<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I got accepted to Cal Poly Pomona for Civil Engineering for the Fall 2012, however, I am not going to be able to attent for the Fall due to financial reasons, so I was thinking of staying in community college for one more year and finish more physics and math classes.... if I got accepted into Cal Poly with a 3.38 gpa this year, and I earn like a 3.34 gpa by the time I need to apply for the Fall 2013, will my chances of getting accepted be bad????</p>
<p>I also paid the $100 fee you must pay, and $78 dollars for Orientation… I’m pretty sure that’s going to waste right?</p>
<p>I just cant afford to commute to Pomona for a year, in order to take classes that I could be taking where I a now</p>
<p>So…let me get this straight.</p>
<p>Are you saying you want to attempt to transfer AGAIN to Cal Poly Pomona? Your .04 difference I don’t think is going to give you a huge disadvantage. Now, if you were to do badly somehow in your physics or math classes and ended up with a lower GPA, it could as engineering is impacted. Also, I’m not sure, but I am pretty sure for Fall 2013 admission standards will be a little higher. CSU’s have been hit hard and can’t take everyone. </p>
<p>I think you might be able to get a refund for your orientation fees, but you lose that 100 deposit as it is non-refundable. </p>
<p>Would perhaps being on the campus be a better option for you in the long-run? Have you thought about taking loans?</p>
<p>Staying another year at community college to take classes you need is a good idea, but you must be absolutely sure they’ll transfer over or all that time was wasted. Honestly, I’m going to say your chances of getting accepted are about the same because of your specific major for the next year, but I do think that your competition will go up. This year almost 38,000 people applied to CPP, up from last year at around 35,000. However, the amount of transfer students was pretty much the same at around 10,000. If you really can’t afford it, stay at your CC and I hope you have a job or something so that by next fall the same dilemma is not going to happen. I’ll be leaving thank god from my CC and it has been 3 years. Any longer I probably would’ve lost the will to continue with school. The commute is killing me as I live about an hour away for the last 3 years and have been at school literally all day long until 10PM most semesters and then have to drive home. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>yeah that is what I was thinking, I wanted to re-apply for the FALL 2013, and my math and physics are going well, I’m getting A’s and B’s, whne Cal Poly looks at your overall GPA, do they also consider the classes which you have taken so far? I mean, by next fall, I will have finished my ALL of my physics and math courses required, so I would be left with only engineering classes</p>
<p>Since you’re in engineering, they will ask for your transcripts and will evaluate you on your courses taken so far. So, they will review your application and take into consideration your fall grades. If they accepted you already, I think going the next time around with a good performance will produce the same result. </p>
<p>I don’t think you have anything to worry about as long as you keep your grades up. So the next time around they’ll be looking at everything up to your fall 2012 grades. As far as I’m concerned, my friend was admitted into Mechanical Engineering and hasn’t taken any engineering courses at my CC, so I’m not even sure if they’re really required or transferable for us at my CC. You would probably know better than me. He has all the math and physics taken, however. </p>
<p>I don’t know what the average admit GPA is for a CPP student in Civil Engineering this year is, but I imagine you’re competitive enough at least for Civil Engineering since you got in and will likely get in again a second time around.</p>
<p>alright right on, thanks for the positive note bro I really appreciate it!
I’ll maintain a good GPA through the year. Next year when they are reviewing students’ transcripts and information, do you think that it will show up that I accpeted this year??
and yeah, I’m just going to take care of all of the math and phyics, as well as an Engineering Statics class too before the next Fall.
Also, I’m taking this Health Science class that transfers to CSU, however, I hate and want to drop it, but if I drop, it will show up as a “W”, but if I don’t drop, I could end up with a “C”, which will lower my GPA, what looks better… a higher GPA with 1 “W” in a health science class or a lower GPA without a “W”???</p>
<p>I have 3 W’s and got in no problem. I don’t think they care about W’s. I remember reading about someone on this forum getting like 26 W’s and getting into UCLA. It’s largely irrelevant to them and they’re not going to take the time to grill you on it either.</p>
<p>I’m sure they’ll be aware of you having been accepted before in the system, but I don’t think that’s going to be a negative thing. I don’t think they’re going to care. At all. I’ve heard of something called deferring enrollment, but I don’t know if Cal Poly Pomona does it. You could check with them. My personal experience says that you definitely do not need a C and since you aren’t transferring this year you might as well. Your application on CSU Mentor is only going to reflect your GPA, not any W’s. They’ll see it on your transcript, but it isn’t a big deal. Especially if it doesn’t have anything to do with your major.</p>
<p>Heck, I took a W in Linear Algebra a year ago. I took it though this past fall and I’m a math major. They don’t care.</p>
<p>LOL right on mate! I really appreciate your replies and yeah I think I’m just going to drop that Halth Science class, because I dont need it at all and it’s just messing with my GPA. LOL those 26 W’s into UCLA is hilarious!</p>
<p>so what is the deferring enrollement? i could call tomorrow and ask them if they have it</p>
<p>linear algebra sounds like a lot of fun LOL I have to take that in the Fall most likely. </p>
<p>Hey how do you think the Mechanical Engineering program from Cal Poly compares to the one in UCR (Bourns Labs)??? I’ve heards mixed emotions about this question</p>
<p>Deferring enrollment means you just come there later on. I don’t know enough about it though 'cause I personally have never done it.</p>
<p>In my humble opinion, I like Linear Algebra. My teacher was insanely nuts though and it was more proof driven than anything. It could be a wakeup call for some people like math majors. Some hit a wall when they encounter proofs but fortunately I had a pretty good teacher. Just the fact that 17 units that semester felt like 30 because of that one class was not fun. It could be easier or harder elsewhere, though.</p>
<p>I don’t think you could really go wrong with either program, but it really boils down to a few factors of what you want to get out of your education. If you don’t have the money for a UC education, CPP (SLO would be better) is a great alternative. I think they’re about equal or so my friends from there and CPP tell me.</p>
<p>You could look at this topic: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1321278-uc-riverside-bourns-engineering-vs-cal-poly-pomona-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1321278-uc-riverside-bourns-engineering-vs-cal-poly-pomona-engineering.html</a></p>
<p>It might offer better insight than I can about the differences in education/style you’d encounter. UCR does have the better overall reputation but if you plan on staying in California I don’t think it will matter much in the end. CPP is pretty good with internships and UCR you are basically going to have to go the extra mile on your own.</p>