Replies to: Chance me

• #1

  Gumbymom Forum Champion UC Posts: 25,067 Forum Champion

  November 2015

  Intended major? Your GPA and ACT scores look competitive. Really difficult to chance SLO but you need to calculate your MCA score. Based on intended major and MCA score, SLO will accept or deny applicants. For Engineering, an MCA score of 4700+ should be pretty competitive.
  
  http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cal-poly-san-luis-obispo/1694769-confused-about-mca-score.html

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  TomS31415 Registered User Posts: 92 Junior Member

  November 2015

  I applied for aerospace engineering with a general engineering alternative. I would be around 4900 for my MCA.

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  TomS31415 Registered User Posts: 92 Junior Member

  November 2015

  Would it look bad if I sent my old ACT score of 27?

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  Reef2Reefuser Registered User Posts: 121 Junior Member

  November 2015

  Just curious how would you get a 4900 on the MCA? Did you get any of the bonuses?

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  TomS31415 Registered User Posts: 92 Junior Member

  November 2015

  Yeah a lot. I took 5 years of math. I work a lot. Took a lot of high classes because I'm taking college classes in high school

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  eyemgh Registered User Posts: 5,015 Senior Member

  November 2015

  If you don't have any non-academic bonuses (Cali vet, partner school, service area, etc.) I can't see any way to get to 4900 with your GPA and test scores. Did you actually calculate it?

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  TomS31415 Registered User Posts: 92 Junior Member

  November 2015

  Yes

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  aunt bea Registered User Posts: 9,573 Senior Member

  November 2015

  $36K per year as a Washington resident

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  UWfromCA Registered User Posts: 1,267 Senior Member

  November 2015

  ^ Yes, a great value.

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  eyemgh Registered User Posts: 5,015 Senior Member

  November 2015

  From Oregon and Agree! :D

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• #11

  ikim16 Registered User Posts: 441 Member

  November 2015

  @Gumbymom what does competitive mean? Based on context, it means a MCA score of 4700+ is great. Am i correct?

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  Gumbymom Forum Champion UC Posts: 25,067 Forum Champion

  November 2015

  @ikim16: It means that your Stats are at or above the averages for the School of Engineering which makes you a competitive applicant and having an MCA score of 4700+ helps. Much will depend upon the MCA scores of this years applicants since there are no published cutoffs. The MCA score threshold is conjecture based on previous years posts and information.

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