<p>There are lots of great schools and lots of great kids in the hunt. Let’s be honest, it is most often what you do with it not where you got it. These kids will likely have a rewarding educational experience wherever they go. Unless they make it into one of the military academies the probably won’t put their school name on your tomb stone.</p>
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<p>Not my uncle who has an engineering PhD from Stanford, has worked in academia and owned his own multi-million dollar company. He said Poly, even over Stanford for UG.</p>
<p>Whatever you want to believe, whoever you are, it really doesn’t matter as long as you are happy.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I am absolutely appalled at all the rude and degrading comments this thread contains. Early Decision is NOT for low confident students nor is it for students with significantly lower stats. It is simply for students who are 100% confident that they want to go to Cal Poly. For those of you who did not apply to Cal Poly ED because you were not ready to commit, you have NO right to complain or bash Cal Poly. Its frustrating to see people (parents especially)who are being so immature and disrespectful talk about Cal Poly in such a negative way. We all know what a great school it is… there is no need for you to bash it and offend current or incoming students to make yourselves feel better. I’m pretty sure the intention of this page was not to criticize Cal Poly but to post final decisions and stats. MOVE ON…there is a college for everyone. </p>
<p>My uncle and aunt (who so happen to work in the high tech industry) told me that CalPoly has a very good reputation in the industry, especially in computer science.</p>
<p>Knowing them, I am more than assured that Calpoly is a great school for engineering and science in general. For OOS people like me, it’s also 20k USD cheaper than UC’s (for tuition). </p>
<p>One thing i’d like to say about the people shocked about the bashers. Keep in mind many of them really wanted to go to SLO. The rejection is hard for some, and may result in degrading the school in order to soften the blow. Anyone who posts here is pretty passionate about SLO in general, so as a result, feelings will run hot when “injustice” occurs. </p>
<p>@TSchaser They should have done early decision if they are that “passionate” about SLO. Bashing cal poly and even early decision is completely wrong. They wouldn’t be saying this stuff if they got accepted. </p>
<p>I will have to disagree on this one. I truly believe that Early Decision is too big of a decision to make for kids that are seventeen and eighteen. Would much rather have everyone in one same pool and have it decided that way. However I do know that if I wanted a better chance I should’ve applied ED and that is my loss there. There was still much to learn about colleges at the time of ED applications and frankly it was too much of a restriction to handle in the process. Even now, my interests are changing and Cal Poly may not be the best school for my current plans. If I had applied ED, I would most likely have some regrets, despite CPSLO being a fantastic school on almost all fronts.</p>
<p>The bashing on slo is rather ridiculous, but the ED discussion has been one that has run for several years now. Either way, this isn’t the place for it.</p>
<p>I think positive and negative comments are acceptable. There is nothing about these forums that says we have to love it or leave it. Negative comments help the disappointed process the rejection.</p>
<p>having been on this thread, it is really disappointing to see that almost everyone who has been on this thread from the beginning (including I) was rejected. and @thevoice230, no, even if i had been accepted, i would still be bashing the admissions process for all the stress they caused me :p</p>
<p>I think early decision is better for this school than the student. We can’t see stats that show it is advantageous to CP applicants.</p>
<p>Ugh…I came from a low income school…I should’ve gotten accepted…</p>
<p>rejected w/ 4.13gpa…27 act…1780sat…tennis all 4…5 ap’s</p>
<p>It’s just very disappointing for so many that had their heart and soul invested in the outcome to see seemingly random decisions being made. I congratulate those who were accepted and even those that are waitlisted. I do not wish to lessen their achievements.</p>
<p>@AznSkyDragon What’s your major? Your test scores are very much below Cal Poly’s average.</p>
<p>@charlesfries Mechanical engineering…</p>
<p>When it comes to admissions, too many think of Poly as an entity in and of itself, but it doesn’t work like that. You have to think of it by major. Poly’s overall acceptance maybe something in the neighborhood of 34%, but among majors there’s a HUGE range. Industrial is projected at 95% acceptance, BME, 12%.</p>
<p>Meant to post that in Parents’ Thread! Sorry!</p>
<p>Just found out I didn’t get in the MechEng program. Considering slo was my “safety school”, my chances at MIT aren’t looking so good. 4.43 csu gpa, 1510 math/reading sat, and decent e.c.'s </p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>4.5 GPA. 27 ACT.</p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>@hayrodge, I wouldn’t be so sure. MIT is more of a lottery school, but their admission is more wholistic. Cal Poly uses an algorithm and that has it’s own implications. For instance, a very qualified student who didn’t hit the minimum course requirement simply because they didn’t take art is HEAVILY penalized in the algorithm. At MIT that wouldn’t even be a factor. True, MIT will take less of those who apply than Poly, but they evaluate in a different manner. It would be completely possible to be rejected by Poly and accepted into MIT. Good luck!</p>
<p>Assuming an overall admission rate (of say 35%) is applicable to certain STEM majors is like assuming a lb of tomatoes yields a lb of applesauce. It is nonsensical. CP has highly desired engineering programs as well as architecture and business. </p>
<p>That said, how an automated admissions algorithm would select say 300 applicants from a pool of 3000 (ME numbers a few years ago) is a mystery. Certainly a considerable number of applicants in this pool would have a resulting equal computed numerical score. So it lends credence to the ‘rumor’ that some sort of lottery system is used.</p>
<p>FWIW: S school has an overall acceptance rate of 45%. His program had an acceptance rate of 14%. You have to dig deep.</p>