Cal Poly SLO Class of 2028 Freshman Discussion Thread

S24 in-state accepted as music major.

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Accepted: In state

Interdisciplinary studies (Global Citizenship
and Social Sustainability)

4.0 UW, 4.61 fully weighted gpa.
14 DE classes (AA degree) + 6 AP/honors classes
PT Job, Class President, Volunteer at food bank since freshman year

Accepted: SDSU early, SJSU, UCD
Waitlisted: UCI
Remaining: UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley

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My Daughter

Decision: Accepted
Major: Economics

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.98
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.5

Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 35
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 3 H, 7 AP
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): one 4, two 5
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0
DE courses: 0 Number of years for the following courses:
English 5
Math 5
Science 4
Foreign Language 4
Social Science/History 4
Visual/Performing Arts 1

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cofounder nonprofit and co-owner of online business
On two Boards and 2 Commissions.
Job/Work Experience: internship and Owner
Volunteer/Community service: President’s Service Award, DAR Good Citizen Award
Summer Activities: West Point Summer Leaders and Boys & Girls State

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Bay Area, CA
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Accepted UDDavis, SDSU and Long Beach, waitlisted USD

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I got nothing (OOS architecture major), I know it doesn’t mean its completely over but I’m pretty disappointed oh well.

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FTF is First-Time Freshman. NTR may be New Transfer?

Nothing for D. Any bio / psych majors hear back?

Have students received emails or just checking the portal? Not sure I want to alert my son about this quite yet unless they aren’t sending emails out. He applied aerospace engineering so if it goes alphabetically by major I would expect the decisions to be out earlier….

Got email

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My son was accepted for Landscape Architecture. (3/11/24 11:53 am)
In-state.
I don’t have his stats to share unless I sat and figured them out myself; he did his application.
He’s a great student with all possible Honors, AP’s and Dual Enrollment classes.
He has extra years of everything A-G.
He also is a two-sport athlete with leadership, clubs, volunteer work, etc.
He did receive an email, first.

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Decision: Accepted
Major: Food Science
SLO GPA: 4.23
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 10 APs
EC hours and with leadership or job related: 16-20 hrs, leadership, job related to major
In-State/OOS/International: OOS/East Coast
Number of years for the following courses:
English 5
Math 6
Science 7
Foreign Language 5
Social Science/History 5
Visual/Performing Arts 1

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My son got an email. First time ever he’s known there was a status update before me :wink:

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My daughter got accepted into Landscape Architecture.

Decision: Accepted
Major: Landscape Architecture
SLO GPA: 4.18
EC hours and with leadership or job related:
In-State/OOS/International: In-State
Number of years for the following courses:
English 4
Math 5
Science 5
Foreign Language 5
Social Science/History 5
Visual/Performing Arts 4

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Congratulations on the acceptance. I am sure it is easier to copy and paste the UC information but SLO has different criteria and a different GPA calculation.

If you have time you can edit or repost using this template. Thank you since this helps current and future applicants.

Decision: Accepted/Waitlisted/Denied
Major:
SLO GPA (9-11th a-g courses with an 8 semester Honors point cap for 10-11th eligible classes):
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses:
EC hours and with leadership or job related:
In-State/OOS/International:
Number of years for the following courses:
English
Math
Science
Foreign Language
Social Science/History
Visual/Performing Arts

Decision: Accepted, in state, very small rural school
Major: Ag Science
GPA: fully weighted, 4.31, 8 AP classes
FFA Leadership, ASB Pres, Athletics and Team Captain for 3 sports, leadership roles in all activities, volunteer work through FFA and other sources, animal showing and raising (work experience)
Applied: accepted Arizona State, accepted Cal State Chico, (All for College of Ag). Only applied for these as backups to Cal Poly.

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Yay! Congratulations to your daughter!

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Decision: Accepted, in state, medium size public school Bay Area
Major: CS
GPA: fully weighted, 4.36, 4.29 CSU, 8 AP classes, only 1 B in high school
Some internships, research, clubs, etc.
Maxed out hours for ecs and work + all related to major
Applied: accepted Purdue, Davis, Case Western, waitlisted Irvine

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Decision: Accepted!!!
Major: Park, Recs, Tourism - Event Management
SLO GPA (9-11th a-g courses with an 8 semester Honors point cap for 10-11th eligible classes): 4.18
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 8+
EC hours and with leadership or job related: Maxed (21+)
In-State/OOS/International: In state
Number of years for the following courses:
English 5
Math 6
Science 5
Foreign Language 4
Social Science/History 4
Visual/Performing Arts 3

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S24 accepted for aerospace engineering!
Instate
Sorry don’t have all the specific numbers but will post later.

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Possibly calming post from last year:

“From SLO helpline: Admissions decisions are not released by major or college. You may hear today, or it may take longer. There is no way to know.”

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