I applied to mechanical engineering for the fall of 2017. Here are my stats:
-Act:33
-Sat:1400(730 math)
-4.04 WGPA at good school
-EC: 15 hrs/wk
Took about 7 Ap/Honors classes
I know I didn’t give much info, so if anything important is missing I can add it
Cal Poly SLO or Pomona?
CSU GPA?
SLO uses 9-11th grades while CPP uses 10-11th grades.
Capped at 8 semesters of honors points.
http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp
specifically what type of EC did you do. Might be a great essay idea. Impressive stats overall
I’m applying to Slo and I’ll get back on my Gpa. My EC’s were a food job, lacrosse, and an aeronautical engineering club.
My calculated GPA using the CSU calculator is 3.95
You are on target with your test scores, but GPA is low based on the posted averages: 4.17.
I would say High Match so 50/50 chance but it also depend upon your competition and the projected 17% acceptance rate for ME.
Thanks for the reply
I would also calculate your MCA score since this what SLO uses to rank applicants by major. A 4700+ is considered a good score.
Academic MCA:
The maximum GPA they will use is 4.2, even though you can have a higher calculated CP GPA. A 4.2 is worth 2250 MCA points. Thus, multiply your CP GPA by 535.7 and you’ll get your MCA points for GPA.
The next biggest thing is test scores. The odd thing, likely because they wanted it to total a nice round number, is that the max score is 1650, even though the max SAT score is 1600. Multiply the total of your best SAT CR and your best SAT math by 1.03125 to get your MCA test points. If you took the ACT, they convert and vice versa.
The third largest section is the class rigor score, worth 750 points. In this section you get zero points for meeting the minimum admission requirements and adders for more than the minimum. The bonuses in order of power are (min semesters/max total semesters/bonus per extra semester/total possible bonus): math 6/10/125/500 (note: stats and finite do not count), lab science 4/8/50/200, English 8/10/50/100, foreign language 4/8/25/100, visual performance 2/4/25/50, no bonus points for social sciences or electives. As with GPA, you can actually score higher than the maximum, but 750 is the most they will count.
Finally, work and ECs, worth 350 points. Work (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/20, 6-10/40, 11-15/60, 16-20/80, 21+/100, add 50 points if work is major related. ECs (hours per week/bonus): 0/0, 1-5/30, 6-10/60, 11-15/90, 16-20/120, 21+/150, add 60 points for leadership role.
There are also other Non-Academic Bonus Points:
CA vet/701, Hayden Partner School/700, faculty/staff dependent/700, service area of CP/500, either parent with some or no HS, but who DIDN’T GRADUATE FROM HS/300 (per parent).
Lastly,
Cal Poly ACT/SAT Concordance Chart in case you took ACT (use only Math and English and figure out the two equivalent SAT scores)
ACT CR M
36 800 800
35 770 790
34 760 780
33 750 760
32 720 730
31 700 700
30 680 680
29 650 660
28 630 640
27 610 620
26 590 600
25 570 580
24 550 560
23 540 540
22 520 520
21 500 500
20 490 480
19 470 460
18 450 440
17 440 410
16 420 390
15 400 360
14 380 330
13 360 300
12 330 280
11 300 260
Here’s how it works. Cal Poly does TWO “READINGS” one of academic only and one after adding additional non-academic bonus adders. The reason I put readings in quotes is that they don’t actually READ them. A computer tallies points and then ranks students.
@Diddles7: I posted on your other thread about calculating your MCA points which is how SLO will admit.
I left some things out of my first post so I decided to just start a new one.
Major:Mechanical Engineering
CSU Gpa- 3.95
Act-33
Sat-1400(730 math)
EC:15 hrs/week (Work at pizza restaurant, Lacrosse, Aeronautical Engineering club)
Ap tests- Calculus BC(5), Calculus AB subscore(5), Physics 1(4), Human Geo(4), US History(3)
Hoping for some insight on how much they weigh each aspect of the students profile and what kind of chances I have
ME is probably below 17% since the yield for the whole CENG was 38% last year.