Hello Gumbymom,
When I applied to Cal Poly SLO through their CSU application, there was no option to list any extracurricular activities or write any essays. From my understanding they evaluate applicants entirely off of their coursework and performance and standardized test scores.
Also - could you help me find where the 6% acceptance rate into CS is located? The best and most recent figures I could find on their website was an overall 22% acceptance rate into engineering.
Thanks for your help.