September, 2008Jim Blackburn

California State UniversityWelcome and

Admissions Update

CSU Counselor Conference Progress Report 2007 Attendance = over 6000

Projected 2008 Attendance = could reach 6500

Results/Aftermath of Last Year’s Counselor Conferences

For Fall 2007, CSU enrolled 53,744 freshmen (almost 7+% annual increase in freshmen)

Over 43,000 new transfers (almost 3% increase in transfers)

Applications for Fall 2008 total over 619 K (increase despite early closing of freshmen apps)

Other Results of Our Working Together CSU conferred 89 K more degrees last year (over

5000 of these CSU alumni “studied abroad”)

Over 2 million persons and 1/10 of CA workers are CSU Alumni

Including:

65% of all CA business majors

52% of all CA communications majors

A majority of all CA teachers and counselors

University Admissions Myth De-bunking It is not hard to get into a good university! Fall 2007 Freshman apps to CSU

– 76% were admitted Only 8% were denied– 13% did not complete their app in time

Fall 2007 Transfer apps to CSU– 75% were admitted Only 6% were denied– Nearly one in six did not complete application

file

Admissions De- bunking Continued Even Among Impacted Campuses- It is not that

hard to be admitted as FTF. Admits Denies

SLO 45%

SD 44% 52%

LB 47% 43%

CPP 68% 22%

Full 60% 12%

Admissions Myth #2 College is Prohibitively Expensive Mandatory Academic Costs for CSU average

– $3487 per year– This figure could increased by a third, and CSU

would still be below the national average One fifth (20%) of CSU undergrads received at

least $5400 in grants in 06-07 More than one in three (35%) of CSU undergrads

received financial aid packages in excess of $5400

For some Students- the CSU is really a good deal!!!!!!

Over 1.8 BILLION dollars is financial aid was awarded to CSU students in 07-08.

CSU fees increased by less than $300 per student

But at least 127,000 CSU students experienced no fee increase

Fall 2008 Admissions Cycle opens 10/1

Apply earlyUse CSU MentorHave a Plan B, C, D……Use Re-routing if offeredDon’t Forget “CTE in “a-g”

Career Technical Courses (CTE) can be part of preparing for the CSU

Over 5600 CTE courses are on the UC “a-g” list More CTE courses will join the “a-g” list Completing more that about 17 “a-g” courses

does not improve “chances” of CSU admissions Having job related skills can lead to better jobs

– While in college

– After college

California HS Graduation vs. CSU AdmissionCA HS graduation requirements in years

CSU admissions requirements in years

English 3 4

Mathematics 2 (1 can be pre –college prep)

3

Social Science 3 2

Science 2 2 (must be laboratory)

Language (other than English)

1 (or VPA) 2

Visual or Performing Art 1 (or LOTE) 1

PE 2 0

CP Elective 0 1

Total 13 15

Plenty of Room for CTE, etc. A combination of no more than 18 units will meet

both CA and CSU admissions course requirements

Given a six period day- students can earn six units in addition to CA and CSU requirements

Only Six CSU campuses impacted for Freshmen in 07-08

San Luis Obispo San Diego Long Beach Fullerton Pomona Sonoma

Transfer Impaction for 07 08 SLO all programs are impacted at SLO at all

levels SDSU most programs and all programs are

subject to impaction, if numbers warrant. Long Beach many programs as well as upper

division transfers in general Other 20 campuses impacted in 0 to six

programs

New Stuff for 08-09 Campus admissions differences are likely to

increase, e.g. recision of admissions offers

SAT/ACT writing scores will not be used for 09-10 CSU freshmen admissions

EAP results are available on –line and on STAR Report

Only four “free” applications for a fee waiver No paper applications have been printed

Other Important New Stuff Freshman Applications will begin to close

November 30! Freshman Applications will close completely by

March 1, 2009!! Except for impacted programs- transfer

applications will be open until goals are met!

Somewhat Centralized ACT Score Receipts

Within CSUMentor there are now two ways to send ACT scores to additional CSU campuses

– Via the Mentor ACT Manager site existing scores may be redirected

– Via a “check off” and “pull down” at the end of the CSUMentor application

– ACT scores must first have been sent to at least one CSU campus

Things you may not know about the CSU

17 CSU campuses have no “majority race”CSU students “studied abroad” in 71

different nations (during 07-08)

Prospective CSU students need to begin a-g in Grade 9 (or Grade 8)

SAT Score Choice and the CSU CSU campuses use the best score(s) (together

or in combination). The is no advantage via “hiding” any scores. There may be a dis-advantage in not sending

scores in a timely fashion.

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