Future transfer this fall 2012

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly Pomona
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<p>Just wanted to start getting familiar with this school and the people since I do not know anyone down there. When I say “down there”, I say this because I am from the Bay Area and Pomona is a good 6 hr drive. I am excited to finally move out and start exploring new grounds. I will be moving down there in the fall (sept.) and look forward to meeting new people. I’m a down to earth 21 year old and just looking to meet new people. Feel free to email me and let me know if your going to the registration. I got mine on July 19th. Look forward to hearing some responses!</p>

<p>-Brian</p>

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<p>What’s up man! I’m also going to Cal Poly Pomona this fall. I’m pretty excited to finally move out and be on my own. I like like an hour and thirty minutes away so it’s not much of a change. What are you majoring in?</p>

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<p>I’m majoring in business admin. what about you? since you live relatively close I’m assuming you’ve been to the campus. How do you like it?</p>

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<p>I’m majoring in math. Yeah I’ve been to the campus a couple time. Its a very nice campus, I really liked it. When are you scheduled for orientation, also, are you staying at the dorms?</p>

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<p>I’m transferring from the bay area, too! I’ve been wanting to move down south for awhile (no offense to the bay life).</p>

<p>I’ve only visited the campus once. The area didn’t really impress me that much, but the college portion of it felt right to me.</p>

<p>Going to major in Philosophy with a minor in English Literature (if time allows). my orientation date is on July 30th.</p>

<p>and I’m not sure if I want to live off campus or at the dorms yet.</p>

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<p>I’m majoring in math (hoping to add economics to the list). I’ve never been to the campus but fortunately when I head back home from vacation that’ll be the first thing I do. I’ve only seen tours on YouTube and it looks as good as any. I’ve only been to one other campus for a visit (UCLA), so I guess I don’t have much to compare it with. Either way, it’s going to be my home for the next two years of my life. </p>

<p>My orientation is scheduled for July 12th. I come from a city where there’s nothing to do. I’m telling you going to McDonalds is our highest form of entertainment, so I think Pomona and the surrounding areas will be a breath of fresh air for me. Being in community college for three years and commuting 2+ hours Monday through Friday is something I look forward to NOT doing. </p>

<p>I simply can’t wait. I know there’s a lot of people coming to Pomona from my school, but I don’t know many of them more than just as an acquaintance (except one, my friend got into MechE). I doubt our schedules will have much overlap but who knows? I am an applied math major. I’m hoping to go to law school and really get every thing I can out of a Cal Poly Pomona education. I’ve been a huge slacker up until now when I finally know what kind of profession I want to break into.</p>

<p>Other than all this, I’m very excited to finally me moving away from my parents. I love them, but I don’t want to be stuck living with them for any longer.</p>

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<p>Im going to be transfering there also, its about 7 hour drive for me so im scared of the big change</p>

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<p>Caldud, why is your orientation so early? Mine isn’t until Aug 9th.</p>

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<p>I was accepted in late April and it was one of many dates offered to me. I chose the earliest to get classes I need, even though there aren’t really any left to take in math that I need. Thank God economics isn’t that popular so I can take those classes as well.</p>

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<p>That’s cool man. My guess is you had all your major classes finished by the time you applied. I just recently got admit cleared so I’m just waiting for orientation and hopefully get the classes I need. Are you staying in the dormitories?</p>

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<p>hey ryuriar21, I got Admitted clear too. but did they request you to submit any final transcripts or not. Im so worry about it. They didnt request mine but I read a Next Step Guide, it said we have to submit a final transcript before July 15.</p>

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<p>I had all my major courses completed, but I didn’t have my golden four complete until this semester. I was getting worried they hadn’t received my final transcripts and I gave them a call yesterday, which wasn’t helpful. Sounded like the chick had no idea what she was talking about and couldn’t give me any details about my transcripts. They were taken off my to-do list last night, but I’m still a “provisional admit”. My guess is they’ll get to them today, I hope. I applied to the dormitories, yep. Didn’t have any other choices. I haven’t gotten any information about it though since I submitted my housing deposit. I did specifically ask to dorm with another math major, though. </p>

<p>Jimmy, you should go ahead and submit your transcripts because I think that’s a thing everyone is supposed to do regardless if they’re told to or not. I had put mine on “hold for grades” at my CC and I think if they were postmarked by the 15th of June you would have your transfer credit evaluation done by the time you did orientation (if you had a July orientation, I think). But yeah, you should submit your transcripts if your grades are up.</p>

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<p>Yeah caldud, I was in the same situation. I had most of my major courses done, I just needed one of my golden 4 classes. I was just wondering because I didn’t get a chance to apply for the dorms since I read somewhere that they were full. I am renting an apartment with some friends so that should be ok. </p>

<p>Jimmy, just like caldud said, you should go ahead and submit those transcripts asap because they do need them to evaluate your credits. Keep me posted about your status.</p>

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<p>Just a heads up, Cal Poly does not want your transcripts unless they are specifically requesting them on your to do list. They must throw them out or something, seriously. I’ve had trouble with this in the past. I am also a transfer student that was admitted clear right off the bat. I called because it’s getting closer and closer to July 15, the deadline for final transcripts to be sent, but nothing is being requested on my to do list. They said not to send them unless they show up on my to do list.</p>

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<p>hi everybody,
I got the admitted letter on May and submit every required document (include final transcript), but I still worry about my application status, cuz on the bronco website, there is still “provisional admit” on my status, even though there is nothing on my to-do list.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)</p>

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<p>Hi, lxlinh. I went to orientation yesterday and I asked a lot of people if they were still “provisional admits”. I think it has to do with the transfer credit evaluator for your respective college. Ours told us that she was working on them and hoped to have them done by this fall. If not, it would be added as “supplemental” coursework later on. </p>

<p>I wouldn’t worry about it too much unless there’s a reason for them to reject you. I think they would’ve done that already, though. Don’t worry about registration. They’ll take off the holds that allow you to register and you can bring your unofficial transcripts to your advisers to prove that you did such and such coursework if you get any prerequisite errors when enrolling at orientation for your classes. They’re really helpful.</p>

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<p>Hey caldud, what did you guys do at an Orientation??</p>

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<p>When I got to school there were a lot of people just standing around at the Bronco Student Center and when the orientation leaders said for us to go up the stairs we all lined up and were then allowed to go to where our name was sorted alphabetically with an information packet and lanyard where you’d put your name tag into it. After that, you’d receive a tote bag with a bunch of other information that detailed the events of the day and other important stuff. For us, we headed into ursa major and filed into a line for our Student ID. There’s another opportunity in the day to get your picture taken as well. You’ll need to show your driver’s license and give them a receipt for the picture by tearing it out of one of the resource things they give you. There’ll be doughnuts and some breakfast refreshments on a side table and there will be plenty of seating where they’ll welcome you to Cal Poly and the president will give his spiel about how 30,000 students applied for 4,000 spots, so we were all lucky to get in, etc. Also drove home a lot of points about graduating on time. After a few more speeches/speakers, we were separated by college and we went on a campus tour. It wasn’t that great of a tour because we basically just walked around in a big circle. It was humid, so I’d have a water bottle to carry with me. It was kind of lame because they didn’t take you into the library, didn’t let you see any of the gardens, etc. You’ll definitely get to see the CLA building, which I thought is pretty cool. It’s supposed to point towards Los Angeles but points to Long Beach. You might want to remember what CLA stands for and what your major’s building number is cuz you can win a free t-shirt at the end of the day. Not sure if they’ll be doing that for you guys, but I assume so.</p>

<p>After that we were taken to a transfer evaluator type woman. She gave us a talk about a lot of Bronco Direct stuff and our transfer credit reports. The reason we’re listed as provisional admits right now is because the woman is “working on it”. She said the last time she looked at doing any of that was three weeks ago, so…go figure. She said she’d <em>try</em> to get it done before Fall 2012 but if not it’ll be called <em>supplemental</em> for our Spring 2012 work. I kind of wanted to hit her over the head for that because 3 classes on my transcript is not that difficult to process…</p>

<p>We had lunch. You could get some chips, a Subway sandwich, and a drink all free. You could sit with a group of people and chat. After that there were just many more talks about Bronco Direct, registering for classes, important dates, etc. They definitely made sure you knew how to enroll for classes. That all led up to you all finally being separated by major and your adviser just simply either making suggestions on what you should take or outlining you some sort of plan. It just depends on who you get. As for me, she recommended I take some courses so I signed up for them and they have to sign you off before you can go to a club fair.</p>

<p>Basically, the whole club fair thing is just there to introduce you to a handful of clubs they have to offer and you use this stamp sheet to take to the ASI to try and win a free prize. After that you’re hanging out for a while in Ursa Major again and they give a talk about all the financial aid information you need to know.</p>

<p>As for me, I got to meet the two advisers that were assigned to me. There were 10 math majors (2 pure, 8 applied) altogether there and they were very friendly, helpful, and encouraging. They gave us a tour of the math building and let us meet some of the math faculty, all very nice and interesting people. Try to be careful who you stereotype, though. I was surprised. </p>

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<p>So, I would bring a backpack unless you want to look lame carrying a tote bag all day. They give you lots of papers and presentations about all the information they can throw at you (health center, campus security, psychology stuff, how competitive it is to register for classes). I think you might get a headache by the end of the day from the combination of the heat and listening. I met some cool people though and got along nicely with others I met throughout the day. You will basically only be able to register for 13 units until Add/Drop day which occurs in August. So, probably 3 classes like me. You should probably look up the classes you need though soon and use the plan feature so you don’t waste a lot of time there with all the other X majors. But I’m sure they can help you select the classes you need, although you are kind of already competing against them for spots.</p>

<p>I thought the campus was gorgeous, though. There’s fines for picking flowers and feeding the fish ($500). Just be prepared for uphill walking.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, there’s no real time to visit the Bronco store because they keep you busy almost the entire time. There is a period where you can try and sneak off to it during the club fair after advisement. I would try to be out of the orientation leaders vision most of the time and take off your lanyard if you wanted to travel there. It’s right by the BSC building. I ended up ordering a couple t-shirts online, lol.</p>

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<p>Man, thanks for your time and your information. Appreciate it</p>

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<p>wow… thanks Caldud, thanks so much for ur detailed information about orientation day :slight_smile: these info help a lot :smiley: my orientation will be on 2 more weeks</p>