<p>@Gumbymom, Hi, you sasid "If you are local, you get extra points on your application" Do you mean local student will better chance then OOS? My daughter just applied as OOS, 3.34gpa w (bad I know) 26 ACT, I'll pay full tuition (bad I know too), but I want to know her chance and get prepared.
Thank</p>
<p>btw, business major</p>
<p>Is her GPA, the CSU/UC GPA? <a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/</a>
If you are OOS, she can only use AP classes for the extra Honors points on the calculation.</p>
<p>She also needs to calculate her EI (Eligibility index). (CSU GPA x200) + (ACT Comp x10). Using her current GPA/ACT score, I get an EI of 928. Around 950+ is good for Business, but it will depend upon the applicant pool this year and and where they set the cutoff. SDSU will take the EI and rank each applicant for each major. Starting from the highest EI, they will accept until all slots are filled. Business is notoriously competitive. Here is the Freshman Applicant Profile and acceptance for each major.</p>
<p><a href=“http://asir.sdsu.edu/reports/Apps_UG/all_app_admt_enrl_major_ug_144.pdf”>http://asir.sdsu.edu/reports/Apps_UG/all_app_admt_enrl_major_ug_144.pdf</a></p>
<p>At this point, I would say 50/50 chance, but being full pay may boost her chances. Tell Good Luck and all you can do is hope for the best.</p>
<p>Each Cal State has a local service area where applicants will get priority. Since SDSU and Cal Poly SLO are so competitive, they do give priority but this is by adding extra points to their application and this no guarantee locals will get in. Being OOS is a disadvantage since the Cal States were established to aid the local in-state students in obtaining a university education. Like I stated above, being full pay is an advantage, I just do not know how much.</p>
<p>Here is a link showing only 4% of undergrads were from OOS.<br>
<a href=“http://www.collegeportraits.org/CA/SDSU”>http://www.collegeportraits.org/CA/SDSU</a></p>
<p>SDSU has a great business program, and for that reason it is extremely competitive. So, I personally don’t think her stats will get her in for this major. It is one of the most popular Cal states so her grades and scores need to be good as well.</p>
<p>Thank you both. btw, her gpa is not CSU/UC’s, we are in Chicago, but we went to visit SDSU this summer, it becomes her dream school, sigh, all is not looking good to me…so, is there any other easier CSU/US school you think of for her that she may have better chance? She just want to go to cal…thank you so much.</p>
<p>CSU Fullerton/Cal Poly Pomona/Cal State Northridge and San Jose State have good business programs. They are not nearly as competitive as SDSU and Cal Poly SLO. Also UC Riverside has an excellent business program. </p>
<p>@Gumbymom, thanks again! I will let her consider other CSU schools, and UCR, too, still have a couple of days left before 11/30.
Who would like the winter in Chicago 
she just wants to move to Cal. Hope for the best, we’ll see…Thank you!</p>
<p>SDSU is an impacted school meaning they have sooooo many students already, their acceptance rate has become ridiculously low. Believe it or not, she has a better chance to get into UCR than to get into SDSU.
Sources:
- this link shows the impacted majors at SDSU, business is one of them. If a major is impacted it is harder to get into.
<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/impactedprogramsmatrix.pdf”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/impactedprogramsmatrix.pdf</a> - My friend had 3.86 GPA and 24 ACT score and got rejected.</p>
<p>Cal State San Marcos is up the road a piece from SDSU. It’s a newer uni about 45min to 1 hr north of SDSU. They are more lenient in accepting students and its still in SD county. Traffic to get there is a bear and it’s not as well established as some of the other schools.</p>