Cal Poly SLO Transfer Thread for Fall 2026

Welcome to Cal Poly SLO Transfer for 2026.
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Please, list your Stats:

Major: Business Administration
GPA: 3.73
IGETC Completed: Yes
AS-T: Yes
Pre-reqs/ Required Courses: Completed (If Not completed, how many remaining?)
Desired Courses: Completed (If Not completed, how many remaining?)
Golden Four: A, A, A, A
Local: No - In-State/ Bay Area
Work per week: 21+ Hours
More than 25% of your work is related to your Major: Yes
Volunteer per week: 15 Hours
Leadership positions: Yes

(I’m a student; not an administrator with Cal Poly)

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For 2026 Applicants —

Acceptances:
2025 - March 28 @ 11:32 AM & 5:15 PM & April 1 @ 11:45 AM
2024 - March 11 @ 11:59 AM, March 12 @ 2:39 PM, & Architecture March 21 @ 9 AM
2023 - March 21 @ 3:07 PM
2022 - March 21 @ 3:57 PM & March 23 @ 4 PM
2021 - March 17 @ 6:23 PM
2020 - March 16 @ 5:24 PM & 10:11 PM & Architecture March 23 @ 5:45 PM

Waitlisted:
2025 - April 1 @ 5:20 PM
2024 - March 27 @ 3:42 PM
2023 - March 28 @ 4:02 PM
2022 - March 29 @ 5:37 PM (2 people accepted from Waitlist on Apr 29 & July 15)
2021 - March 25 @ 1:44 PM (3 people accepted from Waitlist on April 19)
2020 - March 17 @ 5:20 PM

Rejected:
2025 - April 1 @ 6:26 PM
2024 - March 27 @ 9:53 PM
2023 - March 30 @ 11:23 AM
2022 - March 30 @ 2:46 PM
2021 - April 1st @ 1:30 PM
2020 - March 18 @ 12:21 PM

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Major: Liberal Studies (B.S.)
GPA: 3.5
IGETC Completed: Yes
AS-T: Yes
Pre-reqs/ Required Courses: Completed
Desired Courses: 3 in progress
Golden Four: B, B, B, A
Local: No - but attending Cuesta
Work per week: 21+ Hours
More than 25% of your work is related to your Major: Yes
Volunteer per week: 15 Hours
Leadership positions: no

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Anyone want to list their Majors?

Have any transfers heard anything?!

Of course every year is a little different, but generally it seems to take one or two more weeks to get answers for transfers. Best of luck to everyone out there wearing out the F5 key on their keyboard. :wink:

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Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.94 CSU GPA: 3.96
IGETC Completed: Yes
AS: Yes no AS-T for CS
Pre-reqs/ Required Courses: Completed except 1 in progress (intro to lin alg and diff eq
Desired Courses: all done but one, couldnt find it articulated in any college nearby
Golden Four: A, A, A, A
Local: in-state but not local, went to OCC and GWC in orange county
Work per week: 21+ Hours
More than 25% of your work is related to your Major: Yes
Volunteer per week: 1 hour a week
Leadership positions: no

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Did you get accepted?

still decision awaiting, i asked on reddit and on here and i didn’t hear any transfers getting in yet, unless i’m gonna be waitlisted or rejected. historically the transfers got in later than freshmen, so i’m hoping for the best

Philosophy transfer- CSUF but 16 credits at CCC

  • Accelerated transfer (only done 1 year at college but acquired 60 credits through winter/many units in semesters/APs)
  • 3.68 GPA
  • no more prep required for philo, but completed/am IP of completing CC articulated preferred courses
  • golden four: A, A, IP, B+
  • Work: 16-20 hours
  • Volunteer per week: 11-15
  • leadership position: yes

Do I appear as a likely acceptance?

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Major: Bus Admin
GPA: 4.0
IGETC Completed: Yes
AS-T: Yes
Pre-reqs/ Required Courses: Completed
Golden Four: 2 Ap Credit, A, A
Local: No - but attending Cuesta
Work per week: 21+ Hours
More than 25% of your work is related to your Major: Yes
Leadership positions: Yes

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Do we think admissions for transfers will be released this Friday? I wouldn’t assume they would send it out during spring break?

Cal Poly spring break was March 24-28 last year, and decisions started to come out on March 28, so I think they could come out again during spring break but I hope sooner.

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I emailed the admissions just asking if there’s any updates and they said to most likely wait until that very last weekend leading up to April 1st. I have a feeling it won’t be till that very last Friday

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Thank you for this, CalPolySLO. Do you know if any transfers have heard yet?

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No Decisions have been released for Transfers yet. :-1:

It will be any day, including Spring Break since Admissions is still working during Spring Break. It’s only the students that are on break.

8 days or less from today.

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Since more freshman heard today do we think transfers will hear on Friday? Has anyone seen if any transfers have heard anything?!

Haven’t hear anything yet! Assuming tomorrow based on data! Hopefully haha!

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Anyone? Anyone? Friday 6pm….wondering if any movement on the transfer applicant notifications…..

I still got nothing

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