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Colleges & Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>I have an unhealthy obsession with Cal Poly :X</p>

<p>Major: Recreation Parks and Tourism
College: Ag</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Location: SF Bay Area</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 3.21
GPA - Weighted: 3.37
Class Rank: top 25%
Class Size: 391</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 550
SAT I Critical Reading: 580
SAT I Writing: 630
ACT: 26
SAT II Literature: 610
SAT II U.S. History: 600</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: rowing, internship with Kemper Sports planning golf tournaments in Bodega Bay and also planning and putting on weddings, part-time modeling career</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Co-founder of Emma Goldman Knitting Circle, Amathoasis Tutoring Center Office Manager</p>

<p>Athletic Status: varsity rower for 3 years until I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus at 16.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Christmas Cheer, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, assistant rowing coach, Petaluma Downtown Association</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: Humanitarian of the Year 2007</p>

<p>College Summer programs: Calculus 8A at the Santa Rosa Junior College, Nike Rowing Camp at Stanford University</p>

<p>I applied early decision to Cal Poly in the Recreation, Parks & Tourism major with an emphasis on special event planning. It’s in the Agriculture college.</p>

<p>Do I have a shot? I’ve been in almost all honors and AP classes, too. Getting misdiagnosed for 7 months really brought my grades down. I was a 4.0 student up until high school when I first got sick, and I’m a 4.2 student now in my senior year after I was properly diagnosed and given medication to ease the pain. However, my heart still aches when I think about my low GPA in freshman and sophomore years that’s just killing me. Yikes.</p>

<p>The college at Cal Poly that I’m applying to has an average GPA of 3.5. Since Cal Poly applicants’ competition is only the students of the same major, I thought I had a shot. Compared to the Fall 2007 stats, my SATs are exactly their average, my ACT is two points higher, but my GPA is still .2 below. Is this a reach? Pleaaaase, I need some reassurance of I won’t make it to December 15th/mid-February! :frowning:
(hopefully I will only be waiting until December 15th) :D</p>

<p>Please reply with your input!</p>

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<p>hey, i just read yours and i feel like i’m in pretty much the same position as you are. I just applied ed to cal poly under the ag business major(college of agriculture). your stats look pretty good. I have friends who go to cal poly who got in on a 3.0. it seems like you probably have a pretty good chance- what are your average number of “work hours” and average number of “extracurricular hours” per week, like you specified on the ap. hang in there-only a couple more weeks!</p>

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<p>I got into Cal Poly on Early Decision!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!</p>

<p>I had 240 hours. :D</p>

<p>YAaaay I hope to see you there!!!</p>

<ul>
<li>Alicia</li>
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