Yes there were 2 emails….one after submission and then one about 8-9 days later with instructions for the portal.
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Someone told me it helps to apply early. Does anyone know if that is true?
No advantage for admissions if you apply early. As long as you submit the application by the November 30th deadline, it will be evaluated the same as all the other applicants. Decisions will not be out until March 2024.
Hi
This is a question about CSU application portal.
My daughter is taking Linear Algebra and Multivar calcular as dual enrollment class. I would assume she will enter both of these as college course. However what is the appropriate value for Subject Area drop down. It has dozens of values to select from including Algebra, Calculas, Mathematics etc etc.
Appreciate any help.
Can you post a screenshot of the options so posters can help you?
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Listing them under Mathematics is fine.
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Thank you !
@aafat Just make sure at the end of the Academic History section where there is the summary of the A-G Subject Totals that these college courses are assigned the “C” for Mathematics. Cal Poly has some great Youtube videos including this one Cal State Apply - A-G Matching Tile - Academic History
Edited: Reminder that the GPA that is calculated is capped weighted CSU GPA 10th-11th and not the Cal Poly GPA that includes 9th grade.
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Yes… I put C on those. Now she has 7 years of Math(C) lol
Hello, can you clarify if the GPAs listed on the First Year Student Profile for 2023 is the range of all selected for admission, or if it is the middle 50%?
For example, if you have a gpa by their calculation of 3.98 and the range for engineering is 4.13-4.25, is it even worth applying? Has leadership, major related work experience.
Previous years they listed the Middle 50th percentile which I would assume is what these ranges represent but not labeled as such this year.
I would still apply if SLO is a top choice and there are applicants below the 25th percentile that are admitted.
thank you–it’s my first post here, I appreciate your quick response!
Hello @Gumbymom! I had a quick question that I’m sure I could probably find the answer to but somehow I can’t break through given all the noise in a busy household over Thanksgiving weekend. 
I’m helping my niece look at how to enter her grades into the CSU application (she’s out of state, from Kentucky), and we want to make sure she’s coding the courses correctly. If she has the equivalent of “honors” classes at her magnet HS in KY but they are called something else, i.e., “advanced,” should she call them “honors” in the application? Or do they just go in as “none” if they are from an out of state high school and therefore don’t have the official “CA stamp of approval” as 'honors"?
Thanks for any insight!
CSU’s do not recognize OOS Honors classes as Honors classes for the CSU GPA calculation bump only AP/IB and CSU transferable DE courses.
She should report the name of the course as it appears on her transcript but select none.
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OK perfect! That’s pretty much the conclusion I was getting to, and that’s exactly what she did – she’s just worked “honors” into the course titles. Thanks so much for your quick answer!
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My D is a senior in HS and applied a few days ago. I feel like she has a 50/50 chance of getting in. Weighted 4.15 with IB/Dual credit. does anyone have experience with being weight listed? Is it harder from out of state?
OOS applicants are in a separate application pool and SLO does not break out admit data based on residency. If the SLO GPA is 4.15, she is competitive.
No waitlist data from 2023 but you can see how the numbers vary from year to year.
Below are several years of Waitlist data.
2022:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 10233
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 345
2021:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 9829
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 978
Good luck to her.
Looks like out of the total undergraduate enrollment of roughly 22,000, for 2023-2024, SLO projected about 3,500 non-residents to enroll.
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