CSU GPA (10 & 11): 3.14
SAT (Critical Reading + Math): 1280
EI (10 & 11): 3792
I have had a consistently upward trend in my GPA, and in my first semester 12th grade received a 3.75 GPA (if this matters at all)
I am applying to:
San Jose State
San Diego State
Chico State
Sonoma State
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly SLO
Intended Major: Business (specializing in Human Resources Management)
Location: San Jose/ Santa Clara County
any advice/ tips/ insights would be greatly appreciated
SLO: High Reach
SDSU: Reach
CSUF/CSULB: Low Reach
CPP: High Match
SJSU/Chico State/Sonoma: Match
Your GPA is holding you back from the top CSU’s but you have some good choices in your match schools. Senior grades do not matter in admission decisions, but they will maintain your provisonal admission.
Yes, the CSU’s do look at grade trends based on your self reported grades. They also take into account course rigor due to the fact that AP/DE/IB and Honors courses are given extra honors points in the CSU GPA calculation. You can also look at the common dataset for each CSU and look at section C7. This is where the importance of HS course rigor is listed. Example SDSU common dataset: https://asir.sdsu.edu/Documents/CommonDataSets/CDS2015_2016.pdf
CSU admissions (except SLO) are based on your EI. Each applicant is ranked based on EI and major and then accepted from the top down until all spots are filled.
