<p>Although the minimum requirements/eligibility index for Cal State may be met, if the school you want to attend or the program you want to major in is “impacted,” you may have to have a substantially higher score than the minimum to get into the school or program you want. </p>
<p>Also, he will have to apply within that one month period in November of senior year if he wants to apply to any impacted schools. This year, many Cal States closed their application window at the end of November because they had enough applications to choose from to fill a class. Blame budget cuts…</p>
<p>Our public school GCs were very up to date on all of the latest CSU and UC news. Be sure your son keeps in touch with them next year.</p>
<p>But someone with an unweighted 4.0 in high school taking a college prep curriculum should not have any trouble getting into any of the Cal States you mentioned.</p>
<p>Calmom is also correct that if you don’t get the requisite score on the SAT or ACT sections, you can take the English and/or math entrance exam for CSU. If you don’t pass that, then you’ll be assigned to remedial courses.</p>
<p>I’m surprised that you are not looking at any UC schools.</p>