Hey everyone! I called Cal Poly’s admissions office today and they ARE NOT accepting by major. She said it was completely random and no one should be worried because they are just sending them out in random bunches up until April 1st 
wow are you sure? I have never heard of that before only that it was from major to major.
Who knows… Based upon historical reporting, Cal Poly releases in waves in order to manage yield. By using sample sets of admitted applicants they predict eventual yield. OOS first, cause those candidate generate the highest revenue. Differed from ED next, cause those generate the highest yield, Most competitive majors after that. and so on. After the yield is throughly managed, reviewed and stamped by the admissions consulting firm, rejections will released.
Until APRIL 1st?!!! Are they trying to lose students to UCs??!!!
@flaminhaute No I believe they are trying to manage yield and create a false mystic surrounding CPSLO’s allure.
So since i’m applying as a first-time freshman should i just move on? I applied for industrial engineering and have only heard of one person total who had heard and got accepted.
If you are from OOS its not looking good, sorry. In-state, still hope.
oh im in state just curious but why is there still hope for me vs OOS?
@momneeds2no haha! it’s true though. Of the 120 kids who applied at my school, I’d say that easily over half of them only applied as a dead last backup, and the 9 who got in never wanted to attend anyways (why apply even???), and if it’s anything like this at other schools than cal poly will find itself in a pickle. they really are trying to go down to a 20>% acceptance rate. honestly, cal poly is not even that “desirable” of a school to gamble like this. the cream of the crop isn’t gonna settle for cal poly.
what amazes me is that i applied engineering to purdue and texas a&m and got in to both and purdue from what ive seen is a better engineering school, yet i am more than likely gonna be rejected from slo.
@falminghaute, CPSLO spends a ton of $$$ on consultants building admissions programs with the direct goal of increasing yield. The head of CPSLO’s admission department frequently speaks/brags at college conferences about his department s successful manipulation of yield. I find the whole business very distateful for a publicly funded institution, whose admission policy should be serving the needs of california residents not climbing USNWR rankings lader,
Read this comment quick because it will most likely disappear like the other comments where i specially quoted and provided links to his 'talks".
What do you make of this? Posted on another CP thread…weird. http://admissions.calpoly.edu/communications/stage4yield.html
@strawshort fascinating. especially this line:
“PolyCultural Weekend Invitation Invitation to Poly Cultural Weekend All Newly Admitted Freshman and Transfers of Specific Races”
The OOS outreach events targeting specific OOS high schools is very interesting.
@momneeds2no Yes! The friends we know who were admitted ED were notified on December 11th. My S was deferred. The most recent admit dates seem do not correlate with this chart, but maybe there’s still hope!
@momneeds2no Agreed. We all know it’s out there, but it’s interesting to see it in such great detail. This “document” is so specific with regards to dates and tasks, it’s odd that there were so many acceptances this week. I wonder if the whole process has been moved up a week, or if the bulk of the decisions are still to come out on the 25th?
@nickstud650 Your situation is not uncommon.
@momneeds2no that’s a relief and i just wish that they would at least send rejections with the acceptances on the portal so i wouldn’t be so nervous.
@strawshort Updating the portal takes time so they start early. It also builds excitement. the 2/25 date is when they send drop the email video. Sometimes they move up the date to grab attention away from competing schools. Sometimes the scare tactic housing email comes before the actual acceptance. “Commit to non-refundable housing before the universal march 1 notification date.” Did you see the date for housing email. Quite the coup that this spread sheet sheet is public.
http://admissions.calpoly.edu/campaigns/housingopenrd2015nonconfirmed.html
http://admissions.calpoly.edu/welcometocalpoly/housing/applicationmessage.html
@nickstud650 Nope, based upon your stats, your zip code, high school of attendance they know you have other (and probably better choices) You won’t hear until they have a very firm grasp on OOS yield. Same for you @strawshort
@momneeds2no Dang if that’s true that would be just wrong especially because slo is probably #1 on my list of choices.