It’s awfully quiet here today…any acceptances?? Anyone??
@eyemgh I appreciate all your wisdom and guidance regarding Cal Poly SLO. You are always spot on! When my daughter started out the application process, someone told her to pay attention to “required” and “desired” coursework for Cal Poly SLO. We found out my daughter was short one advanced math class, which she is now taking at a Community College. If she had not taken that class, she would not have met all the “Desired” requirements, which as you know are different than any other CSU. She got accepted ED for Biological Sciences back in December. I was the one who posted that her friend got accepted into Business with a 1700 SAT and 3.7 from a Public HS in Northern California. My daughter has about 6 friends who got accepted into various majors last week, 3 of which used Cal Poly as their “Safety School” and are going elsewhere. Thanks again for all your wisdom. Good luck to all awaiting acceptances.
@1337MOM Some of us are over the 6 month process of waiting. Applied October 1st deferred ED.
@militaryfamily - just wanted to say I empathize with you. This data is old, but we went through the same thing 5 years ago with my son. We thought by having top 1-5% in test scores, etc game him his choice of colleges, and certainly the public ones. To our credit, we only applied to schools where he was over the 50% line and had 4 or 5 ‘safeties’. He did get in all his safeties and his low matches, but that last week in March was really brutal with rejection after rejection after rejection. He did get in UCI and UCSB, but was rejected at Cal Poly, UCSD, UCLA, UCB and his ‘dream school’ USC. He was waitlisted at UCD and did end up enrolling there. We made the mistake of only applying ME at every school. We didn’t realize how few students Cal Poly admits to that major. Good luck to your family.
@leandraduke, do you still not have an answer??
Right there with you - no answer yet, the waiting is tough…
@leandraduke. We are mentally exhausted as well. We applied to ED 10/2/14. Cal Poly is first choice for Journalism. Not a safety school, not a back up. Only 3 schools in California offer PR (Public Relations). We have only seen 3 Journalism acceptances here. Hanging on by some slim piece of hope and faith. Trying to stay positive. We don’t have any special perks that will help us with this MCA. Sadly we are in state, middle class, college graduates. Seems like this is not sought after by Cal Poly. Just a really great student with a dream and ambition. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers too. We are home wine makers and UC Davis has a great Viticulture program as well. We took a few classes there. I hope you kept that in mind. Good luck to you!
Thanks for that honest update @csumomx2. We are in the same boat over here. Reading this information for the past couple months has been eye opening, to say the least. My son has excellent grades and test scores and applied RD for engineering. I have been selling him on this school for the past couple months because I knew it was a perfect fit for him. I never really thought he would not get accepted in any stretch of my imagination. His portal remains unchanged, and the majority here believe that means a rejection. He really wants to attend a UC school, so our focus has to shift now to possible acceptances there. He has great EC’s and a killer essay, so I’m hoping the UC’s appreciate him as a whole person and a great kid, and not just a number. Good luck to you!!!
I applied for Graphic Design and just recently submitted my portfolio. Anyone have any info on that major?
@1337MOM Still no decision for me, I’m wine & viticulture. @CSUMOMx2 Thank you for your thoughts! They are much appreciated. It’s a rough wait for something that isn’t a guarantee.
Hang in there everyone - in the same boat too! Has there been any noise about wait listed status yet?
@CaliMck15, first, glad he landed well. Second, it’s not that CP accepts only a few MEs. It’s that a bazillion apply. BME on the other hand has about a third as many apps, but very few spots. That’s why they are so competitive.
@CSUMOMx2, the wait must surely be weighing on you. The process in general is stressful enough. Then to drag it out makes it all the worse. I wouldn’t say that CP doesn’t want kids like yours because you don’t get an MCA bump. They are giving bumps to kids who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, likely to ensure that their student body isn’t monolithic. Many schools do this, but they do it more overtly by simply giving a bump to underrepresented groups. That’s no longer legal in CA, but even holistic schools like Berkeley do it. It is certainly a double edge sword and is compounded by too many kids applying to too few schools. There are lots of good options out there. Whether they ended up at their first, last or middle choice, 80% of people retrospectively report that they were very happy with their choice. Good luck. Hang in there. It’s almost over.
@swimdogmom Curious about your comment re: athletes. I know of a young student (sophomore) already recruited for a sport. It sounds like she has already committed. How on earth would they know if she is even near qualified for CP with barely three semesters of high school completed and no ACT or SAT score yet available?
@seashel - I really think it is a sad state of affairs that the California state schools receive so little funding from the state that they have to promise admission to athletes who have far lower grades, scores, etc. Sports is a huge money maker at the schools. I know that the UCs only receive 7% of their funding from the state. It is pathetic that we pay California state taxes, that our kids bust their butt’s academically, only to be denied the opportunity to a higher eduation because of sports…off the soapbox now…sorry, just my two cents…my D ran cross country for three years, but only JV, so she gets thrown in the pool with the academic applicants…she already has some acceptances, but the sports thing just gets me, especially when some of them end up going pro and leaving school before they graduate!!!
@seashel - I work at a UC, and I am hearing that they are projecting that state funding will be dropping to the 4-5% range over the next five years. For all intents and purposes, UC is a private school.
@pidgie - it is insane! Why don’t they just privatize?
@seashel and @ucladeb, a committed athlete means they are offering student acceptance, but they still have to meet requirements between now and then. They can make an agreement with a 6th grader if they want, but there are terms on each side. They don’t sign the NLI until the year before, so at this point it isn’t binding on either side, it is a verbal agreement between the parties. You would be surprised how many athletes actually have great grades, because they have to be the best time managers in the world to excel in their sport while managing class work particularly at the D1 level. In general, athletes going pro aren’t coming out of CP, they are at schools like USC, UCLA and in other power conferences.
@cadreamin - agreed, they have to meet the minimum requirements and they don’t usually go pro from CP. I also agree that there are many students who are athletes and also have stellar grades. However, it still does not negate the fact that there are many students who just make the minimum requirements and also get in…
Did a mom post here that her son or daughter applied ED to several schools? I was under the impression that ED is essentially a binding contract/agreement and applying as such you agree you do not apply to any other school.
@studywiki would you mind sharing your stats? In state, OOS?