San Francisco Bay Area students and others who applied to Cal Poly for Fall 2010 might find the following statistics of interest. The school reports that it had a record number of applicants. The total number who applied was 40,991 with 11,840 receiving acceptances. The average GPA for entering freshmen was 3.90 with a 1292-SAT (Reading and Math only) and a 29 ACT. Transfers had an average GPA of 3.41. The fall 2010 class will be about 3,500 freshmen, and 550 transfers.
For those rising seniors considering applying to Cal Poly, the school is introducing cutting-edge technology into the admissions process with a GPS-enabled, multimedia tour guide device as an alternative to the regularly scheduled 11:10 am daily campus tour.
The self-paced tours are delivered through the GPS Ranger™, a patent-pending, handheld computer device that delivers video, audio, musical soundtrack and still photography based on user location through the power of GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.
Cal Poly is the first college or university in the nation to offer the GPS Ranger™ tour guide for campus tours. BarZ Adventures Inc, maker of the GPS Ranger, works with national parks, zoos and historic cities to offer educational and entertaining video tours based on location.
The student-hosted tour works to ensure that potential students still get the student-led campus tour experience from an actual Cal Poly student, but with more flexibility.
Prospective students can check-out tour guide units in the Admissions Office and explore the campus at their own pace. As users approach various locations, student-narrated videos play automatically, explaining different buildings, departments and resources on campus. An interactive GPS map helps users navigate the campus.
The campus tour includes 18 points of interest, including:
* departmental buildings such as the Agriculture, Architecture, Business, English, and Science;
* student resources such as the Robert E. Kennedy Library, faculty offices, Career Services and the Cal Poly Recreation Center; and
* places and ways to get involved in campus life, such as the University Union, UU Plaza, Alex Spanos Stadium and Dexter Lawn.
The Cal Poly GPS Ranger tour is installed on campus and available from the Admissions Office. For more information call 805-756-2311.
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Greetings, I'm the Marketing Manager for BarZ Adventures, the makers of the GPS Ranger multimedia tour guide system. I wanted to also let you know that our company also produces GPS-activated tour guide applications for Smartphones, and Cal Poly now also has a campus tour app available for iPhones.
The free app is called GoExplore Tour Guides and you can find it on the iTunes App Store. In order to better meet the needs of their prospective students, Cal Poly is offering tours for their different colleges, including the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, College of Liberal Arts, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, and the Orfalea College of Business, to name a few of the tour choices. There is also a Cal Poly Sports Tour and a Cal Poly Housing Tour, so even with your Smartphone, you can get tailored information about this innovative university!
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