Just got accepted out of state!
@8461student: Can you post your stats and major for other interested applicants?
Do you plan to attend and is SDSU affordable as an OOS applicant?
OOS. 26 ACT. 3.7 UW gpa. Only 1 ap course. Strong extracurriculars with lots of volunteer work. Including competing in international professional level robotics competition. I was admitted as a Computer science major.
Still waiting to hear back from a couple of other schools, but SDSU is a top choice. Not sure on what exact price would be, but more affordable than other schools.
I was honestly shocked today when I received the congratulations email as I did not expect to hear this early and did not expect at all to be admitted.
@8461student: Several OOS applicants have already heard in December but SDSU has changed up the timeline for decisions this year from previous years.
You are aware that OOS students do not receive financial aid from the Cal States so you should expect to pay full fees which are around $42K/year. The only FA available would be Federal aid if eligible.
D has 1290 sat, 3.85 unweighted GPA. Still waiting to hear. Graduating from OOS high school, but moving to San Diego in May to be with me (CA resident for 5 years). She is 17. Any thoughts on her chances? Lots of academic club participation.
@teresachiv: Calculate her capped weighted CSU GPA with only AP or IB classes from 10-11th grades that will count for the extra honors points up to 8 semesters.
After you have her CSU capped weighted GPA, you can calculate her eligibility index.
See link for calculator GPA and EI: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/eligibility-index
Target EI for SAT is 4459.
EC’s are not considered in the Cal state admissions only CSU GPA and test scores.
Intended major?
She will be ranked based on her EI and her major.
Curious as to admission decision notification time frames. My in state D has two friends who were admitted over a week ago. Psych and bus majors neither of which would be considered high stats. Any insight?
Hello!
I was admitted in mid december, and until yesterday I thought ALL decisions were released then. I toured yesterday and the admissions guy did a presentation and said that decisions were released in March- much to my confusion considering my circumstances. I asked him why I was admitted early- and he told me, and I quote, that early admission means that it is because of your high stats-which make me assume that if you heard in December you’re likely to get more money/
@Joyfulllife: In the past, SDSU would admit some OOS applicants and high stat in-state applicants early in December followed by the majority of the admits in Late February/March.
Based on a few posts recently, it looks like they are slowly admitting some OOS and in-state applicants this month. They also started something new with local transfers with Spring admission instead of Fall for some majors which had spots available.
SDSU does not publish their EI thresholds for each major so with over 90,000 applicants this year, they may be reviewing applications as they go and if an applicant meets a specific threshold, they are admitting them earlier. SDSU also has to give local in-service area applicants priority so are these admitted students local?
I am not an admissions officer, so all this is conjecture.
@captainmarvel: SDSU gives little financial aid in the form of merit other than Honor’s college applicants which have a chance for the Honor’s college scholarship. SDSU is not like USC, where you need to apply by a specific date for a chance at their merit scholarships. The majority of financial aid provided by SDSU is need-based in the form of Federal Pell grants and Cal grants (California applicants only). Accepting students early does not make them more competitive for the need-based aid.
SDSU is most likely trying to lock in and enroll competitive students early in the admission process along with OOS students which bring in extra revenue to the Cal state system and their school.
@Gumbymom They are not local.
@Gumbymom How about for nursing applicants? Will all decision come in March?
@2bigkids: If SDSU keeps to the same timeline as previous years, then Nursing decisions should be out in March. As I have stated above, this year seems to be the exception so who knows??
I know that Decisions will be sent out Feb/March. But is it possible to hear a decision past March? Or, if you have not heard by March, should one contact the school?
@LocalSDMom: If a student is waitlisted, then it is possible to hear beyond the end of March for a final decision.
If your student has an SDSU portal, they can check on the application status so unless something significant is missing, they should hear by the end of March. If you suspect any issues, then it is perfectly acceptable to contact admissions in April.
She applied with Pre Communication - Liberal Arts.
Hello! I applied to San Diego state a couple of months ago and I was wondering what are your thoughts of my chances of getting into San Diego state!
-My CSU gpa is 3.69
-My 10-12 gpa is currently a 3.84
-My sat score: 1050 (so bad I know)
-In total I would have completed 6 APs: (AP United States history, AP environmental science, AP spanish 4, AP Government, AP Psychology, and AP spanish 5)
-I have taken 3 ROP or CCA classes (weighted classes): Medical Hospital Careers, Medical Core and Biotechnology
-I want to go in for chemistry-biochemistry
-I am a female
-I am Cuban
-I am first generation, living with a single mother
-my EI is 4002 but I heard that SDSU adds 100 points to those that are local? I’m not sure if that’s true but I live in Orange County, but does that count as local?
- I know my stats are pretty low but I was just wondering if the admissions office would take in consideration the classes that I’m taking senior year (taking 7 classes) in which I ended with a 4.2 (although I know they only look at 10-11)
I’m so stressed because this is my number 1 school at the moment!
Please let me know your opinion!! Thank you!!
Oh and when I meant by 4.2 gpa during senior year I meant first semester!
@ego2020: Senior grades are not an admission consideration unfortunately but doing well Senior year will maintain your provisional admission if accepted.
The average EI for 2019 admits was 4459, so SDSU will be a tough admit.
Since SDSU does not state how they give local applicants priority so the 100 point bump could be hearsay?? Being in Orange County is not considered local.
Here is the Cal state local service areas: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/documents/csulocaladmission-serviceareas.pdf
Being First generation will also help your chances, but by how much, that is up to admissions?
I wish you the best of luck and hopefully you applied widely and have a good safety school or two.
@ego2020, according to Section C7 of the Common Data Set for SDSU, they only consider course load rigor (I assume that includes senior year), academic GPA for grades 10-11, standardized test scores, geographic residence, and state residence. That’s it. They specifically state that they do not consider race, religion, work experience, parent education, or level of interest.
https://asir.sdsu.edu/Documents/CommonDataSets/CDS_2019-2020.pdf
Nearly 40% of their enrolled students for 2019-2020 have an SAT score between 1000 and 1199, with an 1120 being their 25th percentile and 1310 being their 75th percentile.
The average GPA school-wide for 2019-2020 Freshmen is 3.77.
@ego2020: Not sure what the source for the above stats quoted by @AMCdad were found, but here is the 2019 Freshman admit data posted on the SDSU website.
https://admissions.sdsu.edu/about_sdsu/fast_facts
Admitted Freshmen Student Profile (Fall 2019)
3.97 Average High School GPA
1283 Average SAT Score
27.5 Average ACT Score
Using this GPA and SAT test scores is where I calculated the average EI of 4459.