<p>I applied for Software Engineering and still haven’t heard back (instate)… do I still have a chance?</p>
<p>Yes, admissions office says decisions will be going out from now until the end of March. </p>
<p>@trakaclay That is a long period of admissions. Sigh</p>
<p>I have a second year student at Cal Poly who is doing great. It is disappointing to see people all in a tizzy because they haven’t been notified over a month earlier than promised. Cal Poly does have a difficult admissions process based on a score derived from your CP weighted GPA, ACT or SAT score, meeting the minimum courses required with up to I believe 500 bonuse points for extra courses, and a small number, very small for volunteering or working in your planned area of study. There are bonus points for certain things such as coming from a low performing district, mom and/or dad not going to college, and probably a few other things. Additionally Cal Poly tends to be a “safety” school for Ivies and such schools as Cal Tech, Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA etc. so they have to accept a lot more students than they can actually take so they do need to see if the commitments to attend are coming in too high or too low. </p>
<p>Generally when you are calling you talk to a student do not believe that all the information you receive is accurate. President Armstrong has decided to grow the campus significantly, not something all of us are behind. In 2014 Cal Poly accepted nearly 2,000 additional students, and this year will be about the same, and overall increase in size of more than 11% in two years. What I am seeing, seems to indicate stats might decrease this year or certain majors are a lot easier to get in than others.</p>
<p>In State Computer Engineering with 4.18 Weighted GPA and 34 Act and still nothing
Anyone else in Computer Engineering without anything yet?</p>
<p>@codeisvek I’m waiting too 3.95 weighted 6 aps 3 honors 710 math ans 680 reading sat</p>
<p>When you guys say you have X APs and Y honors, what years are you including? Just 10-11? Or all of high school including 9th grade as well as 12th grade classes you’re currently taking?</p>
<p>Math majors that have been accepted please post stats </p>
<p>@calpolyhopeful I’m doing 10-12</p>
<p>@cpslof2014, her stats were: SAT: 2020, W GPA: 4.19, and we go to one of the most rigorous high schools in the nation</p>
<p>@bindra1996 In state Math acceptance</p>
<p>4.0 UW, 4.3 CSU, 4.65 W
33 ACT (35 on Math and Science)
5 AP classes 10-11 (2 3s on tests, 3 5s), 6 more senior year</p>
<p>@Jnmaietta I am not sure where you got your information but some is incorrect.</p>
<p>Most AP credits count if they are for courses required for graduation <a href=“http://registrar.calpoly.edu/content/Degree_Progress/other_ac_credit”>http://registrar.calpoly.edu/content/Degree_Progress/other_ac_credit</a></p>
<p>Less that 5% of CP classes have more than 100 students and only a handful have more than 200. 16% have under 20; 57% have 20-39; and 45% have under 40. My son I think has had 1 class above 30.</p>
<p>Lab facilities are comparable to and better than some schools such as Berkeley and UCLA especially those in science with the new building.</p>
<p>I agree with some of your other comments, not all, as many are “impressions” or “opinions”. I hope you get accepted. Those of you who are concerned with declaring your majors and wanting to change, it is quite possible if you are not trying to get into a program you felt you wouldn’t qualify for so chose an easier major. You will have to qualify to have originally gotten into the major. If you are complaining about that requirement, Cal Poly may not be for you, they want students ready to jump right into their majors. I don’t think most 17-19 year olds are ready to choose which is why most colleges don’t require it.</p>
<p>Still waiting on mechE, 4.2w, 27act</p>
<p>@czs1994 Ok interesting. I actually asked multiple tour guides those questions and that was their responses so I’m just passing along that info. I did mention the lab facilities were really good, AP tests were likely to be used (although there is the chance they won’t be), and that most class sizes were between 20-40 with the capacity for 400 but perhaps I wasn’t clear enough about those things. I just wanted to give my first person, student perspective of the school. I tried to make it clear that it was my opinions but I guess I didn’t do a good enough job of that either. I posted that though because sometimes opinions get lost when they come from teachers, counselors, or tour guides. I just wanted to give my opinions as a prospective student so others could take from them. </p>
<p>Does anyone know when Liberal Arts comes out?? I’m dying to hear back! </p>
<p>@53polo I think a lot of them came out already over the past few days,at least for some (myself included). GL! There are still several more waves heading out.</p>
<p>@Jnmaietta I wasn’t bothered at all and assumed you got that information from some source on campus, as anywhere the information isn’t always complete or depending on their major they may not know a particular answer and may guess. Class size is a HUGE benefit of Cal Poly, there is nothing like knowing your professors by first name, and they know yours. As a Berkeley grad with mostly graduate students as teachers and class sizes of 700+ Cal Poly was quite a shock. Was mainly trying to point out that even classes with 200 are unusual. Though I didn’t understand the priority registration comment. They are changing registration now so didn’t comment.</p>
<p>With regard to AP just wanted to make sure people understood that Cal Poly accepts most APs but they don’t necessarily help, for example my son took the Physics B AP with a 5, he gets 9 units for it as well as credit for a physics class, however… the physics class is not one he needs to graduate he had to take a different physics class, and with his math major he only has a max of 7 free units which he is using for additional classes he needs for his Master’s, so the units don’t help him graduate. Hope that is clearer. I am unaware of any AP that a major makes you retake, if it is accepted to give you credit for a class(es) then it is accepted, majors don’t overrule it and make you retake the course it covered.</p>
<p>Finally I just met yesterday with the Dean of the College of Science and Math who is an amazing man and so proud of the stunning new Baker Science Center, which I bet competes with any Ivy League lab building. Cal Poly is an amazing place, but more like a UC in terms of difficulty and reputation. It isn’t easy, but it is wonderful in one of the most beautiful areas of the country. I wish you all luck on getting in and making what is the right decision for you!! Not your parent (I wasn’t too happy originally with the only choice being Cal Poly, I was so wrong).</p>
<p>9-12 for me personally. And yeah csz i agree completely. i’ve realized how obsessed i have been lately…everyday coming to this thread to see whats going on, periodically checking. Long needed wakeup call, i owe you one.</p>
<p>@czs1994:</p>
<p>“It is disappointing to see people all in a tizzy because they haven’t been notified over a month earlier than promised.”</p>
<p>I don’t think we are complaining about getting notified earlier, just about how Cal Poly releases their decisions. Instead of releasing them all at once, they release them in an undisclosed order and in an undisclosed amount of waves. This leaves students even more students stressed when they see their peers getting acceptances without any update to their portal, especially when students of the same major receive acceptances. Since Cal Poly does not communicate their application release process to students (or provides only vague/faulty/contradictory information to those who request it), students are left wondering and confused.</p>
<p>“Cal Poly does have a difficult admissions process based on a score…”</p>
<p>Maybe I’m mistaken, but I can’t seem to justify in my mind how admissions decisions based on a score/formula/algorithm could be more difficult than a holistic admissions approach with essays, recommendations, or whatever other information is considered in a holistic process.</p>
<p>"…they have to accept a lot more students than they can actually take so they do need to see if the commitments to attend are coming in too high or too low.</p>
<p>I don’t understand this. Sure they may be able to make small adjustments to their predictions, but how can they rely on the number of students who commit during February/March when most schools don’t release decisions until after Cal Poly finishes handing out acceptances. Aren’t this students waiting to compare offers? Is Cal Poly able to make adjustments that quickly according to preliminary numbers that are likely unreliable?</p>
<p>“Lab facilities are comparable to and better than some schools such as Berkeley and UCLA especially those in science with the new building.” </p>
<p>I highly doubt this. Berkeley and UCLA are world-class research universities with top-notch faculty and research output. Cal Poly is a more regional school with emphasis on practical application over theory/research/scholarship. Cal Poly has very limited graduate programs and does not even offer any PhD programs (where most research is conducted). I’m not slighting Cal Poly at all, just noting the very different focus than the UC schools, especially Berkeley and UCLA. Berkeley and UCLA easily trump Cal Poly in terms of labs and research. Cal Poly offers its own benefits with a more hands-on approach and application of knowledge in industry.</p>
<p>I live in central California and JUST saw the first person get accepted from our county tonight, so I’m hoping it comes out soon! Does anyone know when they send out denials?</p>