Even though I’ve got a DS26 at SLO for CS, I’ve now got a DD28 applying for English. I thought she was mostly interested in SDSU and Northridge and wasn’t considering SLO, but suddenly she has changed her mind about SDSU. She’s concerned about getting swallowed up at SDSU with the large and impersonal classes (I’m not knocking SDSU. That’s where I went and loved it). So now SLO has replaced SDSU in her top 2. A couple of weeks ago I thought she wasn’t even going to apply to SLO, so this is a surprise.
She likes what she’s heard about SLO’s cohort model in the core 7 English Lit classes for the major. If she gets in, she’ll have a tough decision to make. The environment of SLO is so much nicer. But she wants to be an English teacher, and CSUN has a 4-year combined English major/single subject teaching credential program that would allow her to get the credential without having to do a post-grad credential program.
It’s funny, I spent so much time helping my son have the best application he could for SLO’s selection methods that I had a much better (and realistic) sense of his chances than I do my daughter’s. I think she’s got a good chance, especially since English has ~45% acceptance rate compared to CS’s 9%, but I’m not sure.
She’s got a capped SLO GPA of 4.14, UW 3.9. She has taken:
A-2.5
B-4.5 (would have been the full 5, but at some point in the last 2 years creative writing was redesignated a college elective. Grrr!)
C-4
D-2
E-4
F-2
G-3.5
She’s got 16-20 hours of EC with leadership, 1-5 hrs of work, not major related.
I haven’t found a lot of English majors reporting their stats for accepted/WL/rejected over the years.
The good news is I’m far more zen this time around. Partly because it’s my second kid doing this process, but mostly because my son really needed the environment of SLO. My daughter will be fine at whichever school she goes to. A rejection from SLO wouldn’t devastate her; an acceptance would lead to a hard choice.
Hello, quick question I want to do pre-med but am very worried about impacted majors. I have a 3.88 GPA. If it matters my father, grandfather, and grandmother went to SLO. Which majors under the pre-med umbrella are least impacted?
SLO does not consider legacy in their admission decisions. Also they calculate GPA based on 9-11th a-g course grades with an 8 semester honors point cap for UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses taken 10-11th grades only.
You can major in anything from History to Bioengineering to apply to Medical school as long as you take the Medical school pre-requisite courses. Science majors usually have the most overlap with the Medical school requirements that is why Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology etc… can be popular Pre-med majors.
SLO is an impacted campus meaning that all majors are impacted so there are more qualified applicants than spots available.
When choosing a major as a Pre-med track student, you also need to consider a backup career in case you are not accepted to Medical school so find a major that interests you.
Does any have the data on % of admits and GPA range for Economics at SLO?
He is alternating between Mech engineering and Economics and we know that Mech engineering we would be a reach but was not able to find info for Economics.
No GPA by major for SLO majors but by College. For Economics, which is in the College of Business, SLO GPA admit range was 4.08-4.25 from the Freshman profile page.
From the Target projections, based on a yield of around 30% for the College of Business, the projected admit rate for Economics is around 19%.
Hi Gumbymom,
I had another question. How important is a 5th year of English for engg majors, does it help that much in admissions? It’s so late in the game and the only way my kid could get that in is to take a CC course in spring. Not looking forward to it, espec w all the other classes . Thank you.
Plenty of admitted students of all majors did not take a 5th year of English.
It is recommended but not required and if the algorithm bonus points are similar to the original MCA criteria published in 2013 along with a maximum bonus point cap, then Science/Math classes make up the bulk of these points, not the extra year of English.
I do not think it is a make or break situation for any applicant.
Hi, my Child applied to Calpoly, received an email stating they received application etc, however, there was nothing in the email about creating a portal. Has this happened to anyone else? Does this come in another separate email?
my Child applied to Calpoly, received an email stating they received application etc, however, there was nothing in the email about creating a portal. Has this happened to anyone else? Does this come in another separate email?
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Hi, did he get two emails? She received one shortly after she applied, thanking her for applying and telling her to add them to her email etc. but nothing about creating a portal? Wondering if that comes in a separate email? She applied weeks ago. I’m thinking we need to call admissions?
Hi, she applied 10/6. Received an email 10/14 saying they received her application, but nothing about a portal. Now it’s another 2 weeks. Nothing in junk/spam. Trying to find out if they get the one email saying they received app and another later about opening a portal, as this is different from the other CSU she applied for. I’m at this point thinking something is wrong and need to call.
