<p>I am going to Allan Hancock College right now and I went to high school in San Luis Obispo County. Do I actually get a preference for being a local student and how much preference do I get? I have a 3.2 GPA trying to get into city and regional planning. The College has an average GPA of 3.2. Does the hardship petition work?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Cal Poly is one of the few (if not the only) CSU campus that does not give priority to local students- only 9% of their students are from the central coast. That major is impacted, which makes it even more competitive to be accepted. I would call admissions to see if you can file a financial hardship app. proving that going farther from home would cause you economic hardship.</p>
<p>All majors are impacted and I heard I get some advantage from an admission advisor for going to a local high school.</p>
<p>anyone else heard anything?</p>
<p>They just said on the news that the locals do get some preference but its not a guarantee.</p>
<p>My friend and I both have family obligations where we can’t go to any college out of the area. He’s in a worse spot than me. And the folks at Cuesta don’t give much help. Hancock has been more helpful. They even taunted they might get rid of hardship petitions, but that’s b.s because it’s a state school and they are mandated to offer something for local domacile students. If Cal Poly doesn’t want to follow the rules of the state, then by all means let them go private and do the extra work because they get enough of state and out of nation students to pay money for their college.</p>
<p>I think there are 4 CSUs that have been given permission to be national wide or state wide focused when it comes to recruiting. Cal Poly is one of them.</p>
<p>They do provide some extra credit for local student, but it is very minor preference. It will only make or break you if you are borderline case for admission.</p>
<p>Well I have taken every single class I can at Allan Hancock College and Cuesta College and my cumulative GPA is 3.26, I have worked an average 21+ hours a week and would say its related to sociology, and I put down under leadership that I sometimes lead a bible study. I financially and because of medical reasons can’t leave the area. I live in North County with my parents. My counselor said I should send in a hardship petition if I’m not accepted and that 80% of the time the cases the students get waitlisted and then in. Also, the average GPA for students who were admitted at Cal Poly SLO for Fall 2011 from AHC had a 3.25 and I know a majority of the people from AHC apply under an ag major, sociology, or psychology. 48% of Hancock students who applied to Cal Poly SLO got in.</p>
<p>And percentage wise, 8.8% people from the Central Coast go to Cal Poly SLO. Its a little bit higher in SLO County and Northern SB County. </p>
<p>It’s a higher percentage than the San Joaquin Valley, San Diejo, and San Jose area.</p>
<p>And also I applied to Cal Poly SLO last Fall and got in, but I didn’t go because I decided I didn’t like my major and I ended up starting to take courses for sociology. But they admitted for what was on my application which was a 3.25 GPA, city planning major, and 2 desired courses I didn’t take.</p>