What are my chances of getting into Cal Poly Slo

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I just applied to colleges. I got a 1380 on my SAT and my overall gpa was a 4.17. Freshmen year, I took English 9, Spanish 1, Advanced Geometry, Social Studies, Art, Biology and PE and got a 4.0 both semesters. I messed up sophomore year getting mostly b’s my second semester. I took Algebra 2 advanced, advanced english, world history, spanish 2, chemistry, and PE. First semester, I got 3 a’s and 2 b’s and second semester I got 4 b’s and 1 a. Junior year, I took a college psyhcology course at the JC, Advanced bio, Honors trig, AP Rhetoric, Spanish 3, and Ceramics. I got an A both semesters in all those classes except a B both semesters in trig. The summer after my junior year I took calculus at Sonoma State and got an A and this year I am taking Statistics at the JC, AP environmental science, Physics, AP Econ, and a leadership course through SF State. Next semester, stats will end and I am enrolled in Child Development at the JC. I applied as a child development major. I know that all my college classes look good and was semi-confident about getting in but found out that there were 60,000 applicants this year. What are my chances of getting into Cal Poly Slo, San Diego State, and UCSB?

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SLO uses 9th-11th grades in their GPA calculation while UCSB and SDSU use only 10-11th grades and will cap your UC weighted with 8 semester of honors points.

  1. What is your SLO GPA?
  2. What is your CSU/UC GPA?

SLO uses an MCA score to determine your acceptance. See link and post #52 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cal-poly-san-luis-obispo/1694769-confused-about-mca-score-p4.html
Around a 26% projected acceptance rate for Child Development.

SDSU uses an eligibility index to determine admission:
(CSU/UC GPA x800) + (SAT Math+ CR). If you have an EI of 4100+, then you are competitive for SDSU.
30% acceptance rate for Child Development last year.

Not knowing if your posted GPA is your UC GPA capped/weighted for UCSB, here are the Freshman admit rates based on UC GPA:

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:
UCSB: 49%

Freshman admit rate for UC GPA of 4.20 or higher:
UCSB: 88%

With the UC’s, besides HS course rigor/Tests Scores and GPA, your essays and EC’s will also be considered.

I would say based on what you have posted:
SDSU: Match
SLO: Match
UCSB: Match-High Match

I do hope you have at least one safety school on your list and Good Luck.