Cal Poly SLO is an excellent school to apply to, but PLEASE don’t apply to it as a “safety”. Its admissions acceptances has the reputation here in CA of being somewhat unpredictable. This is possibly due to the fact that it awards “bonus” points for things that most folks wouldn’t normally think about (such as a 5th year of English) – so maybe the disgruntled high stats applicants who have applied and been rejected in the past didn’t even look at the bonus point system – in which case it would be less unpredictable – but nobody has the numbers on that. Apply if you think that you may want to attend – but do make sure you have some true “safeties”.