<p>Ok, so I understand that the stats on Cal Poly’s website are updated. What I don’t understand is why there’s such a big difference between the two…</p>
<p>My school has a website that tracks each student individually and places them on a graph/scatterplot.<br>
On my school’s website, Cal Poly shows to have accepted a 3.67(4.11 weighted) average GPA with a 1203 average SAT and a 26 average ACT. These are stats from students in my town. I live in Central California, about 4 hours from Cal Poly. My school’s GPA is not A-G, which is what I’ve been told Cal Poly looks at. It includes everything.
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<p>Cal Poly’s website, on the other hand, shows much higher stats. For business alone(area I’m applying to, easier than average), it shows a 3.87 A-G GPA with a 29 on the ACT and a 1272 on the SAT. </p>
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<p>I’m very disappointed to see this, as according to my school’s scatterplot, I’m around average…Do you think Cal Poly is exaggerating or is my school wrong? On my school’s system, I have a 4.01 Weighted GPA with a 1290 SAT which puts me in a good spot for their business program if the stats are correct. </p>
<p>Can anyone shed some light? Did my school get my hopes up?</p>
<p>Slimsta, I can’t honestly tell you why you see the difference. But there is a difference between the average “accepted” and the average “admitted.” Are you certain that you’re comparing apples to apples?</p>
<p>I really hope so. Why would Cal Poly post the average “admitted”? Wouldn’t they want to show the people applying what it takes to be “accepted”?
Is that why Cal Poly’s numbers are so high? They have the stats of the people that actually enrolled and not the others who were accepted but chose to go elsewhere? If this were true, then it would be a big relief. Hopefully I still have a shot ;)</p>
<p>The Cal Poly academic student profiles stats featured are on students who not only are admitted to Cal poly but who also have chosen to attend (i.e. matriculated students). </p>
<p>Therefore, the average GPA/test score stats featured on the admission website are in fact lower than those who have been accepted but chose not to matriculate. </p>
<p>Cal Poly will typically put out a more detailed report shortly on the accepted students’ GPA/Score averages, along with the “admitted and attending” averages already featured on their admission website.</p>
<p>Cal Poly will not exaggerate their admission stats because they have to publish a publicly available standardized report for admission data called Common data set, in common practice with almost all universities in the US. </p>