Confused with differences in requirements in CSU's

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello, I am really confused on the whole concept of transferring to be honest..</p>

<p>I am trying to transfer into Cal Poly SLO from a community college as a Physics major . Their transfer criteria consists of all these classes that support the Physics major such as english comp, critical thinking, speech, (the usual) AND THEN it says I need physics, math, chem..and GE requirements of course. The criteria can be found here Transfer Selection Criteria -Admissions- Cal Poly</p>

<p>But when I go to other colleges' sites like San Fransisco State's, they say all you need is 30 sem units of GE including:
1. One course in oral communication
2. One course in written composition
3. One course in critical thinking
4. One course in mathematics or quantitative reasoning, with intermediate algebra as a prerequisite</p>

<p>Am I understanding this right? Some colleges only need GE requirements plus the 4 basic skills courses, but others (like CalPolySLO) require additional courses that support the major?</p>

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<p>Cal State’s differ greatly in these things. The main reason being that they are at different levels really. Cal Poly (I use this to mean SLO, not Pomona) is a very good school that is very difficult to get into. It is logical that it would have tougher requirements.</p>