<p>I actually walked into admissions at Cal Poly today and asked. The secretary told me mid-March, and that no way it would be this week. Take that as you will.</p>
<p>Last year my kid was accepted in the third week of February. I looked in our records to confirm the exact date, but unfortunately all I could find was the day we submitted his SIR (Student Intent to Register). That day was 02/23/11 and I am pretty sure that he got notice about a week before we submitted his SIR. Many folks mention Feb 17th and that seems about right. Good luck!! Post your result as soon as you have them!</p>
<p>I don’t know if that secretary knows much. In the past it’s always been mid-end of February. But 45k applicants this year could have off set things. Poly prob has alot of pressure this year though to admit more minorities and local students after the last two laws, so I am guessing they are pushing to allow more people in. Also, student fee increase vote could pass this month which would help with classes and allowing more students in. </p>
<p>Some people are blaming Cuesta’s lack of enrollment on Cal Poly SLO for not admitting enough Cuesta students. People always say Cal Poly’s system is done online, but I know people from SLO High who had gotten easy ins. I don’t think there is an equal playing field out there, but I’d like to proven wrong. It seems in SLO County that the richer high schools send more kids to Poly than the poorer high schools. I think my last year in high school the local high schools started preparing kids into Cal Poly SLO aka “Cal Poly drones”</p>
<p>Meh, I am too involved into politics.</p>
<p>Cuesta college is on the verge losing its accreditation which means Cal Poly won’t be allowed to accept any transfers from there if they do lose it.</p>
<p>[Cuesta</a> to prove itself worthy of keeping accreditation](<a href=“http://mustangdaily.net/cuesta-to-prove-itself-worthy-of-keeping-accreditation/]Cuesta”>http://mustangdaily.net/cuesta-to-prove-itself-worthy-of-keeping-accreditation/)</p>
<p>Also, due to the funding cut CP’s enrollment is lowered to 16k students from 19k. Hence, they will be admitting less students than ever (local/minority or not). In fact, the university would like to increase its OOS student count instead.</p>
<p>The current fee increase is just to keep overall university quality the same as previous years, not for increasing enrollment. So if your data on 45k applicants is right, then this will be a very tough year for admissions.</p>
<p>Nice to see you back ickglue!! As always, your comments are informative and helpful. My kid loves Cal Poly! Best of luck again everyone!!</p>
<p>ickglue,</p>
<p>Uh 16,000 students? That is incorrect. Fall 2011 enrollment shows 19,000 students enrolled. And I know someone who works there and that is incorrect about how many they are letting in this year. They are enrolling a around 19,000.</p>
<p>If Cuesta loses it’s accreditation, all colleges will still accept transfers if the classes were taken at the time the community college had accreditation.</p>
<p>I live in the area and know people who work in in politics at Cal Poly, so do not start spreading lies. It is dishonest and low class. </p>
<p>And btw, the percentage of Central Coast students has been going up in recent years from 7% to about 10%.</p>
<p>This is from the Cal Poly president in how he wants to use the fee increases by getting more students to graduate to open more admission spots:</p>
<p>"• Increasing diversity, including students of color and various backgrounds and experiences, is important to Cal Poly’s future, Armstrong said, noting that the university needs to bring “more of the world to Cal Poly and more of Cal Poly to the world.”</p>
<p>Here is the university size from last year:</p>
<p>18,762</p>
<p>And the percent of Central Coast Students are 8.8% and in 2010 it was 9.5%</p>
<p><a href=“Cal Poly Admissions”>Cal Poly Admissions;
<p>They also offer a hardship consideration about 500 points to students who went to a local high school. It used to be 250, but now it’s more.</p>
<p>And also, the average GPA to get into the liberal arts major dropped from 3.42 to a 3.37.</p>
<p>Before calling anyone a liar, check the facts. We are both adults, it is quite unbecoming, and make you look downright silly and classless.</p>
<p>The 16k target enrollment number came directly from Cal Poly. Check your facts before you contradict with just your “local” heard over the grape vine news.</p>
<p>[Students</a>, university to face tuition increase aftermath](<a href=“http://mustangdaily.net/csu-budget-cuts-continue-to-rise/]Students”>http://mustangdaily.net/csu-budget-cuts-continue-to-rise/)</p>
<p>CSU can’t accept transfer from non-accredited schools, its state law. It was in the the article I included previously. And I did say this will come to pass only if they lose accreditation.</p>
<p>That article is from last year and things have changed since then and the enrollment number only includes full-time students, and it doesn’t specify if its undergrad and grad students. It doesn’t make your statement true. </p>
<p>You call the ACCJC association that accredits community colleges and they will tell you that colleges will accept students who have classes from a community college that HAS accreditation at that time. </p>
<p>You still don’t have proof to back your statement on that either. </p>
<p>Furthermore, Cuesta has until November to get their act together and by then this year’s applicants will already be admitted.</p>
<p>This explains the student head count:</p>
<p>[Budget</a> cuts cause enrollment cuts](<a href=“http://mustangdaily.net/student-numbers/]Budget”>http://mustangdaily.net/student-numbers/)</p>
<p>@osakadad</p>
<p>It is great to see you have become such a booster for our beloved University! keep it up!</p>
<p>@david12345</p>
<p>I realize you don’t actually read what I wrote before you comment. Nice one. The article you posted cited a total student count of 16799.</p>
<p>I actually know President Armstrong personally and meet with him on University issues from time to time, I shall relay your thoroughly fact checked speculations to him if I remember.</p>
<p>@ickglue - I am thrilled that my kid goes to Cal Poly. He is too! After the first quarter he is on the Dean’s List and has really found his place at the school. Some kids are designed for the hands on /learn by doing methodology. Mine is one of them. We are so glad that we turned down the UC’s and all other offers.</p>
<p>@david12345 - Ickglue is a Cal Poly grad and then went on to Harvard for his master’s degree. He knows his stuff and has no incentive to post incorrect info. He is a long-time supporter of Cal Poly. I will assume that the reason why he knows Dr. Armstrong is that he most likely recruits from Cal Poly personally and offers advice from the field that affects the school. Before you attack, you may want to think twice and know who you are going after. Just some friendly advice buddy…</p>
<p>This is the Internet, I don’t care who he claims to know or says he is. </p>
<p>My article I posted is from 2010, which was one of the worse years in cuts. </p>
<p>I will come back in a year and post and post the enrollment numbers again and then we will know who was right. </p>
<p>Let me tell you who I know. I know several city councilmembers who regulate business around SLO including Cal Poly SLO. The councilmembers and myself have lived in SLO longer than Dr. Armstrong. And my dad has been in politics before too.</p>
<p>I think you are actually confused about our own point. Your article is from 2010 and cited a headcount of 16799.</p>
<p>My article is from 07/2011, and cited a TARGET headcount plan of 16k.</p>
<p>[Students</a>, university to face tuition increase aftermath](<a href=“http://mustangdaily.net/csu-budget-cuts-continue-to-rise/]Students”>http://mustangdaily.net/csu-budget-cuts-continue-to-rise/)</p>
<p>1 year after your article, it looks like CP is moving TOWARD 16k student count, not away, and well on its way to meeting the target. </p>
<p>Doesn’t your article just validated/reinforced what I shared earlier? Or is it too perplexing? </p>
<p>I brought up Armstrong not to name drop, but to state that I actually concern/inform myself actively with the major policies development coming from the President’s office because of my great love for Cal Poly and my respect for Dr. Armstrong.</p>
<p>Conversely, I don’t particularly care for nor concern myself with menial small town politics.</p>
<p>@osakadad</p>
<p>I am sure you’re very proud of your boy! And glad to hear that your family is having such a great experience with Cal Poly. I hope the university’s quality and reputation can be preserved even through this trying financial period.</p>
<p>Has anyone gotten their CP admissions decision yet? If you do, please let us know when you submitted your app and any other details you’d like to share. Thanks!</p>
<p>2010-enrollment was at about 16,500.</p>
<p>In 2011, it went up to about 18,500.</p>
<p>2012 is a mystery. </p>
<p>The target 16k doesn’t always happen because 2011 was up in enrollment. It depends on how many students graduate, and what can be cut to make room for enrollment or what can’t be cut, and depends on what other colleges get cuts. </p>
<p>My concerns seem different from your concerns. </p>
<p>From your statement, “Conversely, I don’t particularly care for nor concern myself with menial small town politics.”</p>
<p>So would you like the city to prevent Cal Poly from having city land? Or not have the community donate to several programs? Or the city not offer police or fire services to the college? </p>
<p>Did you also know that 48% of Hancock College students got accepted at Cal Poly SLO last year? </p>
<p>Cal Poly is bound to the CSU system and by the local area. Cal Poly SLO has kept their hardship petitions and their points for students who went to local high schools for a reason. Cal Poly SLO now gives out points to low income and first generation college students to help get more minorities into the college. The CSU system is designed to offer affordable education to students in the local area. That’s why some colleges are full of commuter students. </p>
<p>One of my friends got into Cal Poly SLO because one of his teachers is now a professor there and talked the chair into letting him in. Given, his major could afford to allow my friend in. </p>
<p>Not only that, 70% of SLO High students got acceptance into Cal Poly SLO. I’d say my high school also had a high acceptance rate for students into Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>I am not 100% sure about this, but according to a girl at my school she got accepted into business two days ago. She is also extremely smart too though, she probably has a 4.3-4.4 and a 2100+ sat so now everyone at my school is freaking out. We think that probably they are just letting all the top notch students know first.</p>
<p>Thanks, Brian. What city/state are you from?</p>
<p>Yes, thanks for telling us something about the thread “when are admission decisions released”!!! That is what most of us are viewing this thread to hear. My D is waiting to hear if she will be admitted to the Business school…</p>
<p>A pretty wealthy suburb of Sacramento. Although, my school has a pretty good track record with Cal Poly, last year 60/61 people that applied got accepted if that has anything to do with it.</p>