San Diego State Freshman Class of 2030 Discussion Thread

Maybe more students apply to SDSU due to great location & lower cost than ivies & UCLA/UCB. :slight_smile:

Maybe they don’t have enough staff to review all the essays & activities etc… wait CSU App doesn’t include that. So what are they really reviewing again?

PS: Feels like one could have vibe coded the basic admit results in 5 days and resolved ties, WL in another 10. I could be wrong. Surely they should take 5 months to figure out the merit scholarships by doing manual review.

Does anyone know if SDSU is ok with students taking classes at community college concurrently, to either accelerate / due to filled classes or schedule conflict at home campus? I understand that certain prerequisites and upper div coursework needs to be taken in residence but for others like GEs . DD goes to SJSU and they are very liberal with this sort of thing but wasn’t sure if SDSU or all Cal States are. (Saw a UCDavis major specific recorded .ppt and it appeared that they require pre-approval for that sort of thing and approval isn’t guaranteed…again not sure if that is UC or campus/major specific).

Yes, for GEs you can definitely take a lot of them at a CA community college and a lot of students do. I believe there is a course catalog online showing which CC classes match SDSU classes, too

Glad to hear…thank you! That’s an important consideration for us. Yes, assist.org gives details on articulation/transfer of credits.

Looks like a wave of transfer admits today.

Maybe the process is: clear admits first (5th), then transfer admits, then assess for remaining space and fill as available.

Appears to be. My transfer son was admitted yesterday for Kinesiology (Pre-PT). Freshman son was admitted on the 5th for the same major.

my daughter is still waiting to hear from SDSU (freshman applicant) - anyone know when they should find out?

Some time in March. :person_shrugging: That’s all we get.

I will forever be haunted by the Application Received message.

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:rofl: Same

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Any updates on when the next wave will come out? My son is still waiting.

Same here. This is starting to smell like a Rejection wait.

A first year just posted a waitlist decision for Psychology on Reddit. Check your student portals.

Waitlist information for SDSU is on this link: https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/sdsu-class-of-2030-waitlist-and-appeal-discussion/

My son was just waitlisted for Biology. Local, 4.13 CSU GPA.

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Waitlisted for Business Marketing. California ushered my last and final kid out of state. Their loss. 4.13 GPA.

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Son rejected kinesiology. :frowning:

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Waitlisted Business Finance, 4.0 GPA

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Same here. S26 waitlisted for Business Finance with 4.13 CSU GPA.

Not that we would have taken it given the many OOS admits with merit scholarships that makes it in-state UC price. In retrospect, Finance majors (CA residents) should just skip UC & CSU Apps and focus on OOS apps.

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One cool thing from it all is my family will now have the power 4 conferences covered . . . ACC (S20, Clemson), Big 10 (S21, Purdue), SEC (S23, Auburn), and Big 12 (D26, TCU). Good luck everyone!

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Decision: Wailisted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Publicj Health

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.6

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.9

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 3.9

ELC (top 9% CA HS): No

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 8 (4,4,4,4, IP,IP,IP,IP

Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): None

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars:Eagle scout, Some research, Big TikTok Account, Lots of volunteering.

Job/Work Experience: None

Volunteer/Community service: Many Volunteer hours

Personal Insight essays (details): Average

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA Bayarea

Country (if international applicant):

Applied for need-based financial aid? No

First Generation? No

Weaknesses: GPA, Had one C every year lol

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted at the following: UMin, ASU, Rutgers, Purdue, UMass, OSU, UCM, UC Sant Cruz, SJSU, USFCa, SFSU, UIUC, UCR, Boulder.

Wailisted: CSULB, SDSU, UC Irvine

Rejection: Case Western, UCD, UCSB, UCSD

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