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You think someone is BS-ing? Or maybe it's someone from their own school, so they might have heard first maybe through a faculty person? Sometimes I wonder if half the stuff posted on the admissions page is pure BS.. I spoke to a professor about my worries about grad school, and mentioned GradCafe, and he said, "Yes, I believe everything I read on the internet, too." Made me think twice about just taking all that info in at face value I wonder if all the GPA/GRE posts are inflated, too.. But anyway, GOOD LUCK TO SD APPLICANTS!!! and GOOD LUCK TO FULLERTON APPLICANTS!!! AND GOOD LUCK TO LOS ANGELES INTERVIEWEES THIS WEEKEND!!!

Haha. Now I'm picturing you sitting at your computer, pressing F5 starting at 11:59.

Yikes. Did not apply to SDSU, but did to Fullerton. Now I will be anxiously waiting alongside the rest of you! Good luck to us all! Is the quote for Friday just a starting date for notifications, and they send out notifications in waves… or do they let everyone know at the same time?

San Marcos, Long Beach and Los Angeles are doing/did interviews. Long Beach is done already, and has already sent out admission/rejection letters.

Each school should have a prompt. If there is no specific instruction, just sell yourself. Talk about why you're applying to that specific school, and why you'd be a good fit. Tell them why they should pick you. Explain inconsistencies (if any) on your transcripts.

Oh hai! I'm currently a senior in CSD at one of the SoCA CSU's, and will be going through the 'torture' of applications and waiting, just like the rest of you! DreamisFuture - If you're still finishing your GE's, apply to your local CSU's with the CSD major. I don't know if it's still the case, but most CSU's used to have a preference for local community college graduates. It'd be easier for you to get into one in your "district" than one across the state. You can make an appointment with your college advisor to see the rules about districting and preferences, to see if that's still the case. Also, some CSU's require you "apply" into their program, even as an undergrad. Others will automatically accept you into the program if you're a student at their CSU. I've heard some people got in by simple changing their majors. It might be worth a shot to look into for you if you know you can get an automatic acceptance into a non-impacted major, and then switch majors after you've been admitted? I don't know the rules for that, this is just some babble I'm sharing from what I've heard. YurieKwon - the best thing to do is to call the programs, and speak to them yourself. Most programs have an eclectic choice of clinics, since they want to spit out well-rounded graduates. Sunjinro - you'll find that the "statistics" are pretty much the norm across all of the CSU's. I don't know of any programs accepting any applications from anyone with less than a 3.0. You can't even apply. I don't mean to sound pessimistic, rather I mean to sound realistic. If you feel these stats are "grim", you should have backup out-of-state applications. I know I certainly will. CA is just impacted

Hello from SoCal! Any other applicants for the CA schools for Fall '13?