Per another poster’s suggestion, I’m reposting my question here. I hadn’t realized there was a forum specific to Cal Poly. I have emailed Cal Poly and will call if I don’t get a reply, but I would appreciate any insights from this group as well. Thank you.
I may be over thinking my application, but since Cal Poly seems to use an algorithm for admissions I want to make sure I don’t hurt my chances by making mistakes on how I enter data. Thanks for any insight others may have on the following questions!
My junior & senior year English courses are Washington Running Start (dual credit) courses. I have listed the community college under the “College Information” section. I have listed 3 units (I assume units mean credits) as “completed” and 6 units as “attempted”. Would that be the correct way to note them since I’ve completed last year’s course, but have not yet completed this year’s?
My bigger question with these courses is how to list them under Area b of the a-g listing. The instructions state “If you have taken courses at more than one high school and/or at a college to meet the “a-g” high school subject area requirements, be sure to list the course under the institution where it was taken”. However, when I list these dual credit courses in area b can’t seem to find an option to note they are college courses. The only options are Honors, AP or IB. In addition, the courses are then noted as being taken at my high school rather than the college. I’m also uncertain what to put for term type and grades. Since these were college courses they were only 1 “term” long, but gave me credit for 2 high school semesters. I only received one grade for each class, but should I list that grade twice (once for fall semester and once for spring)? I am concerned that if I don’t list it correctly I may not get high school credit for the full year and then look like I am short on basic English requirements.
Regarding the self-reported CSU gpa, I understand that Cal Poly includes 9th grade grades, but the calculator asks for 10-12. Should I just calculate using 10-12 as requested and let Cal Poly recalculate? When I calculate 10-12 I get 4.25. I think I may have seen somewhere that 4.2 is the max? If I include 9th grade (all A’s) my CSU gpa actually goes down to 4.17 which seems odd.
And last, since I am out of state it is a little difficult to determine if my remaining electives fall under the “g” section. In comparing similar qualifying courses at CA schools I think the following should be listed under “g”: Personal Finance (this was also a Running Start dual credit course), Health, AP Computer Science, Game Design and Intro to Engineering. I believe my PE class wouldn’t fall anywhere in a-g and would need to be listed in “additional non a-g courses”. Does that all sound correct?
Thanks much!