Hi guys! San Jose State University has released its decisions and I thought I’d go ahead and start a discussion! Congrats to anyone who has been accepted! Just put in your stats as follows:
Decision: Accepted, Rejected, Waitlisted
Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] CSU/UC GPA
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments on decision:
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT 1: 670 CR, 760 Writing, 770 Math(2200 total)- took it twice got 1940 the first time
ACT: did not participate
SAT 2: 690 US History, 780 Math 2
CSU/UC GPA: 3.36
UW GPA: 3.27
AP: no scores sent, self-reported US History 4 and AP Psychology 4
Senior Courseload: AP Statistics, AP World History, Regular English, Anatomy/Physiology, Band, Gov./Econ., Marching Band
Major awards: none
Subjective:
extreme upward trend from sophomore year to junior year in terms of GPA
4 years band, 4 years marching band, 4 years cross country, 4 years track
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer marching band 48 service house(separate from 4 years marching band)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Business Administration
State(if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public co-ed
Ethnicity: Chinese American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $220,000/year
Hooks: extreme upward trend in GPA from sophomore year to junior year
Reflection
Strengths: upward GPA trend, SAT 1
Weaknesses- Low overall GPA, no special ecs
Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My sat score was way above average at 2200 and I had a really good upward GPA trend. My school is tough as the average sat score is 1990 in my high school.
General Comments: Happy to get accepted!
Will you attend: No
How about putting this in the San Jose thread?
I could not find the San Jose State thread so I decided to put it in the California Colleges thread.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 650 Critical Reading, 690 Math, 710 Writing - 2050 Total
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not available
[ *] CSU/UC GPA: 3.56
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Statistics (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Music Theory, CP Calculus, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Government/Economics, Expository Reading and Writing (CSU English course)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of experience in band, lots of leadership positions, traveled to London in my freshman year, many awards
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Fair amount of community service (music related)
[ *] Personal Statement: Not available
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Computer Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Pakistani American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Not available
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT score maybe… still pretty low.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA for sure. Unweighted GPA is mediocre, as well as course load.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT score and GPA met minimum requirements for admission…
General Comments on decision: Was expected
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: Probably not
I guess I’ll add on to this lol.
Decision: Accepted.
SAT I (breakdown): 530 (CR), 630 (M), 590 (W)
ACT: 27
SAT II: Nah
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): um…
CSU/UC GPA: 3.85
Rank: 2
AP scores: Didn’t need to send AP scores
IB scores: School didn’t have these classes
Senior Year Course Load: AP English IV, AP Macroeconomics (first semester), AP Government (second semester), AP Biology, Ceramics I, AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sadly none…
Extracurriculars: didn’t need this for San Jose? But Key Club member
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club
Personal Statement: Only for UCs
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, Fafsa
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Cali, not local
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college basically
Strengths: Idk
Weaknesses: Chem grade junior yeah 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe because I took a lot of ap/honor classes?
General Comments on decision: Cool, wow. 
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: Probably not!
Congrats to everyone accepted!
Accepted
1710 SAT
UW: 3.93
W: 4.04
Decision: Accepted. Already posted on some other threads but here goes.
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 2: 690 Bio: 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45
CSU/UC GPA: 3.73
Rank:
AP scores: AP Calc AB 4, AP Enviro 4, AP World History 4, AP Bio 3, AP US History
IB scores: NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Macroeconomics (first semester), AP Government (second semester), AP Psych, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction
Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: CSF, Soccer JV, Cross Country JV
Personal Statement: Only for UCs
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Software Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): So Cal
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White-European
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Strengths: Rigorous HS schedule with 10 AP and 2 UC approved Honors
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ??
General Comments on decision: Applied for Software Eng instead of CS since my EI was below threshold from last years class. Looks like the EI threshold is lower, so I could have probably gotten in. Just glad I was accepted.
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: Maybe, waiting on SLO and some UC’s.
Here is the template you should be using for frosh admission to SJSU, since much of the other template is irrelevant for SJSU admission:
Admitted: (yes or no)
Major applied for:
Major admitted to:
HS GPA, CSU weighted[1]:
SAT (CR+M superscored, no W):
SAT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 800 + SAT:
ACT (superscored without writing):
ACT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 200 + ACT * 10:
California resident: (yes or no)
Will graduate from a HS in Santa Clara County: (yes or no)
[1] https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp
[2] https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/elig_index_calculator.asp
Of course, the admission threshold eligibility indices by major for SJSU have been published here:
http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-10079.12651.html
or linked from here if they regenerate the web site so that the above does not work:
http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html
Assuming that your CSU-superscored ACT without writing is 31, then your ACT-based EI is 1056, which is higher than this year’s threshold for CS at 1021. This year’s threshold for SE is 862.
New Template:
Admitted: (yes or no)
Major applied for:
Major admitted to:
HS GPA, CSU weighted[1]:
SAT (CR+M superscored, no W):
SAT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 800 + SAT:
ACT (superscored without writing):
ACT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 200 + ACT * 10:
California resident: (yes or no)
Will graduate from a HS in Santa Clara County: (yes or no)
will you attend
Admitted: (yes or no):yes
Major applied for:Business Administration
Major admitted to:Business Administration
HS GPA, CSU weighted[1]:3.36
SAT (CR+M superscored, no W):1440
SAT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 800 + SAT:4128
ACT (superscored without writing):
ACT-based eligibility index[2] = GPA * 200 + ACT * 10:
California resident: (yes or no):yes
Will graduate from a HS in Santa Clara County: (yes or no):no
will you attend: no
Admitted: Yes
Major applied for: Chemical Engineering
Major admitted to: Chemical Engineering
HS GPA, CSU weighted: 4.21
SAT (CR+M superscored, no W): 1490
SAT-based eligibility index= GPA * 800 + SAT: 4858
ACT (superscored without writing): 34
ACT-based eligibility index = GPA * 200 + ACT * 10: 1182
California resident: Yes
Will graduate from a HS in Santa Clara County: Nah, Alameda pls.
will you attend: Depends on financial situation.
got accepted
SoCal area
1040 SAT
460 Math
580 Reading
3.53 Weighted GPA
made Cs in Biology, AP Environmental Science, and Algebra 2
5 AP classes 10-12 grade
glad I got in!
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 740 math, 750 writing, 640 reading (2130 total)[/li][ *] ACT: too lazy to study
[ *] SAT II: 780 math 2, 760 chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] CSU/UC GPA: idk
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 70th percentile
[ *] ELC?: idk what this is… so probably not
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap chem and ap us history… both 4’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: dual enrollment at CC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, but my 11th grade teacher gave me an award that said im “most interesting”
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): internet browsing, p o r n downloading, watching TV
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
[ *] Personal Statement: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: electrical engineerin
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: indian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): im 5’3
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: leg and arm
[ *] Weaknesses: none
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments on decision:
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: no way JOSE (see what i did there 
). it was a safety.
@finallyfree I was lurking stats to see if my friend is in good shape to get in, and I almost died laughing at your post omg. Bless your soul :^)
@imthereal haha. thanks for that.
Follow the links in reply #9, which point to where SJSU has posted this year’s admission thresholds.
@ucbalumnus Thanks, man. I think he’ll get in, haha.