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Early Decision!
USCArchie
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SAT: 1410
ACT: 29
Work Experience: 16 Hours/week
Major: Ag Engineering
GPA: 3.48
SAT: 1180
Work experience: 15 hours per week
I have a question though. it says that i have to take the elm unless i am exempt. for one of the exemptions it says: "a score of 550 or above on the Math SAT I/II". i did really bad on the sat II math section but for the SAT I i got a 610. Am I exempt?
GPA: 3.9
SAT: 640 m, 540 r
ACT: 27
Business Admin
PS- congratulations to those who got in. I've got to play the waiting game until february it seems.
Although, USC's program is very good as well
GPA 3.65
math 780
verbal 520
Business Admin.
Full IB Dip
ACT- 26 (retook it but havent sent these yet 31)
I'm not sad or happy. I am actually kind of surprised i didn't get in yet, i thought i had a good chance.
Architecture
3.7
SAT: 1150 (v + m)
Does anyone know if i have a good chance of getting in for the RD? Maybe i will send a letter saying how im still very interested and that cal poly slo is my first choice. i would die if i have to go to cal poly pomona. its like the loser school for arch students ahaha
and don't bother sending a letter. they won't look at it anyways so don't waste your time. they won't look at any additional information unless they ask for it.
if you don't get in, go to cuesta. you can easily transfer to cal poly that way. all the arch teachers there also teach at cal poly. you're basically automatically in when you transfer from there. you don't even have to do a portfolio, but if you go to another school and want to transfer into their arch, you have to have a portfolio. if you really don't wanna get stuck in pomona, then don't go. cuesta is a really good school and you'll easily be able to transfer to cal poly, and if it's your dream school.. the it's worth going to cuesta.
i have thought about cuesta. do they have arch courses? because if they don't i might as well go to a jc that's near my area and save myself the expense of living away from home.
i wouldn't mind going to pomona. their program is decent i have heard, and it is a cinch to get into as well...its just that slo would be so much better because their program is so much more respected and the area is beautiful.
are my chances of getting in really that slim? i checked the selection criteria and i fall within the average of enrolled/accepted students.
oh and im confused, i know it says not to send any additional documents that support the application, but they don't have an email adress so if i'm supposed to get in contact with them, like they encourage you to do on the letter they sent me, how am i supposed to reach them without sending a letter into the admissions office?!
and cuesta definitely has arch courses. basically all of the arch teachers at cuesta also teach at cal poly. that's way you're basically guranteed a spot when you transfer and you don't have to make a portfolio like all of students that want to transfer into architecture. all of the courses you'd take a cuesta perfectly transfer over so you'd be a junior for sure when transferring. sometimes, when you transfer from other jc's, they don't always match all the classes and you're stuck repeating a quarter or two.
plus, many people that are accepted do not accept cal poly as their final pick.
also, for anyone who hasn't heard, cal poly is building more dorms so they need to be filled up...so they are accepting more applicants to fill them.