Cal Poly’s San Luis Obispo campus is the most selective school in the California State University (CSU) system. Taking less than 30% of first-year applicants, the mid-50% of enrolled Cal Poly SLO freshmen is 4.04-4.25. In other words, if you don’t have an A average, chances for success are...
Read MoreCalifornia residents have no shortage of phenomenal public institutions within the borders of their home state. UC Davis, for example, ranks in the top 40 national universities and the top 10 public universities in the country. Of course, with all of this esteem and recognition comes an endless line...
Read MoreNow accepting just 30%-40% of freshman applicants, San Diego State University is one of the more selective schools in the California State University (CSU) system. Unless your high school GPA is 3.75 or better, gaining admission to SDSU is going to be an uphill battle. Yet, the first-year application...
Read MoreOnly about one-quarter of the 100,000 freshman applicants to UC Santa Barbara are admitted. This makes the school about three times as selective as it was back in the late 1990s. In fact, UCLA in that era had a much higher acceptance rate than UCSB does in 2024. To...
Read MoreIf you desire to call yourself a University of California Irvine Anteater, you are far from alone. With over 121,000 freshman applicants, UCI can only accept about 25% of that large pool, and those who attend have a median high school GPA of 4.2. If you didn’t quite hit...
Read MoreYou long to become a member of the Wolfpack, but you don’t have the stellar grades and test scores to get admitted to NC State directly out of high school. No problem—all hope is not lost. While still a competitive process, this school extends offers to around 2,000 qualified...
Read MoreFlorida State University accepts about a quarter of freshman applicants and the mid-50% GPA for admitted students is 4.2-4.6. Given this spectacularly high level of selectivity, many aspiring Seminoles are unable to begin their academic careers in Tallahassee. Fortunately, there is another way forward for FSU hopefuls. While still...
Read MoreIf you want to attend UC San Diego as a freshman, you’ll need to possess close to a 4.0 cumulative high school GPA. However, if you fell short of perfection in high school, there is still a viable path toward becoming a Triton. In fact, an astounding 12,000+ transfer...
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