Fingers crossed. 
That’s the big unknown, how competitive a given MCA will be for each year and major.
Good luck.
@MilitaryFamily. Don’t know much about the admissions process at UCD. Relatively little about it on this site. All the UCs have engineering, and all it takes to apply to an additional one is to check the box. I hope he did so. My son was accepted a few weeks ago at UCI Honors, and it is pretty easy to get info on Regents etc., from most of the UCs, but UCD is a black box to me.
Pacific also has a surprisingly vigorous ME and EE program for such a small school, and at the private schools it is easy to change majors, which is pretty normal for kids. Might be worth checking it out. My personal experience is it is more the student than the school. I went to a “name” school undergrad, and a “no name” grad school. Got a good education undergrad, but a great one grad. I was more mature, and engaged. Probably did not hurt that I was paying for it myself either. 
Lest anyone think the above comment was somehow a slam at CP, the reason I suggested to my son he consider CP has not been mentioned yet on this board. Simply put, everyone I know who has attended, or is attending, CP loved their time there. I know of no other tech school where that is true. I consider that at least as important as “rankings.”
This is a FWIW post, but what may affect those majors with smaller available admit numbers (BME comes to mind) is those students with a ‘hook’ MAY have taken some of the available slots early in the process: CP SLO is often hyped to recruited athletes and perhaps others (band?, cheerleaders? I don’t know…) as an outstanding school and outstanding location. What this school lacks in strong scholarships is made up for in its reputation and often kids will use their ‘hook’ to gain admission to those harder admit majors that they may not have obtained with their stats. Huge draw for those interested in a strong engineering school in particular.
For those committed recruits, their applications are often flagged for admissions and next level review. Do some of these students get in with less than the average admit stats? Yes, but nonetheless they still must meet minimum requirements for that major or they go no further in the process. I believe that kinesiology has many such students though I don’t know how this affects the overall selection process in this major. Once their stats are initially reviewed by admissions, these prospective students are asked to apply early admission to secure their ‘spots’.
@apatterson96 Are you sure you calculated your MCA correctly? I don’t come up with this score with your stats posted above.
@mom2ab
What score did you get? I’d like to make sure I calculated the correct score
@eyemgh, one thing I have been wondering…do you think Cal Poly gives any weight (for CA residents) to what high school and district the applicant comes from?
@GoldenWest Applicants/ Residents from SLO county recieve an additional 300-500 points I believe. @eyemgh can you verify this for me?
@GoldenWest, they do take into account the high school, but not in a way we might expect. If you go to a school in San Luis Obispo County or Northern Santa Barbara, it’s worth 500 points. If you go to a Hayden Partner School (I don’t have a list) it’s worth 700 points. There are no points for schools considered stronger. This is the way CP attempts to make up for coming from a disadvantaged background (along with credit for a parent(s) who didn’t finish college.
I must echo @67dadofsenior, some schools have palpable happiness. My son started with schools known to have good hands on engineering programs. Then we visited, lots of them, all over the country. He got into the highly ranked schools he applied to, but his final three choices were all over the ranking map. It wasn’t something he used in making his list and it wasn’t a factor in his final choice. They made the final cut because they had great engineering facilities and curricula, but more importantly, the students on the three campuses oozed happiness. CP ultimately won over two other four season schools when the sun popped out. There’s SO much more than rankings.
@leandraduke, I was wondering more about high schools with high rankings, API scores, etc.
Do the UCs use the MCA method or another one?
@GoldenWest, there’s no advantage given except for those I mentioned. I guess the thought is that if you go to a better school, it’s an advantage in and of itself, even though there might be more competition.
@MilitaryFamily, most of the UCs use some sort of algorithm, the details of which I don’t know, but they aren’t the same as Poly’s. A few, I’m pretty sure UCB and UCLA, are “holistic.” They use essays which are by definition subjective. I’m not certain about Davis. It doesn’t matter now, but you might want to read this to see if “holistic” is an advantage or not.
I thought I remember reading somewhere that SLO is the only csu that doesn’t give advantages to applicants from a specific service area due to how competitive SLO is
Nevermind, just checked and you guys are right
when do you guys think rejections will start coming out? I’m pretty tired of this process by now haha
So i saw a business acceptance of 3.7gpa and 1700 SAT
Even with MCA calculations and the bonuses they have how can that surpass:
4.08 GPA
28 ACT(30 reading 27 math)
21+EC
Most of the business acceptances i’ve seen have been around or below my stats so i could understand rejection if they got bonus points for their parents not graduating from college but i know between 5-10 people at my majority upper-middle class, both college graduate parents high school who were accepted with lower stats. It seems from here acceptances are over.
@arsenalfan69 regarding special advantages given to certain regions, I wanted to point out that my D is in the Long Beach school district and there is absolutely a direct connection between SLO and LB schools. They give preferential treatment to students from LB and there is a direct link that SLO regularly comes out and discusses with the students. This is a plus for students with a lower GPA/test scores, but also a negative for the students with high stats because, as in my D’s case, she knows MANY students at SLO from her HS in which she does not consider “good students”. Therefore, she feels it lowers the standards of SLO and makes her question whether the school is ‘good enough’ to consider when comparing it to UC’s and privates like USC. The engineering school is by far very selective, but if she hadn’t gotten into that school, she would probably not be considering SLO. It’s the exact same situation at LB state…if you are in a LB HS, all you need to do is make their minimum GPA and SAT scores and you are guaranteed admission.
@businessCPSLO, first, I assume that it’s real. Since this is an internet forum there’s a possibility that it isn’t. Second, there’s LOTS of ways a person with a 3.7/1700 could amass a stronger MCA. Resident of SLO county adds 500 points. That would effectively make their SAT 2200. SLO resident who’s a dependant of a CP employee? Add 1200 points, assuming they get both the bonus for SLO county and CP dependant. If not, add 700. Hayden Partner School? 700. Hayden Partner School with one parent that didn’t finish HS, add 1000. Both parents, 1300. As you can see, there are many ways. The non-academic bonus points add up FAST. Scroll back and look at my example of the 4.0/2400 student being beat out by a student with much lower stats.
@stephrass, the LB HS to LB State connection is because the HS is in the service area of the university. They are required by California law (as is SLO) to give an advantage to students in their respective service area. Each college is left to decide how to convey that advantage. As for the connection between CP and Long Beach HS, SLO reaches out and visits LOTS of high schools. They don’t give the students any additional MCA points though.
Selectivity is another issue. CP spans the continuum. You can’t judge the school by one person’s admit. Some majors admit over 80%, some less than 20%. Engineering is very competitive, but so are many other majors. It really must be assessed on a major by major basis. More importantly, each student must assess for themselves how well the education and environment of CP fit their view of what they want out of their college experience. Fit is far more important than rank. Whether SLO is “good enough” is purely a matter of perspective.