Dec.6, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: James L. Maraviglia
(805) 756-2913
Cal Poly Applications Hit Record Levels for 11th Year in a Row
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly once again received a record number
of
applications from high school seniors and transfer students hoping
to
attend the San Luis Obispo campus next fall.
The California State University system application filing period
for
fall 2005 ended Nov. 30, with more than 27,520 students submitting
applications.
“I am happy to report we had our 11th record applicant pool,”
said James
Maraviglia, Cal Poly’s assistant vice president for admissions
recruitment and financial aid.
The university will make early admissions program offers by Dec.
15, and
notify successful applicants in the traditional admissions application
process by March 1, 2005. “We had more than 2,100 applicants
file for
early decisions this year,” Maraviglia said.
The pool of successful fall applicants for fall 2004 had an average
GPA
of 3.77, SAT score of 1213 and ACT score of 27. “We don’t
have figures
for fall 2005 yet, but the pool looks outstanding, and both the
quality
and diversity of our applications continue to improve,” Maraviglia
said.
Applications for freshmen and transfer students seeking admission
for
summer quarter 2005 will open on Feb. 1, 2005, and close on Feb.
28. The
Cal Poly application process is entirely online; to apply, students
do
so through the CSU Mentor Web site at http://www.csumentor.edu.
Those interested in applying to Cal Poly should set up their own
free
VIP account through the Cal Poly Admissions Web site. With a VIP
online
account, prospective students receive information from the departments
and majors they’re interested in, as well as updates from
other areas of
the university. High school students are welcome to browse the
admissions site and create their own VIP accounts any time, Maraviglia
explained.
“More than 70 percent of the fall 2005 applicant pool had
already
established their VIP portal account with the campus. These students
have 24/7 access to their VIP information and many of them had initiated
their accounts as early as the 10th grade,” Maraviglia said.
Throughout the recruitment cycle, prospective students with VIP
accounts
will receive a series of e-mail communications from the campus
community, Maraviglia stressed.
“Prospective students with VIP accounts also receive customized
student
interest forms and campus surveys, and are kept informed on campus
events. Students can register for specific events and update their
individual real-time VIP pages,” Maraviglia said.
To set up a VIP account, visit the Cal Poly Admissions Web site
at:
http://www.ess.calpoly.edu/_admiss/.
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