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Get the inside scoop on Cal State Sacramento admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I applied through the community college; so, this was not a riorous procedure.   READ MORE
Current Student
The admissions process at this school is quite simple. All that it entails is receiving a 1100 combined on the SATs and having a 2.00 grade point ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The admisions process included the following: -Complete all C.S.U. admission paper work located in the semester schedule guide -Provide High Schoo...   READ MORE
Current Student
Since I had already received my A.A. at a Junior college it was very easy to transfer in. I highly recommend getting as many classes as you can ou...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The classes were great and I had a faily easy time of getting those I needed. The workload could have been more rigorous.   READ MORE
Current Student
In the general education program, it is extremely difficult to get the classes that you want, but it all improves once you begin working on your m...   READ MORE
Alumni
The academic nature of the program was to complete 100 general education classes, from all academic departments, then comlete 72 units pertaining ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The psychology department is slightly understaffed. Classes are very interesting and professors are well knowledge. Staff is available to help stu...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I worked my way through college; so this, was not a factor.   READ MORE
Current Student
There are lots of opportunities on campus, espcially for government majors. There are many interships available at the capital. The school feeds a lot...   READ MORE
Alumni
The program of Recreation and Leisure Studies had 4 major departments to chose from: NonProfit and Community Organizations, Forestry Department, Comme...   READ MORE
Current Student
There are not many opportunities for careers if you do not go beyond your bachelor's degree in psychology so keep that in mind! Internships are availa...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The campus has improved quite a bit since I went there including an expansion, a new student union, and new building. I thought there was always ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The housing at the school is not great. The dorms are not very safe, but the dining hall has decent food. The on-campus food places have great foo...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Recreation Program was a great program that not only taught a career based on recreation, it also taughtte students about the benefits of recr...   READ MORE
Current Student
Living off campus is not too expensive and there is tons to do. Research where you move because there are bad "pocket" areas sprinkled throughout ...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Lots of social activities. It could use a boost with the fraternities and sororities.   READ MORE
Current Student
The greek system is okay at the school but they do not have specific housing for the greeks. The greeks do hold a lot of events that people really...   READ MORE
Alumni
C.S.U. Sacramento is an ideal college based on the location alone. Sacramento is the capital of California, however it has the feel of a small cit...   READ MORE
Current Student
There is a bar on almost every block and tons of restaurants. Most people in the Arden area are twenty-some things in college and single so there ...   READ MORE

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