Hey I would just look to know what my chances are. I was waitlisted for computer science with a 4.08 9-11 gpa, 9 ap classes and a 34 ACT. I have max Hours for EC’s and volunteering. How are my chances of getting off this waitlist?
I think you’ll get in with those stats, but you know computer science at SLO is competitive.
Did you forget to put middle school math on your application? That may be why you are on the waitlist and not already admitted. That would drop your MCA substantially. In any case, the waitlist acceptance rate is pretty good at Cal Poly, 50% or so. It isn’t like some of the big name schools where they waitlist 3000 and accept 10. Those are really soft rejections. Keep your hopes up and realize you’ll do fine no matter where you go. It’s really all about making the most of your opportunities. Good luck.
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@eyemgh Whoa, 50% waitlist acceptance rate? Does SLO post those figures somewhere? I’m hesitant to get too optimistic. I was also waitlisted for CS.
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I did include middle school math on my application.
@tbjumpmam Hey, I remember you! Just realized you were the OP of this thread. How’d UCSB go? Rooting for you! 
Cal Poly’s wait-list acceptance rate was very high last year and very low for the previous three years.
From Cal Poly SLO’s recent Common Data Set submissions:
2016/17: 1011 Wait-listed; 675 Admitted (66.7%)
2015/16: 1888 Wait-listed; 134 Admitted (7.1%)
2014/15: 1598 Wait-listed; 67 Admitted (4.2%)
2013/14: 1603 Wait-listed; 15 Admitted (0.9%)
Google it to see for yourself: common data set cal poly slo
The wait-list info is in section C2 of the submission documents.
@chucktaylor1 Thank you for posting those! I wasn’t aware that Cal Poly published a common data set. It seems like the 50% waitlist acceptance rate that @eyemgh was referring to was an anomaly. Do you know why there was such a dramatic spike?
It’s all about yield. When lots of accepted students choose to attend, they don’t need to dig into the waitlist to round out the class. When many of them choose to go elsewhere, they do. '13-'14 was an over subscribed year, meaning for most majors, they had more admissions than they planned for. Last year must have had really low yield numbers. When I posted that, I didn’t realize it was as low as it has been except for '13-'14. Who knows what it’ll be this year?