<p>I also don't agree with wcmom's comments. Cal Poly is actually a pretty big school with more than 17,000 undergrads. I wouldn't call it "mid-size" and I doubt their classes are small. It also doesn't really have "one of the best reputation in the nation" (I am an engineer that had lived in 3 different parts of the US). The average SAT is only 1200; that they would turn down some Stanford admits is very hard to believe, unless they have "Tufts Syndrome".</p>