<p>Is the 3.87 GPA as calculated using the method in [CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - GPA Calculator](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU) ?</p>
<p>If it is, then her eligibility index using SAT would be 3.87 * 800 + 1130 = 4226, using the method in [CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - Calculate Your Eligibility Index](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU) .</p>
<p>This is actually fairly high for CSU applicants except perhaps at the most selective CSUs like CPSLO and perhaps SDSU. A freshman applicant with eligibility index of 4226 would have been admitted to SJSU for fall 2012 in any major except for math or occupational therapy, according to [SJSU</a> Admission<a href=“although%20one%20particular%20concentration%20of%20art,%20animation%20studies,%20had%20a%20threshold%20of%204200”>/url</a>. Of course, the thresholds will likely be different next year, depending on how many applicants for each campus and major there are.</p>
<p>Please see the CSU campus and major impaction information here:
[url=<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml]Impaction”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml]Impaction</a> | Student Academic Support | CSU](<a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-948.html]SJSU”>http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-948.html)
Note that art is impacted at all of her target campuses, and communication is impacted at all but Sacramento.</p>
<p>Yes, SDSU would give some preference to her, though it is one of the more impacted (selective) CSUs to begin with. If she lives in northern San Diego county, she may also be “local” for CSU San Marcos, which is less impacted than SDSU.</p>
<p>If she needs an ironclad admissions safety, she can apply to a non-impacted campus where her major is not impacted, in which case an eligibility index of 2900 should give admission (assuming all other needed things like a-g courses are in order). However, it would be surprising if she did not get into at least Sacramento or San Marcos, with San Jose being rather likely also.</p>