we were definitely surprised, not expecting it at all! We are in-state, but not local

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2090

Yep. Several people on Reddit got off the waitlist as well. Hopefully more come soon!

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2091

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2092

I wonder if those who received waitlist decisions today from SLO were majority OOS or in state?

2093

For those who signed up for housing and orientation today, did you guys receive a confirmation email from orientation because I received one from housing but not orientation. But my status said complete after I paid.

2094

From memory, your orientation selection is not finalized until like 6/21 ish. So that may be why you didnā€™t get confirmation, since confirmation will come later.

2095

Did you get an email, or see the change in your portal? Congratulations!

2096

Thank you! He received a nice email welcoming him to the Mustang family with ā€˜Congratulations!ā€™ in the subject line.

2097

Are they giving you until May 1 to decide? Only asking because my D21 is on the waitlist and visited campus yesterday and now knows she would commit if offered a spot. We did the visit in case they didnā€™t allow much time to mull it over.

2098

D accepted off waitlist for Food Science in state not local. There was a portal update followed by email a few hours later.

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2099

Yes, he has until May 1st to decide, best wishes to your daughter!

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2100

Congratulations to all who have been accepted off the waitlist! Has anyone gotten off WL for Business?

2101

I believe I saw one waitlist acceptance to business on the Reddit page

2102

Anyone for CS off the waiting list? Thanks

2103

Published in the local Tribune this morning:

TOP-10 HARDEST MAJORS TO GET INTO FOR FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN

  1. Psychology: 3,222 applicants, 66 spaces available, 2%
  2. Computer science: 5,838 applicants, 205 spaces available, 4%
  3. Biological sciences: 4,298 applicants, 160 spaces available, 4%
  4. Kinesiology: 1,419 applicants, 60 spaces available, 4%
  5. Marine sciences: 587 applicants, 25 spaces available, 4%
  6. Aerospace engineering: 1,818 applicants, 80 spaces available, 4%
  7. Software engineering: 531 applicants, 25 spaces available, 5%
  8. Political science: 1,572 applicants, 77 spaces available, 5%
  9. Biomedical engineering: 1,802 applicants, 96 spaces available, 5%
  10. Biochemistry: 1,169 applicants, 65 spaces available, 6%

TOP-10 HARDEST MAJORS TO GET INTO FOR NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS

  1. Music: 18 applicants, 0 spaces available, 0%
  2. Statistics: 56 applicants, 1 space available, 2%
  3. Communications studies: 496 applicants, 15 spaces available, 3%
  4. Biological sciences: 421 applicants, 13 spaces available, 3%
  5. Art & design: 171 applicants, 6 spaces available, 4%
  6. Marine sciences: 56 applicants, 2 spaces available, 4%
  7. Computer science: 1,007 applicants, 37 spaces available, 4%
  8. Software engineering: 114 applicants, 5 spaces available, 4%
  9. Biochemistry: 90 applicants, 4 spaces available, 4%
  10. Architectural engineering: 22 applicants, 1 space available, 5%

**Footnote to the %'s above mentioned in the Tribune article: The %'s are NOT acceptance rates. The %'s are calculated on projected enrollment as the numerator post-acceptance.

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2104

They donā€™t factor in yield here and maybe give people the impression that these are the acceptance rates.

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Agreed and I seriously thought about editing the % out, but in the end, I didnā€™t want to edit their news story.

I can delete the %'s if you think I should.

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Maybe add an explainer on yield?