<p>i just got waitlisted. </p>
<p>i have 3.9 CSU GPA and a 2170 SAT score. </p>
<p>i applied into economics. I am shocked to say the least. i know people who got in who do not have the stats that i have. can someone please explain what’s going on???</p>
<p>You probably did not have all of the “desired” classes or the work experience related to your major. Contrary to popular belief it us not all GPA and test scores</p>
<p>As universityfreak stated above, acceptances aren’t all based on GPA and test scores. I have yet to find someone who has figured out exactly how they work out since a lot of acceptances are random. You are going to get into places where people with higher stats than you get rejected from and you are going to not get into places where people with lower stats than you get in.</p>
<p>A Cal Poly student recently did his Senior Project on the criteria for admission. It’s called the Multiple Criteria for Admission (MCA). According to the report, these are the following categories and their weightings:
GPA: 45-55%
CSU Course Requirements: 10-19%
SAT/ACT: 25-35%
EC’s: 1-10%</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the project: <a href=“http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=statsp[/url]”>http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=statsp</a></p>
<p>To: Appstoreyt</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the link to that project. It is very illuminating and explains a lot about the acceptance, waitlisting and rejection of applicants.</p>
<p>that was an interesting study that you posted. thanks for sharing!</p>
<p>i think that the thing that might have stopped me from getting in was not taking 4 years of science; i only took 3. i didnt think that one less science class would’ve been an issue for an econ major. other than that, im above the averages in terms of GPA and SAT. i dont think my EC’s were the problem. id say that my EC’s are pretty strong. oh well, there’s really not much i can do but wait and figure this whole thing out.</p>
<p>Wow appstoreyt – that study was the most comprehensive thing I’ve ever seen on this topic. Very impressive. Where did you find it? For many here it would be a great help.</p>
<p>I was just searching Google and I came across it. I’m glad that I could help.</p>
<p>You should repost it on the Cal Poly forum as a separate thread for all the see. I think that there must be 100’s of people whose questions would be answered by that document.</p>
<p>Give it a title like “Cal Poly Admissions Selection Process Revealed” or something like that…</p>
<p>That didn’t explain why I got waitlisted :(</p>
<p>At best, it implied that I’m overqualified!</p>
<p>Perhaps you made a mistake on your application.</p>
<p>“According to the results above, we see that none of the interaction terms are significant.”</p>
<p>Read more carefully, guys 
The p-values are very high, except for the GPA.</p>