GPA: 3.79 weighted.
SAT: 1300/1600 old SAT, 1320 new.
Major: Aerospace, mechanical, or just plain engineering. I haven’t really decided but it’d be nice to see what my chances are for each.
If the location still matters, I live in the Bay Area.
Chances for SJSU are pretty easy to determine although not a guarantee. All CSU’s (except SLO) admit by eligibility index and major. To calculate your EI (CSU GPA X 800) + (SAT Math + CR). If your weighted GPA is your UC/CSU GPA, then your EI is 4352. If your weighted GPA is not your CSU/UC GPA, calculate it here:
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
SJSU publishes their EI thresholds each year by major so you can see what EI is needed for each major.
For 2016:
ME EI: 4000
AE EI: 3750
Engineering: 4100
http://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/impactionresultsfreshmen/index.html
EI thresholds will fluctuate up or down based on each year’s in-coming Freshman class stats but they give you a good guideline.
Location only makes a difference if SJSU is your local in-service area CSU where you get priority.
http://www.calstate.edu/sas/onestopkiosk/documents/CSULocalAdmission-ServiceAreas.pdf
How much higher would you guess the average would be over the threshold?
100 over the SAT EI should give you plenty of margin.
Based on your EI, I think you are fine. The one major where I have seen huge EI fluctuations has been CS up to 300 for the SAT between years.
Which major would you guys choose? I really want to choose AE but I’ve read that the job market for AE is expected to shrink by 2% in the coming years. The other majors seem to jump a lot in EI too(ME jumped 200 points).
ME’s can work in the Aerospace industry so it probably a more flexible option.