As part of the CSU System, Cal Poly utilizes the Cal State Apply application. We have compiled a variety of workshops, tips and guides to help guide you through the application.
Decision Timeline for 2024
Main Admit wave just before 12 pm Monday March 11, 2024. Few admits March 18. Some denials and waitlists noted on March 21. Waitlists and Denials on March 27 along with a few admits starting at 3 PM PST.
Once you have received your decision, please post your results using the template posted below:
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
Since picking a major is a big deal at cal poly, are we supposed to use the enrollment projection sheet as a basis for picking majors? If so, what do the acronyms FTF and NTR mean?
Depends. 90% of the courses for CS and SE are the same. Don’t think the employers care about these minor differences between courses in the senior year. Anyway, the admission rate seems almost the same, so maybe what you say might still be the best option.
There is no definitive admit rate by major for SLO, so to get an estimate of a projected admit rate you take the FTF Target number and multiply by 3 (guesstimate on yield since not all admitted students will enroll) and divide by the FTF App.
hello! my daughter has taken college classes while in high school. She’s applying to cal poly slo and is putting them in the college section and noting which a-g they are designated to, but they aren’t showing up as giving her the a-g credits So, for example she’s taken extra science classes at the college level. She put biology and chemistry in her a-g high school courses and then her other science classes in college section but it’s only showing she has two years of a-g science instead of 4? Do you have any thoughts on why this might be? I know they get more points for having above and beyond the minimum a-g requirements so want to ensure she is getting full credit for her 5 years of math, 4 years of science, 3 years of foreign language etc
Thanks for your help! Called admissions bit of course they are closed and her counselor said she’s doing it right but it doesn’t seem right to me so trying to double check before she hits “submit”
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for the quick response. We did read through pages 33-34 but still aren’t sure
If my Daughter has extra classes that were taken in college and would boost her GPA but ALSO fit into an a-f category and get her to the “recommended” number of years (e.g 5 years of math)…should she put those classes in the designated a-f category or put them in the g category to boost her GPA?
Seems to me she should be able to get credit for both (meeting the recommended number of years for the a-g and get the extra credit to help boost her GPA but daughter is saying that’s not possible
If there is room in the A-F category, she can list/match these classes to those categories. If there is no room, then the classes can be listed/matched for the G Category unless the specific course designation fits that category such as Economics or Psychology courses.
As long as they are CSU transferable and taken the summer after 9th to the summer prior to 12th, she can get the GPA boost however, the CSU’s including Cal Poly SLO cap the extra Honors points in the GPA calculation to 8 semesters so if she meets the Cap with HS courses, then the College courses will not boost the GPA any further but her course rigor will be noted for admissions.
One additional question Do you know if the number of available spots for a major are published anywhere? I thought they were, but my D is saying they aren’t.
Yes, the number of projected available spots are posted on the link below. Just remember that SLO will admit more students than enroll so rule of thumb is that the actual # of spots offered for admitted students is roughly 3 times that number.
Look at the Column for the major labeled FTF Target:
FTF Apps is the # of projected Freshman applicants. FTF Target is the # of expected enrolled Freshman students.
The # of projected admitted students is not listed so to get an estimate, the assumption is 3X the target numbers.
For Agricultural Business, you would then have 164 FTF Target x 3 divided by 770 FTF apps to get an estimated projected admit rate of 64%. Remember this is not exact since SLO does not list the actual admit rate for each major or yield rate by major.
