Waitlisted at safety school= screwed ???

[ucbalumnus]

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@czs1994

Cal Poly accepts students almost entirely on GPA and Test scores, although GPA can be boosted by a difficult class load, but I believe they top it out at 4.3 not very high.

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<p>Cal Poly and other CSUs admit by major, so some majors may be much more selective than others.</p>

<p>The CSU and UC GPA calculation gives +1 for honors and AP courses, but only up to 8 semesters’ worth within the 10th and 11th grades that grades are used to calculate the GPA. Effective maximum is 4.3 to 4.4, assuming that students take 20 to 24 semesters’ worth of academic courses in 10th and 11th grades.</p>

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@czs1994

Also at Cal Poly last year they had 3% or 4% more students attend than they expected so this year’s class will be smaller making it even harder to get in.

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<p>Could there also be capacity reductions due to budget cuts, if reducing capacity saves enough easily variable costs (in-state tuition subsidy, financial aid, adjunct faculty)?</p>