Camila and Alison

Ms. Ramirez
Cobra Academy P2A
19 October 2022

San Diego State University

San Diego State University better known as SDSU is a public research university in San Diego
California, (5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182) it is North to Viejas Arena, the home
stadium of the San Diego state Aztecs men’s and women’s basketball teams, Northwest to La
Mesa a city in San Diego County, and Southeast to mission San Diego De Alcalá, the First
Franciscan founded mission in the Californias. The prestigious school’s application fee is $70
dollars.(Fall Steps To Apply). For this fall SDSU has a tuition cost of $2,881 for undergraduates
part time and $4,087 for undergraduates full time. The cost for graduates part time is $3,298
and for graduates full time the cost is $4,804. The annual cost for living with parents and
attending SDSU is $23,888, The in campus cost is $32,110, and the off campus cost is $29,302
Living expenses included in the annual cost before ( Tuition and other Fees). San Diego State
University offers the Free Application for Federal Student Aid also known as FAFSA which you
have to complete to be eligible for financial aid.They also have the Aztec Scholarships and the
Dream Act. Only about 47% of students receive financial aid (Financial Aid & Scholarships).

The weighted GPA for SDSU is a 3.7 and higher and unweighted is 3.6 and lower in high school
to apply to SDSU. The grade point average needed to apply to SDSU/be admitted to the school
is 3.7 to 4.0. The weighted and unweighted grades for SDSU is at least 3.7 to a 4.0. The exams
that are required to be taken by the students to apply for SDSU are the SAT and ACT but as for
now it's no longer required to take those exams to apply. (SDSU Admission Statistics)

Some of the interesting Academic programs that SDSU offers are Classics, the school has the
options of Classical Humanities, Classical Language and Classical Languages with honors. This
program is about the studies of languages, literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and
Rome. Continuing with examples they also offer the Master of Science in Criminal Justice and
Criminology program, which offers a unique opportunity to integrate knowledge from the fields of
sociology, criminology and criminal justice. Another interesting academic program they offer is
the History Minor. This is for all the History lovers, they get to know the knowledge of the world
and receive a better understanding of the past. SDSU also gives us the Classical Music minor,
in which you get to experience the passion of music and learn much more from it. Last but not
least and definitely not the last program they offer is The SDSU Master of Fine Arts degree in
Musical Theater, in this master students put their talents on test as they learn and perform. (
Academic Programs). SDSU also offers all phD programs, for example Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.), Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), and Doctorate in Physical
Therapy. (Doctoral Programs).
Entering another topic we go onto Retention rates, retention rates are an important metric that
calculates the percentage of people who continue doing one thing or find it pleasing, like a
product, for example the amount of people that continue trusting one company. SDSU is said to
have one of the best retention rates by freshmen, with 89.0% of students staying there for a
second year. Every College needs to admit their students by an application, SDSU’s Admission
rates are 36.7% meaning only this percent gets admitted into the college. Graduation is when
you complete some years of school and in the end receive an academic degree or diploma, so a
graduation rate would be the rate of people who graduate, and the graduation rate for SDSU is
74%. (SDSU Graduation and Retention Rates)

Some popular sports in SDSU are, baseball, cycling, dance, ice hockey, men’s crew, men and
women’s lacrosse, men and womens rugby, men and women’s soccer, men and women’s
ultimate frisbee, men and women’s volleyball, ski & snowboard, surf, tennis, triathlon and
waterski, and wakesports. (Sport Clubs Teams). The official SDSU mascot is an Aztec warrior
and they decided to choose the Aztec as a moniker in conjunction with preliminary plans to
move to a new campus. ( Aztec Identity). Some historical facts about SDSU are that it was
founded on March 13, 1897(Facts, Mission and History). SDSU does have some famous
people that have went there throughout the years, Ellen Ochoa-first hispanic female to
go to space in 1980, Kathy Najimy also went to SDSU in 1995-she's an actress and
played mary sanderson from hocus pocus, James Sinegal also went to SDSU the
cofounder former ceo of costco in 1959.

In Conclusion we believe SDSU is a very well established university. It's very well ‘’made’’ it has
many majors to choose from to achieve one’s personal success. As well as its an ‘’affordable’’
college compared to others. The hope that SDSU presents to us is the important people that
attended this college, like Ellen Ochoa, the first hispanic woman to go to space. And Kathy
Najimy, who portrays Mary Sanderson in the famous movie, Hocus Pocus with a box office of
45.4 million dollars. As well as all the interesting sports, and again the great opportunities with
its enticing academic programs. Something else we like about it is the fact that its retention rate
is pretty high, meaning it's a good school to try for and so are its graduation rates. Like many
universities, this one is a very good chance to succeed, and a very popular one at that. We
believe SDSU is a great college, for me, when writing my parts of this essay I was convinced I
should try for SDSU when I am given the chance, and reach the age. I think SDSU is a very
good university because they have a lot of sports options. And also because it's a big place.
Works cited:
‘’Fall Steps To Apply’’ SDSU 10/03/22 steps-apply-fall
‘’Tuition and Other Fees’’ SDSU 8/31/22 tuition
‘’Financial Aid & Scholarships’’ SDSU 10/13/22 financial-aid
‘’SDSU Admissions Statistics” prepscholar SDSU-SAT-scores-GPA
‘’Academic Programs’’ SDSU 8/5/22 programs
‘’Doctoral Programs’’ SDSU 10/20/22 masters-doctoral-programs
‘’SDSU Graduation & Retention Rates’’ College Factual graduation-and-retention
‘’Sport Clubs Teams’’ Aztec Recreation SDSU teams
‘’Aztec Identity’’ SDSU 4/29/21 frequently-asked-questions
‘’Facts and Mission History’’ SDSU 3/4/22 facts-mission-and-history