How hard is it to get into CalPoly SLO?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Say I have a 3.3 and mid-high test scores. I live out of state. Do I have a chance of getting into SLO Electrical Engineering?</p>

<p>I would graduate my Senior year with Advanced Discrete Mathematics and Advanced Calculus finished, unnecessary course load at my school as I’d have to do both courses in the same trimester. My school also is very small, 60 students in one grade, and we repeatedly get the highest test scores out of the state. I also skipped two grades, jumping from elementary to middle school. I went back down in eight grade because I didn’t want to go on without my friends from my first five years of school. In hindsight, probably wasn’t a good idea, and I don’t even know if it would be worth mentioning.</p>

<p>Current EC’s would be </p>

<p>Mock Trial
Band
I was part of a group that raised money for a impoverished school and Kenya and was able to have a running well installed with enough left over to fund running water for a all girl school in Saudi Arabia as well
I play several instruments, self taught
I have made and repaired guitar pedals and amplifiers, self taught knowledge
Restored several classic british cars
Tennis
I may have enough money to join the Snowboard team for my Senior year as well…</p>

<p>What do you think? Do I have a chance at all, given my credentials? Given my lack of test scores, can you tell me what ballpark test score I’d need to get into the program? What can I do to improve my chances, seeing as how I am still a second trimester Junior?</p>

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<p>gentle bump</p>

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<p>Does community service matter much when applying out of state?</p>

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<p>this will satify all your questions. your welcome. and yes it will be hard with a 3.3 gpa and oos because this is a public school. i say you need 1480 Sat (M+CR) / 32-33 act. im sorry :(</p>

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<p>chance me
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<p>I applied (for computer science) with a 3.1, no extra curriculars, 680 for reading, and a 660 for math and got in somehow…I think engineering is a bit more competitive than computer science but they should be somewhat similar. I’d say you have a shot :)</p>

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<p>it’s a pretty tough school to get into, a girl at my school who had like a 4.3 GPA got rejected from there, idk what her test scores were though but i’m sure they were good…she’s one of those good at everything people and we’re in-state. go for it though, u never know plus it’s not like it’s totally out of reach for you</p>