<p>Hello, I talked on the phone with someone today from the Cal Poly admissions office, and am confused with how everything works still.</p>
<p>I asked about transcripts, and she said they only look at those if you are accepted. If you are accepted, you send in the transcripts and they verify that what you reported was accurate and that you passed your planned courses on the application. </p>
<p>^^Am I understanding this correctly? So basically if you are the typical 2 year CC transfer, they are only looking at 1 year worth of grades?</p>
<p>I also asked about the appeal process. She said if you aren’t selected you have 15 days to send it in. Talked about new/compelling information… Is an appeal the only way an rejected applicant can show their fall 2013 grades? My basis for appeal would mainly be for medical reasons, but would they consider your fall grades in terms of your overall GPA if you send a transcript with your appeal? My GPA went up .23 from fall grades alone…</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this.</p>
<p>I’m a recent transfer in my second quarter at cal poly, so I’ll try to help you out. To answer your question, yes they basically look at your first two semesters of grades. You only send in transcripts to verify what you put on your application and to show that you passed the rest of your classes.</p>
<p>I’m not entirely sure about appeals as I didn’t go through that process, though this is straight from cal poly’s website:
“Cal Poly does not set aside spaces for students who appeal admission decisions. Every denied application has been reviewed for maximum consideration. Therefore, for an appeal to have merit, it must bring to light new academic information as well as information pertaining to extenuating circumstances that was not present in the application information that clearly shows the student to be stronger than had been earlier evidenced. Neither grades received in the current academic year nor mistakes made by the applicant on the application are a basis for an appeal or the reversal of a decision.”</p>
<p>I’d say medical reasons would fall under ‘extenuating circumstances’, however I’m not sure if they would also consider your new grades if sent along with the appeal. Hopefully that helped a bit, feel free to ask any other questions.</p>