<p>I am planning on applying ED as well. Will that increase my chances any bit?</p>
<p>Also, what if I were to re-take my SATs and get about 1750 or take the ACTs and get about a 30? (high expectations but if this will strongly increase my chances, I’ll go for studying 100x harder)</p>
<p>It also depends on what you are applying to major in. Your GPA is low, but your weighted GPA is better. Rememeber to look at Cal Poly’s formula. They use 9th grade.
ECs don’t help much
Test scores are important and yours are a bit low. I suggest you take the SAT again (they only count Math and reading) Definitely take the ACT. Cal Poly prefers it and some people do much better on it. Especially if you are at a good school and have learned in your classes.
ED does help as well.<br>
Like I said, it depends on your major. All are impacted, but some are less competitive than others. hard to say which ones will be popular this coming year.<br>
It is a tough school to get into and getting tougher. It has become supoer popular with the economy because it is a great price for a great school.</p>
<p>I would suggest retaking tests and applying ED. Also apply to other schools that you are more likey to get into.</p>
<p>I agree with Jared53. If you want to go there, apply ED! Your best chance is probably somewhere in the College of Agriculture. Study hard and re-take the SAT, and also try the ACT. Don’t worry about the writing section, Cal Poly doesn’t consider it. If you haven’t taken pre-calc or calc, you may want to consider taking it at a CC (1 semester of a CC course counts as much as a year of a high school AP class). If you are alreaday a senior, the grade won’t affect your application GPA (as long as you get a C or better), but it will increase your “rigor” score. Cal Poly loves extra high math classes (beyond the required minimum – Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2). Also, you should get some bonus points if you are 1st generation to go to college. </p>
<p>My son got in with a much lower GPA than you (he had 3.0 weighted), but he had SAT (CR+M) of 1430. He also had lots of CC credits his senior year (including Calc 1 and Calc 2) that really helped his “rigor” score. He had passed three AP tests (scores: 4,4,3) and had a few “honors” classes in grades 9-11. (Senior year classes were all taken at CC).</p>
<p>Yes, what major you want to apply to is an extremely important factor, because you are essentially competing only against other people who want to go into that major as well when you apply. If you want to apply to engineering or architecture, you’d probably have a tough time and have pretty low chances of being accepted. However, I know that it is easy to get into liberal arts type majors. You could always try to switch your major once you get here, but be warned, it can be very very difficult, especially if you are trying to switch from say english to aerospace engineering. Applying early decision would probably help, but you have to be positive this is where you want to be, because you don’t want to have any regrets. Also, factors such as race and extracurriculars don’t really matter very much/at all when applying to Cal Poly. However, I’ve heard that the school is accepting more out of state students because they pay higher tuition so the school makes more money off of them.</p>
<p>My son got into Computer Science last year(fall 2009) with a 2.9W gpa. Although he got 750M and 700CR and he also had 7 AP classes which he got 3 or better on. Rigor score is obviously very important. Cal Poly really really wants students to graduate on time, so badly they only give them 13 quarters, so coming in with 63 units doesn’t hurt either.</p>
<p>You will need to find out how exactly Cal Poly weighs the gpa. The other csu’s and UC’s will only give the weighted points to 8 SEMESTERS of honors or AP classes. </p>
<p>I have also heard that honors classes from out of state do not benefit from the extra weight.</p>
<p>Have you taken a full year of a visual or performing art? This tricks up some out of state kids.</p>
<p>Definitely take the ACT and prep for it. If you can, take a class at a community college. I have heard this is a big plus on an application.</p>
<p>Your EC’s won’t have much, if any, impact on the decision.</p>
<p>My son is from out of state and he DEFINITELY got credit for his honors and AP classes. His 9th-11th unweighted GPA was 4.0 and his his CSU/CalPoly weighted GPA was 4.24.</p>