CSU Statement of Purpose

[joannly]

I'm a little confused as to what to put for the Cal State Apply when the schools I'm applying to have either a supplementary/department application (CSULB) or CSDCAS (CSUF and SDSU). I have specific personal statements for each school, so am I supposed to only put a general personal statement in the Cal State Apply form? Do they look at that one?

 

[SLPsingballs]

Each CSU should have their specific directions on where to submit the SOP.  I applied to CSUF and CSUN last year, and CSUF had us use CSDCAS for the SOP while CSUN used it's own form for the SOP.  I may be wrong with other schools, but I'm fairly certain none of them used the CSU application for SOP (I recommend checking with each specific department's instructions on how to apply to their SLP programs).  

[SLPihope2B]

I'm applying to 8 california state schools and all of them instructed to put "Submitting essay directly to department" in the spot for SOP on the Cal State App

I had to call a couple of schools to confirm, but they all said they wouldn't even look at it. 

The only california state school that I have seen require a separate SOP on the cal state app is san jose.