<p>Accepted into Biological Sciences major</p>
<p>3.62 GPA (soph & junior year only)
2110 SAT
6 AP
AP bio exam: 5
AP psych exam: 5
Others pending</p>
<p>REJECTED! Biomed Engineering</p>
<p>GPA 4.0
SAT 1900 ( 710 CR-620 M- 570 W)
SAT II 740 Bio, 650 Lit
7 AP’s </p>
<p>I wonder why…not that I’m overly upset, but I’m curious.</p>
<p>@BAMdrea:
strange stuff, my friend (3/440, similar stats to yours) was also rejected. but he got into ucla, wpi, and rpi, so he doesn’t really care ;]</p>
<p>aw, he got ucla! lucky kid. I was rejected from there too, the day before I got SLO’s rejection. not a good weekend :(</p>
<p>WHOA. These rejections are kind of whack. Many of you seriously have GPAs and stats lots of the higher-tier UCs would LOVE, LOVE. I heard some people complaining that Cal Poly SLO was hard to get into and their admissions was kind of…different. Not exactly sure if it is true or not, but from what I’m seeing on this thread, it seems qualified to say.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you.</p>
<p>^^ here’s hoping you’re right… about the UC part :)</p>
<p>I looked over your stats, with a 4.0 GPA filled with APs, along with a decent SAT score, you’ll be taken by the mid UCs (UCI, UCSB, UCD). I have a lower GPA and around the same stats as you and even I got accepted to UCI. Sorry you got rejected from UCLA, all the people who got in at my school had over 4.2+ GPAs loaded with APs. UCLA had over 60,000+ applicants this year, so yeah, along with all the funding issues, tough luck.</p>
<p>4.4 GPA (W)</p>
<p>Biological Sciences. </p>
<p>However, as of this moment, I’m having a lot of regrets with the major I chose. Does anyone know if it’s possible to change majors this early?</p>
<p>My son was Accepted! (last month)</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.65
SAT: 2030 (CR:720 M:620 W:690)
SAT II: Math II: 720 USH: 720
ECs: average
Major: Industrial Technology</p>
<p>Also accepted at UCSC for Biomolecular Engineering/Bioinformatics</p>
<p>@quidditch</p>
<p>yeah, I’m still waiting on UCI and the lack of news is making me incredibly nervous 
congrats to you getting in though</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Communications</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1850
ACT: 26
GPA (W): 3.9</p>
<p>In-state: Yes
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Korean
Other Factors: solid ECs, work experience</p>
<p>I’m still astonished that I got in. Waiting on word from UCSB :)</p>
<p>Some on here have said they think mostly people from So Cal got rejected. Actually it could be the opposite. If you are far away from the college, you actually probably stand a better chance of getting in. I was told by an advisor at a college that this happens sometimes. It can be a factor in the admissions process. </p>
<p>Distance and major are more important than GPA. It seems.</p>
<p>But maybe SLO just wants to be different than other schools and it isn’t any one factor. They just judge on a case by case basis. :)</p>
<p>Then again what do I know; I was accepted but they’ll probably break my heart and cancel on me later on. :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1810 (CR-590/M-610/W-610)
- SAT IIs: English Lit-530/ US History-660
- ACT:
- GPA: 3.48
- Rank: 172/635
- Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: No Essay Needed
- Teacher Recs: No Recs Needed
- Counselor Rec: None
- Hook (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Orange County, CA
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: Over 300 hours of community service, club sports and school sports, many leadership positions, few jobs, NHS/CSF/Excellence Awards, AB/IB/Honors Student
General Comments:</p>
<p>Is anyone taking into account work experience in the admissions process. I would believe cal poly gives a large advantage to those who have work experience related to their major because of their learn by doing philosophy. I also read from another member that cal poly does not accept students who have stellar stats since they will more than likely end up going to a better school and they will be wasting one of their admissions positions. If Cal Poly was your #1 choice and your stats are very high, why didn’t you decide to apply early decision? Early decision separates those who are sure they want to attend cal poly and those who are waiting to review the colleges they get into to make a decision, so the early decision candidates have a slight advantage.</p>
<p>accepted, business administration</p>
<p>1960 SAT
3.72 GPA
lots of ec & 500+community service hours</p>
<p>still bummed that i got rejected from UCI…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Business Administration</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1990</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Chinese Lang 790, Math IIC 650, USH 650</li>
<li>ACT: 31</li>
<li>GPA: 3.5 </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Orange County, CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese/Taiwanese</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: AP student, Orchestra, CSF, FBLA</p>
<p>rejected from uci,ucla,ucsd, waitlisted at ucsb, usc…berkeley tomorrow, but lets be honest…theres no way.</p>
<p>Accepted
Major:psych</p>
<p>Gpa: 3.1
Sat reading 520
Sat math 550
San Diego,CA
Mixed ethnicities 
Female</p>
<p>Accepted for E.O.P. also</p>
<p>@ dannyp32:</p>
<p>My daughter’s minimal work experience (babysitting for the most part) didn’t have anything to do with her major. She’s a freshman at Poly now.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Civil Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2060 </li>
<li>SAT IIs: Physics 560, Math II 630</li>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>GPA: uw 3.23</li>
<li>Rank: 68/365</li>
<li>Other stats: APUSH 4, AP French 4, AP Lang 5 </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: -</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: -</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: -</li>
<li>Hook (if any): freshman and sophomore year in Canada</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Fairfield, CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipino/Indian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: ~70 hrs community service, ~400 hrs working, 20 hrs/week ECs</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
Major: Communications</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1780 (1190 with just math and reading)
SAT IIs: US HIST- 580 MATHII- 570
ACT: didn’t take it
GPA: unweighted 3.8, weighted 4.01</p>