<p>2Leashes, I am sort of a newbie at all the terminology. I thought a safety school was one you chose as a backup to your first. That is what I meant. I put UCLA down because I know it is a good school, but it does not appeal to me like Cal Poly does. That is why I was not upset that I didn’t get in. I would not have chosen UCLA over Cal Poly.</p>
<p>Sorry, I probably didn’t use the right terminology. I am on pins and needles about Cal Poly though…</p>
<p>No problem, tornados! I’ll keep you in my thoughts. I know you really want Cal Poly.</p>
<p>Daughter was waitlisted for animal science - anyone else?
Her stats:
3.7
1200/1860 sat
28 act</p>
<p>I read earlier that admissions counselors said the cutoff for engineering was around a 4.1 and a 1400 SAT.
I’m wondering if that applies to everyone or just in state because I have an out of state friend that got in with much lower statistics.
I live in state and was waitlisted with a 3.98 and my SAT score was not a 1400.
I’m wondering if anyone else is in the same boat?</p>
<p>It’s a mystery why some get in with lower stats - especially when Cal Poly doesn’t seem to care much about EC’s. Good luck fate13 - hopefully they won’t make us wait till May 15…</p>
<p>Well, as expected, my son was accepted into UCLA…He got into the aerospace engineering department in the School of Engineering. This is the same son who was waitlisted from Cal Poly. He was admitted to UCLA, and yet wailisted for the same major at Cal Poly… Doesn’t make any sense to me…OF course, we live in LA and so far he is saying he does not want to go to UCLA, as it is too close to home. And he knows it too well. So he probably will not be attending. Still, we are proud of him considering how competitive that school is. So far he wants to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder…Congratulations to others who were admitted to UCLA! And to Cal Poly!</p>
<p>Just declined offer to go to Cal Poly- good luck to all</p>
<p>Thank you for being responsible enough to decline and give others a chance!</p>
<p>igotsunshine: D was waitlisted so… What major did you apply to @ Cal Poly? Thanks for sharing your decisions - it gives us hope!</p>
<p>i got waitlisted too. my stats aren’t as amazing as peps on here haha</p>
<p>transfer student
3.55 gpa
business admin (accounting)</p>
<p>i got the letter a few days ago. said they’d tell me by july 15. </p>
<p>everyday, i’m finding more and more waitlisted peps…it’s not looking good for me…:(</p>
<p>^see, i just don’t understand. your gpa is pretty good, last fall the selected gpa for business was a 3.33…did you have all of the prereqs for you major, extra curriculars, and volunteering stuff down?</p>
<p>I think that this year the bar was set much much higher for all majors since there’s no spring registration, cutbacks, and since there were way more freshman applications this year. Just a bad year to be going off to college, unfortunately.</p>
<p>which sucks is that next year is going to be even worse</p>
<p>yea i got the prereqs, the extra curricular, the volunteer work, etc…</p>
<p>i think the only thing i coulda done better in are my grades…but then again…peps with 3.9’s got waitlisted too. aha. odd.</p>
<p>and also…i hear cal poly didn’t accept some peps with high gpa’s cause they thought they’d get into better schools…</p>
<p>i hope this isn’t true. </p>
<p>that’s kinda like…preventing rich people from buying cheap things. yea? aha :D</p>
<p>yeah i heard about that too. i mean I get their reason but how do they know cal poly isn’t your number one choice. Maybe they thought with a 3.5 as a transfer business major you got into like one of the good UCs and you would have chosen those schools over cal poly…idk. </p>
<p>I’m applying next year as a transfer for liberal studies and since only CSUs are the only ones that have that major and i did all the pre reqs for cal poly and only cal poly they’ll get the hint. If they reject me, and based off of what you’ve been hearing well, then I really don’t know how they are choosing their transfers.</p>
<p>Hey! Is this thread dead? I keep checking to see if anyone’s been accepted earlier than May 15! What’s everyone’s backup plans?</p>
<p>Still waiting here! I just wonder if you do not get in May 15 do they send you an official rejection letter, or do they just have no further communication with the waitlist applicants?My friend told me last year her daughter was taken off the waitlist on Cinco de’ Mayo.</p>
<p>I still haven’t heard anything. I’m not supposed to hear until July 15th (I’m a transfer). But I’m not stressing too much since I got in to UCSD and UCSB.</p>
<p>Congrats Norris! SD & SB are both great schools!</p>
<p>Soccer14: Your friend’s daughter was taken off the wait list - was she accepted?</p>
<p>Yes, she was accepted to the biomedical engineering program!</p>