If someone got accepted to some lower UC’s such as UCR UCSC ect… and to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, which one would be the better choice? Ive heard Cal PolySLO is pretty tough to get into. I will apply to all the UC’s and with my weak stats (3.7ucgpa no Ap’s) Ill probably get into UCR.
So my question is if i was accepted to UCR or UCSC and CalPolySLO which would be the better school to go to?
<p>SLO no contest. But then again, I made davis and irvine but not SLO... i probably screwed up the app or something</p>
<p>i would definitly go with SLO cause it is a great school, some people view it as better than some UC's</p>
<p>Thanks...Ichi boy can you post your stats, Id love to attend Davis or Irvine I want to compare ours.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO, no contest.</p>
<p>Many people, even admits to UC Berkeley, choose Cal Poly SLO: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=45230%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=45230</a></p>
<p>Wow, that's amazing. Is CALPlySLO easier to get into than even the lower UC's? What are my chances for SLO? I have a 3.7(UC) decent Ec's, SAT's (old scale) projected 1100 min to 1300 max</p>
<p>This year, Cal Poly SLO had a 38% acceptance rate overall. Acceptance rate is tied to your major (there is no undeclared option). Certain majors are more difficult than others (ie engineering is pretty competitive).</p>
<p>It's hard to say unless you say what your major is.</p>
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preliminary new freshman profile - 2004:
total applied: 22,545
total selected: 8,526
acceptance rate: 37.8%</p>
<p>averages of acceptees:
gpa: 3.88
sat: 1247
act: 28
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<p>SLO by a landslide</p>
<p>dont go to UCR unless u have to</p>
<p>I want to major in either Poly Sci, history or English.. are those competitive majors?</p>
<p>3.5 uw 3.7 w
1210 660/630/560
lots of honors/ap's (this will hurt you)
good EC's
good essays</p>
<p>I made davis and irvine on a political science major. Poly sci is typically one of the most competitive majors in social science you can choose... but then again everyone these days wants to do bio :P.</p>
<p>"Many people, even admits to UC Berkeley, choose Cal Poly SLO: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ead.php?t=45230">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ead.php?t=45230</a>"</p>
<p>UC Berkeley 396 cross 48 choose cal poly</p>
<p>I dont think 10% constitutes many, youre living in a strange world where most people pick UCSB over MIT UCB and Calpoly over UCB</p>
<p>I think it was 48%, not 48 people.</p>
<p>actually youre right but there is 8,833 UCB admits 396 cross admits 48 % choose CalPoly and you can assume it a given that the other 8437 admits did not choose CalPoly(they didnt bother to apply) which means the actual real life percent is 2% as any person could believe.</p>
<p>we're only talking about people who applied to both schools (cal poly and the uc)</p>
<p>that group is too small to draw any conclusions from 109, there is no way too know if they choose the school for other reasons ie scared of workload, staying closer to home and such with have nothing to do with Calpoly, Like dating an ugly girl because its convenient and care free.</p>
<p>well regardless of the higher uc's, i think we can agree that cal poly slo is better than uc riverside.</p>
<p>yea....................</p>
<p>Why dont people like UCriverside? Is it because its easy to get into?</p>
<p>It's too easy to get into and the location isn't very good hot and smoggy. From what I've read a few years ago they decided to expand the campus and the only way they could do that was to lower the standards of admission so as a result they admit people who shouldn't be going to a UC.</p>