Can you choose your roommates at Cal Poly?

You can add roommates once they have secured housing and their RLC preferences must match yours. Let us know if you prefer to live a room that is Queer-affirming, which goes beyond “acceptance,” and is an environment where students who identify as Queer are fully welcomed in a supportive community.

Can you pick your roommate at Cal Poly SLO?

Roommate groups are optional. You can sign up as an individual, then select into an apartment with other groups or individuals during room selection. Request roommates in the housing application. Only students who have completed the application are searchable.

Do freshman at Cal Poly have to live on campus?

Experience all that Cal Poly has to offer.

Students who live on campus build life-long friendships and discover campus partnerships to help them succeed. First-year students are required to live on campus.

What are the housing options at Cal Poly?

Is Cal Poly housing guaranteed?

All admitted, first-time first-years are required to live on campus their first year to ensure everyone receives the benefit of the campus housing experience.

Learn about choosing roommates

What is the hardest major to get into at Cal Poly?

Here's a look at the top 10 most competitive majors for freshman applicants: Psychology: 3,579 applicants, 73 spaces available — 2% Software engineering: 795 applicants, 25 spaces available — 3.1% Kinesiology: 2,016 applicants, 78 spaces available — 3.9%

What is the lowest GPA to get into Cal Poly?

California residents must have a 2.50 GPA or higher in the 15 required “a-g” subject courses, with no grade lower than a C-. Non-California must have a 3.00 GPA or higher in the 15 required “a-g” subject courses, with no grade lower than a C-.

How does Cal Poly assign housing?

Choose Your Room!

Three-person groups will go first, followed by two-person groups and then individuals. Viewable spaces are based on your RLC preference, which you select in the housing application. Cal Poly Scholars and EOP and TRIO participants will see and be able to select from rooms in the RLC for their program.

Is Cal Poly a dry campus?

Cal Poly is no longer a dry campus.

Do Cal Poly dorms have AC?

The residence halls and apartments have a heating system and some residences have an evaporative cooling (swamp cooler) system. Heat and cooling are controlled centrally by the university. Cal Poly switches the system to heat during cooler months and to cooling during warmer months.

Is Cal Poly a hard school to get into?

California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo is selective with an acceptance rate of 30%. Students that get into California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo have an SAT score between 1260–1450* or an ACT score of 28–33*. Regular applications are due November 30.

How smart do you have to be to get into Cal Poly?

Because this school is very selective, strong academic scores are critical to improving your chances of admission. If you're able to score a 1450 SAT or a 33 ACT or above, you'll have a very strong chance at getting in. For a school as selective as Cal Poly, rounding out the rest of your application will also help.

Can you share a dorm with your boyfriend?

A handful of colleges do offer designated couples housing, usually for students who are legally married. Beyond that, if a couple lives in a standard gender-neutral dorm room, the relationship is their business (though resident assistants are usually pretty prepared for dealing with breakups and room reassignments).

Do they let you pick your roommate in college?

Whether you can choose your roommate depends on the college you're attending. Many schools allow students to choose their own roommates or request roommates before the start of the term. Some colleges, however, may assign roommates to all first-year students.

Can freshmen bring cars to Cal Poly SLO?

Resident Parking as First Time Freshman

Cal Poly residential students are not permitted to bring vehicles to campus for the duration of their freshman year (fall through spring quarters). This includes students who have enough credits to be considered sophomores at any time during their first academic year at Cal Poly.

Is Cal Poly a party college?

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) - San Luis Obispo. #7 Top Party Schools in California.

Are Cal Poly dorm bathrooms coed?

Each hall has three stories with two wings on each floor. Rooms are same gender and floors are mixed gender. The bathrooms on the first and second floors are all gender. The bathrooms are the third floor are single gender by wing.

Does Cal Poly have a dress code?

All apparel should promote a positive learning environment and should not be distracting in any way. Clothing should cover cleavage, midriff, chest, and buttocks; undergarments should be covered and not visible.

What are the odds of getting into Cal Poly?

The acceptance rate at Cal Poly is 30.3%.

In other words, of 100 students who apply, 30 are admitted. This means the school is quite selective. If you have strong academic scores, you have a great shot at getting in.

What GPA does Cal Poly look at?

GPA. For the purposes of your application, we'll consider your 9th-11th grade weighted GPA. That number is calculated from college-prep coursework as designated on your application.

Is laundry free at Cal Poly SLO?

Laundry Services Information

There are laundry rooms throughout the residence halls and apartment complexes and is included as part of your stay here. Washers and dryers are available for use by campus residents only.

Which major is easiest to get into Cal Poly?

Some 27 Cal Poly majors are in the single digits when it comes to the ratio of seats available to total applications. At the other end, the program with the best acceptance rate is bioresource and agricultural engineering, which has room for 60 of its 169 freshman applicants, or 36%.

Why is it so hard to get into Cal Poly SLO?

Because we are an impacted campus, our selection processes uses an objective, comprehensive review process that extends beyond the basic eligibility index utilized by the California State University. This means that many CSU-eligible students are unable to be offered admission.

What is the least impacted major at Cal Poly?