Chance me please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>I’m currently a junior and I’m planning to apply for mechanical or aerospace engineering.</p>

<p>SATI - 700 math, 620 reading (gah.)
Weighted GPA - 3.93
Unweighted GPA - 3.83
Rank - top 20%</p>

<p>APs (my school doesn’t have a lot…only like 8) - this year: APUSH, AP environmental science, AP Statistics…next year: AP calc, AP gov</p>

<p>our school offers an engineering class sponsored by intel and I am currently taking it</p>

<p>planning to take a business course at a community college over the summer</p>

<p>summer job in web design…?</p>

<p>I’ve done quite a bit of volunteering but from what I’ve heard cal poly doesn’t care about ecs…</p>

<p>i want to go to this school so bad.</p>

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<p>I am sure that you will make it to Cal Poly. You have high stats and your scores are superior than most applicants. Cal Poly is probably a safety.</p>

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<p>really? even for mechanical engineering? boy, i sure hope so. i don’t like the UCs, lecture halls are not my thing, at least for undergrad. this makes me happy :D</p>

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<p>Hi there, I wouldn’t get my hopes that high. Keep in mind SLO being a California public school, budget cuts always loom. </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.calpoly.edu/_admiss/Pdf/Profile10_51910.pdf[/url]”>Cal Poly Admissions;

<p>For my fall 2010, the average gpa for engineering students accepted was 4.03.</p>

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<p>I agree with Socal70, I think worrygooseB might be a bit out of touch with Cal Poly’s admission competition, especially for engineering.</p>

<p>Here are the 2010 freshman engineering stats:</p>

<p>Avg GPA: 4.03
Avg SAT: 1372 out of 1600 (M+CR)
Avg ACT: 31</p>

<p>Acceptance rate: 33%</p>

<p>I think you have a good shot, but not a guarantee due to both your GPA and SAT being slightly below average. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>My son applied for aerospace engineering for fall of 2010. Cal Poly was not his first choice. He had a 4.0 unweighted, 4.22 weighted. ACT composite was 31 with Math 35. His SAT was 1320 just like yours, with 720 in Math and 600 CR. He was waitlisted for aerospace engineering and ultimately was not offered admission. It was fine for him, but may not be fine for you. If Cal Poly is really your first choice, then I suggest you apply Early Decision. We found the year he was applying, students with lesser stats than my son were admitted early decision. Some of them posted their stats on this forum.</p>

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<p>I agree my GPA is 4.2 ACT 34 SAT 1450/1600 and was told I am on the fence to get in as engineering major…Nothing is for sure at Cal Poly.</p>

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<p>yeah that’s what i was thinking, i knew it was too good to be true. sophomore year screwed me over haha. i’ll go for early admissions.</p>

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<p>Just wondering: Were the lower scores admitted for Cal Poly just a error in estimating the total number and quality of the applicant pool using prior years data? Will it be the same in future years? Some schools have admitted fewer from the EA pool this year and defered them into the RD mix. Be interesting to see this years final stats.</p>

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<p>Cal Poly, like any other universities, make admission mistakes, sometimes massive ones. Whether it is over admitting in volume or picking bright but lazy students, mistakes are pervasive. </p>

<p>Speaking as an alumni, I think that is why they have such a large % (+60%) of dropout from engineering school due to the constant and protracted weed out process. The weed out process starts from freshman level and ends with junior year engineering class sequence to rid the college of unqualified/uncommitted students. </p>

<p>Unlike the pre-budget crisis era, I think admissions now is trying to change this by being more selective up front on who they admit and ensure that they will survive engineering training and graduate (hopefully in less than 5 years). This is to haphazardly emulate the higher quality private college admission models of screening upfront and preserve at all cost the success of the entering class. </p>

<p>So to answer your question, I think CP is moving toward a ever tougher screening and more rigorous process going forward. The only thing that prevented them from adopting a full 360 holistic approach to admission (like UCs) is due to lack of funds for a thorough admission screening infrastructure.</p>