@akwong15 because SDSU is highly competitive now a days I would recommend getting the highest GPA possible because your major is actually one of the most impacted majors at SDSU. Talk to your counselor and figure out what school(s) is best for you, they will tell you what classes you need in order to transfer to a UC or CSU. There is also a tool I used called SDSU TAP https://www.sdsu.edu/tap/ …this helps you with what courses you need and are transferrable from your college to SD. Good luck
Anybody hear back about their appeal?
@PaleoMajor I finished every class possible lol. i graduated high school 2012 and have been a full time student at CC for 4 years. i finished my full AS as well as the plethora of Field classes Grossmont College offers. i think you said before you were going to Mesa. Grossmont is a great school for out major and have good and deep ties with SDSU. I took 1 1/2 yrs of classes at my local CC in the Bay Area before moving here and theyre earth science department was nowhere near Grossmont’s.
@akwong15 Let me just warn you, it is not humanly possible to transfer from a community college to SDSU (or any Cal State school for that matter) within two years as a pre-physical major. I’m also a kinesiology (pre-physical therapy) major who spent the last 4 years at a community college in Orange County, and who was recently denied admission to SDSU for this upcoming fall semester. I was denied with a 3.73 overall GPA and a 4.0 science GPA, stats which were able to get me into 11 other cal state schools, but because I wasn’t in SDSU’s local area, they put me behind thousands of other applicants. Also, here is a list of classes you will need to take before transferring, many of which require additional prerequisite courses: Intro Biology, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Intro Chemistry, 2 semesters of General Chemistry, 2 semester of Physics, Microbiology, Cellular Biology, Sociology, Psychology, Statistics, and a couple other major prep courses ALONG with all of your general ed. Also I should add, it is EXTREMELY important that you receive A’s in these courses, as physical therapy school at the graduate level is becoming ridiculously competitive to get into. Because of this, it’s usually recommended that you take only one hard science class each semester along with easier general ed classes, and this is what prevents students from transferring out in two years (this is assuming you’re planning on going to PT school to become a physical therapist).
My advice: spend as much time as you need at your community college to finish all of your classes with as high of grades as you can, then when you’re ready to transfer try your luck at SDSU and a few other of your top choices, and be better prepared for graduate school. There’s really no sense in rushing to transfer with B’s and C’s in all your classes and then being unable to get into physical therapy school. Good luck.
@sdsuaztecs I was wondering what other 11 cal states did you apply to? I’m at a cc right now doing the same major as you. SDSU is my first choice, but after seeing you get denied with your stats, I don’t think I’m going to get in.
@warriors22 I applied and was accepted to Fullerton, San Marcos, Northridge, Fresno, Humboldt, Chico, Sonoma, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, and Monterey Bay. I decided on Sonoma State for their Kinesiology (exercise science concentration), but it’s also geared toward pre-physical therapy students which means all of the prerequisites for PT school are included in the major. I’m pretty content with the way things worked out though… I’ve heard pretty good things about Sonoma’s program and it’ll be nice to move a good distance from home. I did appeal my denied admission to SDSU just for shits and giggles so I’ll post the results of that once I hear back.
@sdsuaztecs It seems like SDSU is out of reach for me lol. How about SJSU, Fullerton, CSULB, or Cal Poly SLO for Kinesiology? I know CSULB has an Athletic Training Education Program. Actually I typed the wrong emphasis, depending on what school it’s like emphasis on training/fitness specialist. Which schools would be hard to get into with my emphasis, and which ones would be relatively easy? Also cost wise, which CSU would be the cheapest to live at?
also, how did you guys plan your classes at community college so that you were able to apply to multiple schools?
Major: Economics
Transferable GPA: 3.9
Pre-reqs: Final pre-reqs are In Progress this term
IGETC: Done by Spring 2016
TAG: No
I’m 20, this is my third year of community college. Didn’t take a break from school. I’m considered a sophomore but I have 90 semester units (~80 UC-transferable), have been full-time every semester.
I’ve been working consistently since starting community college ~24 hours/week and haven’t had time to be involved in any on-campus activities.
Unfortunately, for financial reasons (they could only offer me some loans), I’ll be staying local. Probably SJSU.
Do you guys think SDSU will withdraw my acceptance if I take a W for a major prep class??
I’m wondering if anyone is in a similar situation as me? When I was admitted, they were asking for AP exam scores, but I didn’t send them in right away. I recently checked the “required for admission” section to see if they had received my initial college transcripts, but the request for AP exam scores is now gone. Should I still send in my AP scores just in case? I am a transfer student.
And has anyone heard of someone having their admission withdrawn because their final GPA dropped lower than their reported GPA? Like not a huge drop, but maybe a <.1 drop.
@akwong15 I’ve heard good things about all of those kinesiology programs, especially long beach and SLO. I would’ve applied to those two as well but Long beach wanted some additional classes for my major and I wanted to stick with the semester system (SLO is on the quarter system). Your first step would be to check out assist.org. Click on “Explore Majors” then click “California State University Campuses” and then choose any of the schools you’re interested in. For example, if you click on Long Beach a list of all their majors will show up. Scroll down until you see the kinesiology majors and you’ll see all the different emphases. Click on any of them, then select your community college, and then in the far right column click on “major prep.” That will give you a list of all the classes you’d need to take before transferring to that particular major at Long Beach. Then do the same thing for a few different schools and you’ll be able to tell which required classes are common among multiple colleges. You’ll want to make sure to take the classes that count toward at least a few different schools so that you can apply to multiple places. Your counselor will be able to explain all of this to you.
And as far as the difficulty of being accepted, look up the acceptance rate for each college you want to apply to, as well as the acceptance rate for your particular major.
@sdsuaztecs my community college’s honors program is partnered with SDSU’s Weber Honors College through the HTCC for “enhanced transfer consideration.” Do you think that will be something that will increase the chances of me getting into SDSU?
I’ve printed out reports from assist.org for SJSU, SDSU, CSULB, and Cal Poly SLO and tried highlighting any classes I saw that were on every report. It is confusing but I’m sure a counselor at CC will help me. If I am wrong, is it the major prep courses that usually differ between schools? My brother told me that the GE class requirements at all CSUs are the same.
@JGD
Something similar happened to me, although they requested my IB exams. I sent them in and now the section is gone. If were you I would still send the AP scores, just in case. Or call SDSU and ask!
@akwong15 Yeah all the general ed classes will be the same for every CSU. It’s the major prep that usually varies slightly. If those are your top 4 choices I would try to take as many of the major prep classes for each of the schools as you can. Also, I’m pretty sure SDSU accepts the ADT degree in kinesiology for their exercise science generalist major, but double check on that. As far as the HTCC, I’ve never heard of it. But if you’re able to meet the requirements for that as well as complete the ADT and maintain a high GPA, you might have a pretty good chance.
@akwong15 to my knowledge, getting an AD-T is not the way to go anymore. When they first came out they pushed CC’s to convince students to get the AD-T because of the whole guaranteed admission somewhere, but in reality, it’s not worth it. My counselor showed me some stats for students who got into SDSU with and without an AD-T. For example, for fall 2014 the lowest GPA admitted for business general (AD-T) was 3.55ish. That is exceedingly high GPA compared to the non AD-T applicants. The lowest for non AD-T applicants was as low 2.5 GPA. Hope this helps.
@nionic Did those statistics take into account local and nonlocal applicants? If people are getting into SDSU with a 2.5 GPA they’re most likely in the local area. I think the priority given for local applicants is higher than for nonlocal ADT applicants.
@sdsuaztecs yes sorry, those are local applicant statistics. I was just trying to get the point across that an “AD-T” isn’t always the best option, regardless if you are local or not.
I got in with an ADT, i’m not local but I’m pretty sure the ADT is the only reason I got in.