I think what gets overlooked sometimes with the high stat rejections at Cal Poly is that they ask for supplemental information on leadership, extracurricular and employment hours and not national awards for academic clubs. There are so many kids with very high stats that pursue competitions and awards very aggressively. There is also a group who maintain part time jobs and lead active clubs and are very involved with sports at their school.
I am not suggesting that I know what Cal Poly does, but it does seem like they are looking for a well rounded high achieving kids. Again, I am not looking to cause controversy.
The other factor to consider with Cal Poly admissions is that they cap their weighted GPA at 4.25, so those with extraordinarily high (weighted) GPAâs, I think, are considered the same as an applicant that âjust squeaks byâ (tongue-in-cheek, of course) with a 4.25 weighted GPA.
The Stanford REA kid was waitlisted. I later saw mom say he was a legacy. But I am sure he was a stellar candidate. I think that the things that put him over the top at Stanford and other places are not seen/considered by Cal Poly.
@loveorangecats I think youâre right and I would think not many kids have a ton of national awards and completion on average. Many kids that do have the high stats also have leadership and school activities, and part-time job, so itâs quiet a mystery on their formula.
Right. And for instance, Cal poly does not know the difference between a kid who is an Olympic level club swimmer vs. a kid who was the slowest one on the school JV team. They donât know if a kid volunteered at a research institution or volunteered in the library at school.
@jntwinmama i remember that it didnât require a ton of info. They asked if S21 had leadership, hours, I believe, work. The app process took him less than 30 min because he was able to port over the transcript info based on how our school has it set up. I thought, âWait, how can they discern from such a broad-based approach,â but didnât think much more of it until we got into the decision phase.
If this is about my kid, he was admitted REA at Stanford and waitlisted at SLO. AMC and other academic national awards, and was also nominated by our city and awarded Certificate of recognition from the CA State assembly for highly impactful EC over 2 years that led to city legislation. Wasnât a leader of a school club or anything but showed initiative and leadership in this EC. He never hustled for an âofficer positionâ, and never expected any recognition. One summer day in the middle of the pandemics, this lady from the City Council showed up at out house and brought the certificate. Also, played a sport at a very high level with multiple team awards. Never had a paying job, though.
I donât think it has anything to do with Tufts trying to make money off of insurance. I think it is purely that Kaiser does not operate in MA. That was the disqualifier. This was one of the paragraphs that we had to review when submitting our private insurance and waiving the Tufts insurance: âI understand that a health insurance plan that provides coverage through a closed network of providers, not reasonably accessible to me in the area where I attend school, for all but emergency services does not qualify for a waiver. Examples of closed networks include students enrolled in MassHealth Limited or the Childrenâs Medical Security Program or the Health Safety Net, Kaiser Permanente Insurance and out of state Medicaid programs.â
Inequality is definitely an issue in the UK educational system, with students from private schools vastly over-represented at top UK universities. Private secondary schools in the UK also appear less able than US counterparts (I believe) to offer financial aid, thereby locking out many capable students whose families are unable to afford the fees.
Although A level course offerings are similar across state and private schools, my sense is that the quality of teaching and pace differ, sometimes substantially, leading to quite disparate outcomes in terms of A level exam results.
There are initiatives at different levels to address this inequality, from outreach efforts by top universities to enrich programs aimed at state school students to establishment of âmagnetâ state schools (a few of which have achieved impressive results in getting students into top universities).
My son was one of them. He received a congratulatory email saying he was accepted despite never even visiting the schoolâs website. Not sure what list he was on. Lol.
Omg I thought that once school sends by accident an acceptance, they canât take it back, is that true? But even then with 500000, omg what would they do?
I thought that once school sends by accident an acceptance, they canât take it back, is that true? But even then with 500000, omg what would they do? 
