What to do if you were denied admission to SDSU

This is the month most students already know or will find out if they have been accepted to the university and will transfer fall 2011. Unfortunately, as public universities in California grapple with fewer resources due to budget cuts, the number of applicants has increased. CSU and UC admission criteria is more competitive than ever before, and the best guarantee for successful transfer is completion of all lower division general education and preparation for the major plus an overall transferable GPA of 3.0 or higher. Grossmont College's largest feeder university is SDSU; students with 50% or more units completed at local community colleges are admitted based on the GPA for their major, which ranges from 2.4 to 3.0. Why then were some local students denied admission fall 2011 even though they met all the lower division requirements outlined above? Local students who contacted the SDSU Prospective Student Center were told the admission criteria was very competitve and that was the reason they were denied. One student had a 4.0 overall GPA, so she knew that couldn't be true. The only reason a fully eligible SDSU TAG student was denied admission is because some academic information was missing or inaccurate on the SDSU Supplemental Application submitted in early February 2011. Denied students should contact SDSU Prospective Center (619-594-6336) and ask the advisor to look at their supplemental application and let them know what is missing or incorrect. If the student will have all lower division requirements, including the minimum GPA for the impacted major by the end of spring 2011, then it is worth writing a letter of appeal. The University Transfer Center has a sample appeal letter and a description of the appeal process. The SDSU Appeals Committee will not make a decision on any appeal until after May 1, 2011.