<p>Got accepted this morning(I have no idea why)! Computer Science!</p>
<p>@jisdude Congrats!</p>
<p>To the people who were admitted and paid the deposit, were the housing decisions to be made immediately or did it have a deadline?</p>
<p>Housing decisions won’t be made until later in the summer, August I think. </p>
<p>Could anyone explain how ED actually works at CPSLO? A student I know has been accepted ED yet is touring campuses this week in the East Coast to decide where he wants to attend. Do these schools actually intend to enforce the ED contract? The way I see it is he potentially has taken a coveted spot from other students…Taking his confirmed acceptance for security while considering/touring others? What is the downside for the student to apply ED if they are free to continue to see what their other options might be while taking spots that other students equally qualified might have been given? </p>
<p>@Seashel I asked a question similar to this after most of the regular decision results were released and it was deleted by the moderators. I believe that it is so difficult to gain admission to SLO for in-state regular decision applicants to impacted majors that there are many students who play this game. ^^</p>
<p>According to this document:
<a href=“http://www.ipa.calpoly.edu/sites/ir.wcms.calpoly.edu/files/publications_reports/polyview/pv13.pdf”>http://www.ipa.calpoly.edu/sites/ir.wcms.calpoly.edu/files/publications_reports/polyview/pv13.pdf</a></p>
<p>“There were 3,984 early-decision applications for fall 2013, of which 1,343 students were selected
(33.7%) and 1,150 (85.6%) enrolled.”</p>
<p>So last year there were almost 200 freshman applicants who were selected for ED that did not enroll. </p>
<p>The CP Admissions website says “Early Decision candidates must be committed to attend Cal Poly. Students admitted under this plan and who accept the terms of admission may be released only for compelling medical or financial reasons.”</p>
<p>Perhaps those 200 who were admitted ED but failed to enroll did not “accept the terms of admission” (I think the deadline to accept is in mid-January) or were released for medical or financial reasons.</p>
<p>Those who did not accept their admission offers by the January deadline would not be taking spaces away from others, because those spaces would be given out again at RD.</p>
<p>I don’t believe there is widespread abuse of the ED policy, though there may be a few abusers.</p>
<p>Students may back out of ED agreements if they are unable to meet the financial obligation, get sick, etc. If they are however “playing the game,” that has resulted in students losing not just their ED, but ALL admissions. It’s messing with fire for sure.</p>
<p>Honestly I was disgusted by students deciding not to attend after being accepted ED. 15% to me is a large number who in my opinion are dishonest cheaters. You can accept and not attend for a very small loss of money, and knowledge you will never be allowed to enroll at Cal Poly should you change your mind again. I feel they should make the non refundable deposit higher, more in the range of $1,000 plus, especially for ED which is supposed to be binding. Most of those I heard of the year my son was admitted ED, simply changed their mind, money or health had nothing to do with it, some never bothered to see that they had committed to attending, or that putting down a major means something unlike many colleges. They definitely stopped students who truly had a desire to attend from getting an offer, there really are so many very qualified students who can’t be fit in. It is truly sad as I don’t think Cal Poly is an ego school, people like my son who had only one choice, see a program they truly want to go to.</p>