Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Fast Facts  Green and Gold  Nickname: Mustang  Mascot: Musty the Mustang

Getting In…  Cal Poly's admissions process is highly selective.  For fall 2010, Cal Poly accepted 10,918 freshman applicants out of a total 33,626 freshman applicants, yielding a 32% freshman acceptance rate.  Accepted freshman applicants had an average high school GPA of 3.90

Declare a Major!  Cal Poly requires students to declare a major when applying for admission, and the university then admits the most competitive applicants within each major.  Because of this, certain Cal Poly majors set higher admission standards than do other majors. To prevent students from applying for an easy-to-get-into major and transferring to another major, Cal Poly makes it difficult to change majors.

Agricultural Schools  Cal Poly is the second largest land-holding university in California, with holdings totaling 9678 acres (2nd only to UC Berkeley  Part of the Cal Poly property is the Swanton Pacific Ranch, a 3,200-acre (13 km2) ranch located in Santa Cruz County, California. The ranch provides educational and research opportunities, encompasses rangeland, livestock, and forestry operations for the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental sciences.  Cal Poly’s teaching philosophy is “Learn by Doing” with emphasis on sustainable management of agricultural practices.

Cal Poly fields 20 varsity sports.  Baseball-Swimming  Basketball-Tennis  Golf-Track  Soccer-Volleyball  Football-Wrestling  Dance/Cheer-Softball  Cross Country-Band

Awards  According to U.S. News & World Report's 2011 America's Best Colleges report, Cal Poly is ranked #1 in the Western United States for public schools whose highest degree is a Master's for the 18th straight year.

John Madden: Pro-football personality George Gomes: California Undersecretary of Agriculture Linda Ozawa Olds & Joseph Vergara: Founders of Jamba Juice George P. Foster: Owner of Foster Farms Mike Krukow: Giants broadcaster & retired MLB pitcher “Weird Al” Yankovic: Grammy-winning rock parodist Peter Oppenheimer: Senior Vice President & CFO of Apple Computers, Inc. “Ozzie” Smith: Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinals shortstop

San Luis: The City  The weather is almost ALWAYS nice in San Luis.  Every Thursday night through out the year, the city hosts a delightful outdoor market/festival.  The city's SLO Transit bus system provides service to and from campus. Since the buses are partially subsidized by student tuition, Cal Poly students can ride for free.

Add Your Mark…  Visit Bubble Gum Alley in San Luis, and add your gum to it!