<p>Yep. going to do everything I can. Extracurricular activities aren’t really considered. I do have job 20 hours/week and volunteering/leadership like 8 hours/week. I really think going on those campus tours and filling out those forms at the end of the tours might help.</p>
<p>Haha, I don’t think going on the tour means anything. There’s herds of people constantly touring campus at all times at the moment. The forms are probably some survey thing to see who actually goes on tours. I know I didn’t, haha :P</p>
<p>oh,dang it,lol. I really wished they look at legacy, my dad went there.=P</p>
<p>all majors are impacted. cal poly is “over sold”<br>
<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impactioninfo.shtml</a></p>
<p>Maybe I read it too fast, but it seems like their definition of “impacted” is whether or not the school is able to accommodate all applicants… which is different than the point I was trying to bring up. </p>
<p>When I said "impacted’, perhaps “desirablility” is a more accurate term? :)</p>
<p>There is lots of information on Admissions, Degrees Awarded, GPA and SAT/ACT of admitted students by College in the factbook.(<a href=“http://www.calpoly.edu/~inststdy/factbook/fbfall07.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calpoly.edu/~inststdy/factbook/fbfall07.pdf</a>)
This is the link to the 2007 fact book. I couldn’t find the 2008 version.</p>
<p>But if you look closely you can find information about Department Sizes, number of new freshman admitted vs. number of graduates by College, Department,etc.</p>
<p>Slodad is correct that CPSLO is “impacted in all majors” meaning that they recieve more applications than they can take for every major. But, as people change their major, or “flunk out”, openings are created. This is especially true in Engineering where only half the number admitted to Engineering actually graduate in Engineering. </p>
<p>Apparently, many students do end up changing their major at CP. It seems that the trick is taking the necessary classes (for desired major) and keeping the GPA up.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for that link ralph4. A lot of good information!</p>
<p>For someone who is so knowledgable you should really know that Cal Poly is on the QUARTER system. Even I had a 3.5 GPA in high school ( and my SAT scores were better too Oop) But I applied as Mechanical Engineering. I didn’t get in. I don’t care because engineering is competitive. Just because you got in as a freshman doesn’t mean you know anything at all. </p>
<p>To anyone who is thinking about getting in under some un-impacted major and transferring to where you want to get to, think again. If you want to change majors in your college, that is easy, if you want to transfer colleges though it is not a simple numbers game. You will have to go through hoops with the college you want to go to, the one you are in, the admissions board, EVERYONE. You will have to spend a year doing course major work in both majors, maintaining a competitve GPA the whole time. </p>
<p>If that sounds easy, go for it. Good luck.
If it doesn’t, then don’t listen to High School seniors who think that they have experience in these things. Listen to kirbysanmom, Cal Poly alumni, Wife of a Cal Poly alumni, Mother of a soon to be Cal Poy Graphic Arts alumni, and mom of another hopefull cal poly goer. She knows what she is talking about, she has been through the hurdles.</p>
<p>It’s Cal Poly’s fault that they have an admission system that can be manipulated. They need to alter their system. In the meantime, it is an issue between your own integrity if you feel like abusing the admission system by entering a less impacted major and try to switch to a better one. If you are smart you should… It is true that in many cases you will be stuck with a really tough criteria to switch majors into (Engineering). But if you can manage to pass that criteria, and switch into a better major, I think you belong to be there.</p>
<p>I am not manipulating the system, but I have a few friends that are, and they are lucky to have the opportunity to go to one of the best universities in California. </p>
<p>Easiest Majors: Dairy Science, Fruit Science, Crop Science, Agricultural Science, Horticulture.</p>
<p>Stay away from Ag Business, Nutrition, Rec, and FNR if you have below a 3.5.</p>
<p>Dear ucmomhopeful- Your daughter will have an easy time transfering from any major to English. English doesn’t have that hard of a criteria to switch into. If she was trying to switch into Architecture or Engineering that would be a different story… But changing from an Ag major to a Liberal arts major is a piece of cake.</p>
<p>I can’t belive you have think that you have the balls to openly say something like that. If that is what you truly belive then even if you do get through college you will ammount to nothing more than a superficial wanna-be. You and your friends are probably the same type of people that made me WANT to give up on school, always the ones to leach off of other, smarter and more dilligent, students who actually have the ability to succeed. You dont think that cheating is beneath you. You will search polyratings for the teachers who don’t care about attendance. You will stop going to class. You’ll spend your weekends so trashed from frat row that you would be embarrased if someone who cared about you, like your parents, a favorite teacher (if you have any), maybe a mentor who thinks you could ammount to something, were to see you. </p>
<p>For every one of people like that, there is one student like me who actually gives a damn about their future and has set worthwhile goals, Who doesn’t think that C’s rhyme with degrees.</p>
<p>Tell your lame ass quaddie friends to spend a couple years at their community college, tell them to look for the people who are there working their ass off because they know what they want to be. Maybe they didn’t have the grades to get in where they wanted. Maybe they can’t afford to go as a freshman. Maybe they just didn’t have a passion for anything yet but they finally figured out that life is so much more than what they thought it was going to be origionally and it gave them the kick that they needed to really go after what they want. But it’s a waste of their time, their money, and some colleges space for them to be in the system if that is how they got in.</p>
<p>And you. When you’re done with college, if your outlook on true effort and passion hasn’t changed, well first ill be suprised that you made it out, and then I won’t be when you fade away into the nothingness, because nobody will see anything special in you, because you don’t really care about doing something right, just about getting it done.</p>
<p>If someone in my major does that, people die.
Hope you’re not an engineer. And I don’t need to worry about your friends, they’d never hack it in the classes anyway.</p>
<p>My mom was also telling me this if I wanted to get into Poly, apply as a Dairy Sciences major and then switch over to Orfalea - but I don’t want to. I guess I’ll just apply in the fall as a transfer student even though I’m attending SFSU in the fall. I have a pretty poor GPA to get into their school of business, but I want to go to a school that has a happy balance between academics and the “social” aspect of college. And if I don’t get in, I’ll just give up on myself. I’ve known too many people that graduated from SF State and they’re babysitting teenagers as managers at the mall or selling Hondas.</p>
<p>Dear Robert MW- Im really sorry you didn’t get into Cal Poly for your major, dont attack me because you failed. I have a 3.75gpa, and 1800 sat… Probably better stats than you. I was admitted for Environmental Protection, which is what I plan to actually study. Dont accuse me of anything. As for my friends… Not gonna lie, at first I was pretty angry that they kind of cheated their way in. But then I thought about it and realized that what they did was smart. Next year they would be going to Chico State, but instead they figured out a way to get into Cal Poly. If they can survive at Cal Poly next year, then they deserve to be there… Get over it, you are just realizing that you could have been admitted to one of the best public universities in the nation if you would have just been clever and used your brain. Wipe those tears away Robert, and have fun not being at CP. </p>
<p>NThach- Orfalea is really tough to switch into, wouldn’t recommend it.</p>
<p>I hate getting attacked for just trying to give advice, even if the advice is controversial.</p>
<p>It seems like whatever thread you follow, you always get on the defensive. Is this coincidence? </p>
<p>And please stop saying cal poly is one of the best colleges in the nation, lol.</p>
<p>Oop - how hard is it to get into Orfalea GPA wise? My plan is to ride out crappy SFSU for as long as I can stand that damn place. I’m putting an app to Poly ASAP when October rolls along. I’ll have 100+ semester units.</p>
<p>Nthach- I would say if you have above a 3.2 gpa at SFSU you will have a shot at transferring into Orfalea, would definitely suggest Industrial Technology as your major.</p>
<p>Otherwise you should look at Agricultural Business, many of the same business principles are in that major, and it is a lot easier to get into. Good Luck</p>
<p>I have a 2.6 at my community college level now. I plan to work my arse off in San Francisco to make this CSU to CSU transfer happen.</p>
<p>Cali Trumpet- what college do you go to? I bet your just sour on Cal Poly because you were denied?.. Cal Poly is an awesome school.</p>
<p>Nthach- Sounds like a good idea, I really would propose Ag Business tho… 1/3 of all business in the U.S. is involved with agriculture, and with the way the economy is looking, employers are going to be looking for graduates with a specific emphasis in something. If you get can get you CC gpa up to like a 3.0 or even 2.9 you could probably get into Ag Business. </p>
<p>Otherwise try really hard at SFSU. Good luck</p>