Cal Poly SLO or San Diego State University?

Applying to College
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<p>honestly the hardest decision of my life for some reason.</p>

<p>both schools i loved when i visited.. but cant choose!</p>

<p>i liked sdsu because of the surrounding city and well.. its san diego, so its bound to be fun and a great overall experience.</p>

<p>however, cal poly is the better school and it looked much cleaner and like a tight-knit school, but the surrounding city isnt very exciting and kinda hick-town,.</p>

<p>but the only way i could probably get into cal poly is through early decision because the major im applying under is competitive.</p>

<p>if it helps, im studying kinesiology.</p>

<p>whatchya think?</p>

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<p>At the moment, the decision for you is very easy. The first step is to apply and get accepted! Then comes the “hard” decision. So, apply to both – and make sure that you apply to at least 8 other schools as back up. Both these schools are impacted and your major in particular is very popular which means competitive.</p>

<p>San Diego is a great place and so is San Luis Obispo each for different reasons. I actually prefer SLO over San Diego, but that is a personal choice. I’d hardly call SLO a hick town. It is full of trendy shops, coffee houses with live music, art galleries, etc. and much of the agriculture surrounding the place are wineries. Last time I checked those were pretty progressive folks. I actually grew up in a REAL hick town in the South. We had hillbillies, shot guns, moonshine, the confederate flag and let’s not forget segregation (yes, I am that old…). The place I grew up in and SLO are worlds apart.</p>

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<p>By the way, I found this recent posting by KristenBothwell on the Cal Poly site:</p>

<p>“Two years ago, my daughter applied to CalPoly for the kinesiology major. Her SAT scores were higher than yours (2080) and her GPA was a bit lower and she got waitlisted and ultimately was not accepted. We called and they told us that they had 1470ish applicants for 58ish spots. I can’t remember the precise numbers but it was along those lines. I suspect that a lot the sports athletes choose kinesiology and they get priority. Just something to think about.”</p>