Cal State schools purely numbers driven?

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@sbjdorlo

Still, is it really just a crapshoot once eligibility is established?

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<p>It is only a crapshoot to the extent that the thresholds for any given impacted campus or major are not known beforehand, although one can get some idea. Note that selected major can make a large difference in admission selectivity.</p>

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@sbjdorlo

I’m encouraging her to take the SAT II Spanish and possibly the literature.</p>

<p>The family lost their home in a fire and were displaced for two years, so this college app. wasn’t really a thought until this summer when they were beginning to settle back in; consequently, she never thought about taking subject tests. For the Cal State schools, though, does it really matter?

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<p>Neither SAT subject tests nor essay matters for admissions at CSUs, which are purely GPA, test scores, major, and local area driven as described in #6, except for SLO. Even SLO’s Multi-Criteria Admissions process does not list them: [Freshman</a> Selection Criteria - Admissions - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“Cal Poly Admissions”>Cal Poly Admissions)</p>