Will I get into my top engineering schools? [3.4 GPA, 1320 SAT, 30 ACT]

As noted by @SJ2727 the Cal states have their own CSU GPA calculation and that all except Cal Poly SLO uses 10-11th CSU a-g course grades with a maximum of 8 semester Honors points for CSU eligible classes which are CSU/UC approved Honors (CA HS students only), AP/IB or DE/CC classes that are CSU transferable.

SJSU uses an Impaction index calculation to determine admission and they post their previous year’s Impaction Threshold for each major. For Aerospace, the Impaction threshold was 4320.
Here is how you calculate the index: Impaction | Admissions

Cal Poly Pomona has a CPP index/MFA calculation with an index threshold for admission for each major similar to San Jose state, however they do not spell out all the extra point values used in the calculation. Based on the just the basic CPP index calculation with no additional points a CSU weighted GPA of 4.0+ would be required to meet last year’s Aerospace Threshold of 4710.

Cal Poly SLO only lists their target projections and I calculated out a projected admit rate and the College of Engineering SLO GPA admit range (25-75th percentile): Admit rate: 11% SLO GPA 4.13-4.25

Cal State Long Beach Aerospace admit rate for 2024 Freshman was 47% with an average CSU GPA of 4.07 for non-local admitted students.

The CSU’s will only ask for hours/week for your EC’s so you cannot go into detail. They are test blind, do not accept essays or LOR’s so they admit mainly only GPA, HS course rigor, the # of a-g courses exceeding the minimum, if you are within their local admission area and first generation status.

I would say that it will be a tough admit for Aerospace Engineering or any other Engineering at the Cal states listed dependent upon your CSU GPA.

Best of luck.

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