Important Dates for Accepted Students 2025
Additional information and updates are provided through email and on your My Cal Poly Portal.
March
- March 1
- File completion deadline for applicants with international coursework
- March 2 (for 2025, the deadline for priority consideration has been extended to April 2)
- FAFSA priority consideration deadline
April
- April 1
- Cal Poly strives to notify all applicants of their admissions decision
- April 10
- Housing application available for students who have accepted Cal Poly’s offer of admission. Check University Housing single click access located on “My Apps” on MyCalPoly portal
- Early April
- Scholarship and financial aid award offers for newly accepted students are available through the portal on the Money Matters tab
- Invitations to SLO Days and WOW Orientations are sent to all first-year and transfer students
- Mid April
- Open House
May
- May 1
- Deadline to accept offer of admission for fall quarter
- May 15
- Deadline to submit partial transcripts (only if requested on your “to do” list)
June
- June 1
- Deadline to submit housing application or request a waiver
July
- July 15
- Waitlisted first-year and waitlisted transfer applicants are notified of their final application status
- First-year/transfer final transcripts due
- Late July
- Student Life Orientation (SLO) Days begins
August
- Mid-August
- On-Campus Residents can pay their on-campus housing and dining fees in full for the academic year or sign-up for an installment plan
- Fall quarter housing assignments and move-in information available online (re-access your housing application through your portal)
- Fall block schedules available for first-year students via Schedule Builder
- Registration opens for transfer students
September
- Mid-September
- Week of Welcome (WoW)
- New first-year and transfer student move-in
- September 18
- Fall quarter classes begin