Does anyone know how selective cal poly slo is with their psych majors?
The estimated acceptance rate for Psychology at SLO is around 13%. Using the link provided, you take the FTF target of 85 and multiply by 3. Then take this number and divide by the FTF apps of 1990 to get their yield or approximate acceptance rate.
http://content-calpoly-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/ir/1/images/2015-16%20Enrollment%20Projections_0.pdf
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Will they like it if i got 2 As in my AP psych class and a 5 on the AP psych exam? @NCalRent
@Gumbymom rates for sociology and communications?
I believe all 3 of those majors are in the College of Liberal Arts. You can see the freshman profile here: http://admissions.calpoly.edu/prospective/profile.html
Clearly less selective than engineering but, 3.9 and 28 ACT is a pretty strong student.
As you might expect from an engineering school, SLO uses their own (completely quantitative) method to evaluate applicants. They don’t really consider your performance on AP exams (other than awarding you credit for the course). They heavily reward lab science and advanced math - but not really social science. Every applicant’ is scored (by a computer) and ranked highest to lowest. They draw the line for each college/major when the seats are full.
In an effort to save some keystrokes, I stole this from another post by @gumbymom It is the tightest summary of the MCA I’ve run across. We can all thank her for spending the time to make it concise.
The maximum GPA they will use is 4.2, even though you can have a higher calculated CP GPA. A 4.2 is worth 2250 MCA points. Thus, multiply your CP GPA by 535.7 and you’ll get your MCA points for GPA.
The next biggest thing is test scores. The odd thing, likely because they wanted it to total a nice round number, is that the max score is 1650, even though the max SAT score is 1600. Multiply the total of your best SAT CR and your best SAT math by 1.03125 to get your MCA test points. If you took the ACT, they convert and vice versa.
The third largest section is the class rigor score, worth 750 points. In this section you get zero points for meeting the minimum admission requirements and adders for more than the minimum. The bonuses in order of power are (min semesters/max total semesters/bonus per extra semester/total possible bonus): math 6/10/125/500 (note: stats and finite do not count), lab science 4/8/50/200, English 8/10/50/100, foreign language 4/8/25/100, visual performance 2/4/25/50, no bonus points for social sciences or electives. As with GPA, you can actually score higher than the maximum, but 750 is the most they will count.
Finally, work and ECs, worth 350 points. Work (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/20, 6-10/40, 11-15/60, 16-20/80, 21+/100, add 50 points if work is major related. ECs (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/30, 6-10/60, 11-15/90, 16-20/120, 21+/150, add 60 points for leadership role.
There you go. Good luck.
GPA = 2250
Test = 1650
Class rigor = 750
EC / Work Hrs = 350
Subtotal for accademic points = 5000
Parents education = 600
Veteran’s benefit = 700
Zip code= 500
High school = 700
Parent employed by CPSLO = 700
Subtotal for Demographic points = 3200
Max attainable points = 8200
Scores are capped at 5,000
@eca1998: Estimated acceptance rate for Communications is around 19% and Sociology around 23%.