Can I get into this school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>As i’m a senior in highschool, i’ve been looking at schools nationwide this school intrigued me. Can anyone tell me if I even have a chance of getting into this school? I’m interested in Biosciences/biomed</p>

<p>I’m from out of state</p>

<p>My GPA is 3.6 unweighted, and 4.3 weighted</p>

<p>I got a really horrible score on my SATs (around 1500 w/o writing about 1000), but i’m retaking both SAT and ACT in October</p>

<p>I go to a magnet school where I “major” in Nursing, (basically my sched. consisted of 8 classes instead of 6 to fit in those nursing classes every year</p>

<p>—those 2 extra classes were not weighted- rather they were counted as electives</p>

<p>-I’m in the top 14% of my class</p>

<p>ALL core classes were at least honors, I also took AP world history, AP English, and AP Biology</p>

<p>-My senior schedule is equally as rigorous as my other school years
–taking 2 science classes</p>

<ul>
<li>I do have an art credit</li>
</ul>

<p>-I worked a seasonal job last summer</p>

<p>ECs:
-HOSA(health occupation students of america) member senior and junior yr
-MRC(medical reserve corps) senior and jr year
-DECA sophomore year
-C.E.R.T. certified (volunteering)
-Key Club freshman and sophomore year</p>

<p>Idk if this helps but by the time i graduate I would have taken (and hopefully passed) the certification tests for both Pharmaceutical Technician and Certified Nursing Assistant</p>

<p>Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>You need to calculate your CSU GPA for SLO: <a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU; but you need to use your 9th grades also in the calculation. SLO is the only Cal State that uses 9th grades and you only get Honors points for AP’s only since you are OOS.
Your GPA looks to be in range but your SAT will need to be much higher. Here is the Freshman Profile for 2014.<br>
Are you full pay? You would have a better chance. <a href=“Cal Poly Admissions”>Cal Poly Admissions;
SLO also has a complicated algorithm with bonus points for extra Math/Science/Language classes etc. yes another link: <a href=“http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=statsp&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dcal%2Bpoly%2Bslo%2Bmca%26fr%3Dipad#search=“cal%20poly%20slo%20mca””>http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=statsp&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dcal%2Bpoly%2Bslo%2Bmca%26fr%3Dipad#search=“cal%20poly%20slo%20mca”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>With current score, SLO is a low reach. Work on that SAT and ACT.</p>

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<p>I calculated my CSU gpa to be almost the same as my unweighted - 3.66 (not sure if I did it right)
And for the extra points it seems I qualify for the science/lab one
But thanks for your input! I’m studying my butt off for those standardized tests </p>