<p>I was recently accepted into cal poly pamona but didnt think too much of it. From what I've heard from people, the general impression is that Cal Poly Pamona is one of the lower end CSU schools, but when I looked on college board their acceptance rate was only 17%?! Whats with that, is Pamona really that good of a school. CAl Poly SLO isnt even that selective, and I hear about that much more often?</p>
<p>Pomona isn't near the school Slo is.
I don't know why it is that selective.</p>
<p>Any thought on Long Beach State..how good a school is it compared to other CSU's?</p>
<p>You say you looked on the college board for Pomona acceptance rate? They (or you) probably mixed up Pomona College, which does have an acceptance rate of 18%, with Cal Poly Pomona.</p>
<p>In 2004, around 19,000 students applied to cal poly pomona, and about 7600 were accepted. (common admit dataa)</p>
<p>As of 11/05/2005:</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona: Admission: 12,631 applied; 2,188 admitted; 1,950 enrolled </p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO:Admission: 23,691 applied; 10,551 admitted; 3,372 enrolled </p>
<p>Pomona College:Admission: 4,927 applied; 970 admitted; 398 enrolled</p>
<p>Griff - where did you get your numbers?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.petersons.com%5B/url%5D">www.petersons.com</a></p>
<p>So they could be off....</p>
<p>Ofcourse, I think their information is directly from the schools' "right to know" information.</p>
<p>What's happened, I think, is that the entire campus was declared "impacted" this year (which is why they accepted so few compared to previous years) and they only took kids within the local area, or area "previously served" by the school. To cut down to 2100 from 7600 is quite a cut, though. I thought they were only going to cut enrollment 10%.</p>
<p>CPP has very strong programs in engingeering, agriculture, hospitality management, architecture, and landscape architecture. If you're interested in one of those fields, then it is not one of the "lower end CSU's." On the other hand, if you want to study literature, another CSU might be a better choice.</p>
<p>Those figures look like their yield rate was 85-90%. That seems unlikely to me, unless they admit most people through a binding ED program.</p>
<p>Or, CPP admits are students who didn't get into CPSLO...and since their academic records are not top notch, CPP was the best place they could go, so they stuck with it.</p>
<p>Here are the comparisons between the schools in average incoming freshmen academic scores:</p>
<p>CP-SLO:</p>
<p>SAT verbal scores over 500 91%
SAT math scores over 500 95%
ACT scores over 18 100%
SAT verbal scores over 600 44%
SAT math scores over 600 64%
ACT scores over 24 73%
SAT verbal scores over 700 7%
SAT math scores over 700 15%
ACT scores over 30 12% </p>
<p>Average HS GPA:3.73</p>
<p>CPP:</p>
<p>SAT verbal scores over 500 53%
SAT math scores over 500 70%
ACT scores over 18 81%
SAT verbal scores over 600 13%
SAT math scores over 600 29%
ACT scores over 24 27%
SAT verbal scores over 700 1%
SAT math scores over 700 5%
ACT scores over 30 2% </p>
<p>Average HS GPA: 3.30</p>
<p>SLO has a few particular programs that are supposed to be amazing, and CPP has fewer of these. Also, as the numbers above indicated, CPP has a stronger student population.</p>