I do not know the logic behind their decisions but for many of the Cal States, this is a common pattern.
SLO seems to be pretty consistent with the wave of admits, followed by a wave of waitlists and then a wave of denials. As I stated earlier in this post, as the # of applications have increased, the timeline has been pushed into March. My son’s applied 2013/2014. Older son heard about his admit February 14th and at that time they offered ED along with RD. They did OOS/International student admits first by alphabetical College one day and then In-state the next day. My younger son applied ED got deferred and was denied in 2014 in Early March.
There have been years where SLO over enrolled especially in 2017 after they eliminated ED. I believe by doing a large admit wave and then delaying the wave of waitlists, they are waiting to see how many students immediately accept the offer especially the OOS/International students but this is all conjecture.
I always like to point out that some of the UC’s have rolling decisions like UC Merced and UC Riverside which has still not posted all decisions yet.
It is a difficult and frustrating process for many students and wanting closure is important but I do not see many changes coming in SLO changing their process. History is not on the side of students and parents. That is why I have tried to post the previous year’s timeline and warnings about their SLOOOOOO decision process.
First time posting here as I was lurking to find information on the timeline. DD was waitlisted last Friday for Biochemistry. The idea of waiting to see how many of the acceptances go thru before sending out waitlists makes sense to me. The part that I truly don’t understand is the rejections. If they already know certain students will be rejected and there is no chance for them, why don’t they just send those out first? Our young people are so stressed as it is during this process, sending rejections first seems like the responsible thing to do. Best of luck to everyone!
Maybe they want a certain # of waitlist students on that list as a cushion for when the final SIR’s are posted? They are the only CSU that automatically places students on the waitlist and need to opt out if not interested. Perhaps some of the denials could turn into waitlists instead if their target is not met?
We haven’t hear back from Cal Poly SLO as yet and was wondering if they are admitting by major? Has anyone gotten accepted to the Communication Studies major as of yet?
Have not seen any verified admits since the original wave on March 10th except for Portfolio based majors which heard March 24. Waitlisted applicants have been notified on March 24/25. I believe the rest of the decisions will be out by Friday March 31.
Yes. In-state, non-local but close. I don’t know about SDSU but I can understand SLO as there are very few spots. I’m sure it was probably the lower UC GPA.
“Here are the rankings of select universities when compared on median income 10 years after attendance. Cal Poly beat every single UC. Perhaps there is something to Learn By Doing after all!”
My immediate thought yes was there might be more graduating students with STEM majors at Cal Poly SLO than at the UCs listed, and would account for the differences. But I could be wrong. I definitely agree that Cal Poly SLO is one of the best bargains (ROI) around. . .
Best of luck to everyone!