2Leashes

My daughter:

Female from Calif. applied RD last week.

Major-- Kinesiology

Cal Poly GPA-- 4.27
ACT--30 (Sent in first score of 28. Requested ACT to send in 30 when Writing score is back.) Hope they get it!
AP History, AP Bio. AP English, AP Gov't./ AP Econ
Honors Pre-Calculus & Triginometry at community college
Honors American Literature
Intensive humanities and math classes freshman year (Cal Poly looks at 9th grade. Not sure if it would help). 8th grade Algebra 1 (Cal Poly looks at this.)
Statistics at community college

AP scores: APUSH-4 and BIO-3

Took two SAT subject tests. US History-700 English/Literature--scores not back yet

Straight A student with the exception of one B in APUSH fall semester of 11th grade.

President of Nat'l Honors Society. 3 year member
3 year member of Key Club
Very active in Chorus, Concert Choir and Jazz Singers all throughout h.s.

11-20 hours a week of community service. Spent last summer in Guatamela volunteering. Jobs: Mostly babysitting a lot. Also, helps on 10k races--data entry and set-up/tear down.
Jobs not directly related to major.

bk1992

Male from California
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1510
ACT: 32

Leadership positions and work experience
I took macroeconomics and microeconomics this past summer at a local community college, I hope that looks good for the admissions officers

NTKS17

Not to give you guys false hope or anything, but I'm pretty sure it's safe that you're both in.

freesnowcone

Male from Cali babyyy
Major: Architecture => alternate: Architectural Engineering
GPA: UC 3.5 (heard cal poly factors in freshman year grades to form new gpa which in that case would lift me to at least a 3.6)
SAT: 1490/1600
Leaderships positions
11-20 hours per week EC activities not related to major

redfedora711

Male from CA
Major : computer Engineering
GPA : CPoly 3.89 ; UC 4.08
SAT : 1370/1600 ACT : 31/36
SAT II : waiting for Nov Scores...Hoping for 700+ in IIC and 600+ in German
SAT II USH - 700
AP Scores : AP Env. Sci - 5 , AP USH - 4
Self-Proprietorship related to major
500+ total community service hours - local community work
Linux Club, Environmental Club , Key Club
Webmasters for 3 clubs total (2007-2009)
Track / Cross Country

My CalPoly GPA seems to suck =X

gotpeter

I agree with NTS17, you both look very good.
I'm not so optimistic for freesnowcone; architecture is Cal Poly's crown jewel and very difficult to get into. Your numbers are a bit low.
redfedira711 also looks very good; well above the average admittance scores for previous years. BTW, forget the SAT II and EC stuff. They don't matter @ Cal Poly.
Good luck to all.

stuckinillinois

I'm applying RD for a major in biology
ACT: 28
W GPA: 4.0 (school doesn't do UW)
Cal Poly GPA: I think around a 3.8
Male from Illinois

freesnowcone

@gotpeter
how bout architectural engineering is that less competitive??
i applied to cal poly pomona architecture also (civil engineering alternative major) what do you think my chances are there??

mochaloca

The Cal Poly rejection thread from last year is making me really anxious.

Female from So Cal
Cal Poly GPA: 4.29 W (3.98 unweighted)
SAT: 1430/1600 (700 M 730 CR)
Major: Bio, Alt Major: Animal Science (kind of stoked about that one.)

Ah, too bad they don't factor in any EC's or essays. The whole "admission by numbers" system doesn't really appeal to my likes. I applied day one to Poly SLO, since I just fell in love with their campus.... best of luck to us all.

2Leashes

I sure wish I could get my daughter to fall in love with their campus! Sigh. Was school in session when you visited? We went in the summer when it was fairly empty, so she didn't have the opportunity to see an active student body or experience any of their extra-curricular fun.


Mochaloca wrote:

I applied day one to Poly SLO, since I just fell in love with their campus.... best of luck to us all.

2Leashes

I just read it and I can understand. Yikes! Gee, according to some of the posts, it doesn't look promising for my daughter since she doesn't a have a HUGE amount of work experience, but even more so, she checked NO when it asked if was related to her major. In retrospect some of her ECs are related, but she's always in such a hurry, she didn't really stop and think about it before hitting the submit button. I'm sure her decent stats and GPA will be embraced by another school. And, heck, who knows what Cal Poly will say in the end. All we can do is wait.

Mochaloca wrote:

The Cal Poly rejection thread from last year is making me really anxious.

Female from So Cal
Cal Poly GPA: 4.29 W (3.98 unweighted)
SAT: 1430/1600 (700 M 730 CR)
Major: Bio, Alt Major: Animal Science (kind of stoked about that one.)

Ah, too bad they don't factor in any EC's or essays. The whole "admission by numbers" system doesn't really appeal to my likes. I applied day one to Poly SLO, since I just fell in love with their campus.... best of luck to us all.

gotpeter

@freesnowcone
I have heard that arch. eng. is somewhat less competitive but to what degree I have no idea.
I think your chances are better at Pomona but hang in there with SLO.
Ya just never know

mochaloca

I went this September, while class was in session. There were people milling about everywhere, and when I went into downtown SLO the coffee shops were full of students. The people seemed very active and lively... I haven't a clue what the school looks like on weekends though.

Bobby123

Major Applying to: Industrial engineering
CSU GPA: 4.0
ACT Composite: 24
What are my chances?

arcadefire1027

Do I qualify as "regular decision" as a transfer? Ah well, stats!

Current school: UC Riverside
Junior transfer
College GPA: 3.94/4.00
SAT (Math + Crit.): 1490

I haven't actually been to SLO, but I'm pretty sick of the city of Riverside and I feel like it might be worth a transfer. I'm also a computer science major, so from my understanding SLO is much stronger than Riverside.