<p>I am a CC student from a community college in Los Angeles. My GPA from my first CC was 2.86, and my GPA from my second CC is a 3.5..so I have a 3.2 overall.</p>
<p>I also am a member of the honor society (which unfortunately there is nowhere to put this on a CSU application BUT you get a stamp on your transcript). </p>
<p>The entire school is obviously impacted, and marketing is difficult to get into, but I am hoping that my honor's membership, improvement in grades, and close location of CC will help distinguish me from the thousands of other applicants. </p>
<p>For anyone else looking into CSULB Here is some really helpful info on GPA's accepted for Fall 2010 listed by major
CSULB</a> Enrollment Services</p>
<p>The reason there is no place to put membership in honor societies on CSU application firms is that CSUs do not care about it. The CSU admission process for transfer students is highly automated with the computer being given your GPA and your service area and based on its algorithm generates an acceptence or rejection letter.</p>
<p>Great to know its that black and white…although it makes sense considering how many applications they get. So, fingers crossed my location helps me get accepted.</p>
<p>I’ve read that part of the reason that they deny so many students is that many of them are unqualified. The average GPA for marketing majors accepted in 2010 was still higher then mine though, but I will update when I find out in the spring!</p>
<p>The CSU admission process for Freshmen is not much different, no essays, no ECs, no class rank, no AP or honors courses are included in the admission decision. Again, no human looks at the application, the computer gets the application and based on service area, high school GPA and SAT(just CR+M, no W score) or ACT scores, does the calculations and generates an acceptance or rejection letter. The admissions offices at CSUs get huge numbers of applications and have very limited staff and it would just not be possible for them to use the “holistic” approach that the well staffed UCs employ to carefully evaluate each applicant based on a wide range of factors.</p>
<p>Ease of transferring is improving. See attached which explains new requirements that have just been signed into law.</p>
<p>[New</a> bill encourages transfers to CSU system | state, system, students - News - The Orange County Register](<a href=“New law encourages transfers to CSU system – Orange County Register”>New law encourages transfers to CSU system – Orange County Register)</p>
<p>@RSBuletz
Thanks for that! So in order to take advantage of this new law, I should make sure I recieve my AA degree before transferring? Even though I have all the classes required for my AA, my counseler said filing for graduation wasnt important. However, if this new law gives priority to “community college graduates” then I will make sure I get that AA diploma!
Thanks again!</p>