Most likely the GPA data listed is the CSU Application data which is 10-11th Capped weighted.
Great information but admit GPA is always higher than the enrolled GPA so again view data with caution. .
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That’s what I feared. As a parent of a kid with outstanding 10-11 GPA and a poor 9th grade, I guess the CalPoly #s here are basically irrelevant.
I think it’s best that we found the data after applying. It could drive one crazy! It was great for me because my son applied undeclared everywhere, and the admit GPA is a little lower than average due to exclusion of engineering, etc. It was also helpful to see that Long Beach gpa is not too much higher for in-state non-local. It made me more optimistic.
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Can you explain why the reported GPA would be higher than the enrolled GPA?
The link I provided shows the enrolled GPA, I believe.
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Presumably due to yield.
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I believe, based on what i saw when my older son got into sdsu, that the admit gpa is higher than the enrolled gpa because kids apply to many schools as safety schools. Sdsu is often a safety for kids reaching for ucla, cal and ucsd. For the higher stats kids, sdsu may be a safety but their number 1 is a higher profile UC. if they get in to the UC they decline sdsu. They pull the admit gpa up but they don’t always enroll. The kids who had sdsu as their number 1 or who applied but didn’t get into a more prestigious UC are more likely to enroll at sdsu and they have slightly lower GPAs which is why they get denied at the prestigious UCs.
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@Baconbaby explained it well.
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So SDSU admits students with high GPAs, but these students choose to go somewhere else; and those who end up enrolling have lower GPAs than what is reported in the admit data (or in the lower range of the data)?
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All universities will have high stat applicants that they admit, but many of these students will have several options from which to choose. Some will attend SDSU as a top choice but as stated it is about yield. Universities admit more students than actually enroll so they will have a range of students they admit and a range of students that end up enrolling. On average the admit GPA is usually higher since schools want to attract top students. Not saying this is good or bad, just how admissions plays out.
Take this quote to heart from the UC website:
Please be cautious in drawing conclusions from this information. The numbers are useful only as a general guide to selectivity and not as a predictor of your chances for admission to a particular campus.
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Not necessarily true, my D has high stats with some great other options already. And even if she’s admitted to UCSD or UCSB, she’s going to choose SDSU for the program among other reasons. It’s complicated and different for everyone. Her BF won’t get to go to his preferred, more “ prestigious “ University due to cost and having enroll in a state school.
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The students who enroll that have lower gpa’s are still part of the average gpa. you really have to drill down though. average gpa across the school is meaningless. each major has it’s own avg gpa, and they can vary a lot.
But one of the annoying things that’s part of you question is, yeah people who might otherwise have been admitted, wind up getting rejected, cuz of the applying pool. And a lot of the higher stat pool kids wind up going somewhere else for whatever reason (like sdsu was a safety school). It’s infuriating.
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Schools know this and prepare for it. All students should be applying to safeties. Is it less infuriating if a student applies to CSUDH as a safety with no intention of attending if they get into SDSU?
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When do merit scholarships decisions come out?
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Yes I know schools prepare for it. I wasn’t saying kids applying to safety schools was infuriating. I meant the whole process is infuriating.
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SDSU does not give out merit scholarships. There are a limited number of scholarships you can apply for through SDSU once you have been accepted.
I found this table in the Student data section of the Institutional Research section very helpful. You can look up the average GPA of enrolled freshmen within a particular school (such as business). When you remove the CS, engineering and nursing students, the average GPA drops a bit.
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Is it clear what GPA calculation they are using? The note just says average GPA but it’s a big difference if it’s UW or CSU W/C.
It should be the CSU capped weighted GPA since that is the only GPA that they consider (exception SLO) for admissions.
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Hi Everyone! Does anyone know when decisions will be released? Thanks!