I’m a SLO County Senior applying for Manufacturing Engineering. Cal Poly GPA is a 4.0 or a 4.11. I have 5 years English. I took Algebra I and Geometry in 7th and 8th grade. I’ve taken 11 AP classes with a pretty tough schedule including completion of a STEM program. My Cal Poly GPA is a 4.09 and my ACT is a 32 in Math and Eng.I took 4 Community College classes. I have plenty of ECs which mainly involve music, summer long competitive marching band, high school marching, community symphony, county honor band and more. I also have held a job. I believe my MCA is around a 4720. I know my GPA isn’t to crazy I just couldn’t get that A in AP Eng, AP Lit and AP Lang always ended with a B+ but A’s in all other courses and no C’s.
UC GPA? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
UW GPA?
UW 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.32
Weighted and Capped GPA: 4.18
Sorry I meant a 4.09 - 4.11 Cal Poly GPA not 4.0.
You look competitive for all the schools on your list and I believe you have a good chance at all the UC’s/USC and SLO. Being local for SLO will help your chances but as you know the acceptance rate for CS at SLO is around 10% and you have selected one of the toughest admits at all the UC’s and USC.
SJSU SE is a solid Safety and you have a good chance at the rest. Best of luck.
@Gumbymom Thank you for responding. I’m applying to CP SLO under manufacturing engineering hoping to have a better shot in case I decide to stay closer to home.
Sorry missed that in your post, SLO looks like a good Match.
Thanks so much hoping for the best.
Sorry about the late reply. But last year your MCA would close to the top end for Cal Poly Industrial Engineering and I believe Manfuacturing Engineering is even less competitive. Unless something changes drastically this year I would rate your chances as a near lock for either Industrial of Mftg.
CS is a really hard admit everywhere. UCSB and USC are probably a bit of a reach for you as a CS major. You have better odds and SJSU/UCD/UCI.
I do not want to come across as too pessimistic for USC and UCSB. USC as a private really cares a great deal about ECs and if those are stellar that would help greatly in you chances there. UCSB is a little hard to figure out. I know some really competitive applicants with stats similar to yours that did not get in last year, but their admissions is not as cut and dry as Cal Poly so a bit hard predict what would happen there. And it should be known that applying to an easier admit at UCSB in the hopes of transferring into CS is not a good plan. Very hard to transfer into CS there.
Why manufacturing at Cal Poly and CS or SE everywhere else? If your plan is to backdoor into CS at Poly from Manufacturing E, I’d strongly rethink that. It’s a tough, if not impossible switch.
Your MCA is probably low based on your GPA, test scores and rigor. Being from SLO County gives you a big boost…500 points.I
If that is the case, I’d apply for SE or CS straight up if that’s what you want.
I’m applying to CP under manufacturing eng because I’m afraid I won’t get in under SE and I really want to at lease have the option to attend CP.
If you want to apply for SE you should apply for it because I’m at SLO (trying to change my major actually)and you’re not allowed to switch into SE or CSC anymore because the department is CRAZY overpacked. If you get into manufacturing you can switch into anything within eng’g BUT software and cs
It doesn’t mean you can guaranteedly get into any other major. It just means you aren’t barred from trying.