<p>my son,a high school senior has applied to numerous california colleges; cal poly slo,cal poly pomona,ucla,uc berkley,uc davis,uc san diego,csu san diego,and csu long beach as a bio major. his gpa for uc purposes is 4.1,sat 1900. csu gpa is 3.9 anyway he has been rejected to all except cal poly pomona and is waitlisted at cal poly slo. my question, do these rejections sound pretty typical for someone with his grades and scores or is this just a bad time to try and get into any ca.university considering budget cuts etc.</p>
<p>I take it that this student is in state. You should pick up the telephone and call his HS guidance counselor to find out what the current situation is.</p>
<p>I am surprised by the CSULB rejection. The other rejections are not unusual. I’ve heard of kids this year with 2100+ getting rejected this year from UCs…especially for certain majors.</p>
<p>Your son will do very well at Cal poly pomona…it’s a very good school. What’s your son’s major? Engineering? If so, that explains the situation.</p>
<p>It’s a bad time to get into almost all state schools due to budget cuts and due to more high stat students applying to publics because of their parents’ financial problems.</p>
<p>thanks for the replies. as i said , his major is bio with hopes of becoming a m.d. i guess im just concerned about his chances of entering med school attending pomona vs. one of the uc schools. isuppose this may be premature and possibly something alot of hard work at college could help with.</p>
<p>Decades ago, there was a time when a Calif pre-med student almost had to go to a UC if he wanted to go to med school (I’m talking publics here). That hasn’t been the case for awhile. </p>
<p>If your son does very well in Bio, Chem, Calculus, and Physics…does well in his other classes…and does well on his MCAT, then he can certainly go to med school. </p>
<p>Both Cal Polys are highly respected. They would both have strong math and science depts.</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona also has Chemical Engineering which is a very strong Pre-med major. But, certainly, Cal Poly can prepare your son for med school. The ball is in HIS court. :)</p>
<p>thank you so much for the encouragement and easing our concerns. this makes us all feel much better. he has been so down on himself after trying so hard in high school and then to get so many rejections, im sure your words will make him feel better.</p>
<p>From what older people who have graduated college have told me…
What undergrad you attend is not the most important aspect in success
graduate school is important in becoming successful most of the time!
From the looks of it your son seems very intelligent! So i’m sure he’ll do a superb job regardless! Good Luck!</p>