I believe it was 4.47 for fresh through junior year
Just an FYI, that the maximum Capped Weighted CSU is 4.4 which would be all A’s and 8 semesters (4 year long classes) of Honors points.
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I was denied from CPP but accepted to SJSU. Haven’t heard back from Slo but very confident I’ll get denied cuz they calculate gpa with freshman grades and mine weren’t good that year.
Did you get in? My son just got accepted to computer engineering a couple of days ago. Is this major easier than CS?
I will be thrilled if my son gets accepted to at least one of those. I hope you’re happy with SJSU.
I’m not sure what capped weighted is, my school does gpas on an 100 point scale. I got that number from where i filled out my A-G classes on the application.
Capped weighted means if you take UC approved Honors, AP, IB or DE classes in 10-11th grade, you get extra Honors points in the GPA calculation up to 8 semesters. I do not know if SJSU will convert your 100 point GPA system into a 4.0 system where the CSU capped weighted GPA would be up to 4.4. SJSU only uses 10-11th grades so your quoted GPA is form 9-11th. Either way, your GPA looks competitive.
CS is the hardest major to be admitted into at SJSU. There are different Academic index thresholds for CS vs. CE since CE is in the College of Engineering which uses the Modified index while CS does not.
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I just got my message and it says that I got into my alternate major because my impaction score didn’t meet the requirement for my first major (CS). When I calculated it, my score was above the requirement. My gpa is 4.14 (on the application) and I’m local. Do you have any idea what I could do next? Would I have to send an appeal request?
Yes,I would send an appeal request citing based on your GPA, being local etc… you meet the threshold for your first choice major.
Just double check your GPA, grades were entered correctly and your calculation is correct.
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S21 saw his portal jgot updated a couple of hours ago, not accepted to Comp Sci major. But got accepted to alternate major. Now, I really thought he applied to SJSU with alternate major of Software Engineering, I thought we reviewed that few times before he submitted application. We just reviewed his application pdf and it shows that his alternate major was Industrial Tech - Computer Network System Mgmt - he might have made a mistake clicking that choice. He’s not interested in this major, so we’ll still keep CPP as his top choice for now (accepted in CPP as CS major). Now we’re just waiting for SLO and SDSU.
By the way, even if he correctly chose alternate major of Software Engineering, I believe it says on the impaction results that “ ^This major did not have additional capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.” So it’s a moot point.
Just curious, has anyone been accepted to SE as an alternate major?
We’re also still waiting for 5 UC’s, but as of now, we feel he won’t go to UC even if he gets lucky to be accepted to UC.
Congrats to everyone accepted so far, and good luck to everyone waiting.
Like gumbymom always say, I really believe that talented, hardworking, and determined students will bloom where they are planted and will become successful, no matter which school they go to.
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Yes, verify your courses, grades, and GPA calculation to make sure that it is correct.
Also verify that your local area applicant status is correct.
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friend of ours just got a “conditional admit”! check your portals.
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Guys don’t give up hope! My 10-11 GPA is 2.65 and my GPA including the first semester of my senior year is a 3.0. I just got accepted into my alternate major (sociology). If I can do it so can you!
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Curious why you are leaning away from UC’s. Can you share?
jesse_sgirl, I’m definitely not an expert on this, and whatever I’ll say is just based on our own situation & preference, and based only on what we have learned in forums like this CC forum, and from college seminars we’ve attended. I’m thankful for all the info I got here in CC and other online sources. I also have relatives who went to UCs. Where to go to college is a very personal (and very hard) decision. Most people will choose to go to UC instead of a CSU like CPP, and they have their own very valid reasons. I’m not, in any way, saying that it’s a plain fact that one is better than the other or vise versa. My thoughts are just based on our own situation and preference.
Oh also, I don’t even know yet if S21 will be even accepted in any UC. But as of now, we’re about 90% sure that if it boils down to choosing between CPP and any UC, he will still go to CPP.
Here’s just a summary of our thoughts (and in no specific order):
- Many UC classes, specially GE classes, could be really big (~500 students) and also taught by TAs or grad students instead of professors. In contrast, we went to the CPP Kellogg webinar, they confirmed that average class sizes on major classes are about 30, even the classes that are not part of the Kellogg honors. There are some GE classes that are a bit larger, but the biggest class is 100. All classes are taught by professors.
Also class size may matter a lot if the professor or teacher curves the grade. - Impaction of classes could be worse in UC, meaning harder to get the classes, and may impact the # of years to graduate.
- This one is a direct copy/paste from one of the threads here in CC: “UCs are more research oriented you’re a lot more prepared to go to grad school. CSUs are more hands on and can get you the experience you need to get ready to go out and work in the industry after you graduate.” CSU mantra is Learn by Doing.
My son is not interested to do any master’s degree (at least for now) - My S21 would seem to be a better fit and may thrive better in a smaller school like CPP vs a larger school like UC. Small fish in a big pond vs big fish in a smaller pond. He may find a better chance and better environment to connect with professors in CPP vs in UC.
- Quarter system in UC vs. Semester in CPP. He is not looking forward to a quarter system. Although SLO is also quarter system too, but he may not get accepted in SLO anyway, we’ll see.
- He seems very interested in focusing on Cybersecurity. CPP seems to have a very strong, impressive and award-winning Cyber program. Cyber Collaborative
- We will be full pay and not eligible for financial aid. We think the extra cost in UC is not worth it for our situation.
- He passed most of his AP exams with a score of 3. With few exceptions, CSUs will give credit to AP score of 3. Some UCs require minimum score of 4 to get credit.
Sorry I know this is a thread for SJSU and could be off-topic here, I just to tried to answer @jesse_sgirl’s question. I learned a LOT here in CC, so I’m also just sharing.
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Great. Thanks for sharing.
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For 1, large classes are typically taught by a faculty member doing the main lecture, with labs and discussions run by graduate student TAs, rather than fully “taught by TAs or grad students”.
For 2, this is probably less true of both UCs and CSUs compared to common claims on these forums. Note that most CSUs have very low four year graduation rates (CPP: Cal Poly Pomona's Graduation Rates and Goals ; SJSU: College Navigator - San Jose State University ), but the likely explanations are more student-related than anything else. Students can help themselves by carefully choosing courses according to their majors’ prerequisite sequences (or, if undecided, choose early courses to progress in all of their possible majors) so that they do not fall behind.
SJSU ( California Promise - San José State University - Acalog ACMS™ ) and CPP ( 4-Year California Promise Program ) do have a four year pledge programs; they are mostly advising programs to help students stay on track with course and prerequisite planning, but can come with priority registration, depending on the campus.
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Thanks for the clarifications.
Agree. I like that CA Promise Program which seems to be unique to only CSUs? Do all CSUs have this program?
Found the Senate bill: Bill Text - SB-412 Public postsecondary education: The California Promise.
That law says that at least 20 CSU campuses have to have such programs (there are 23 CSU campuses).
Note that some CSUs already started having similar programs before this law (which rebranded them as California Promise). Some details are still campus specific.
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