San José State uses an Express Mail service that allows you to receive your admission packet, which includes your acceptance letter and I-20 form, in five to seven days (once SJSU has processed your Express Mail order). We will post your admission notice to your MySJSU account.
A 2.5 GPA will limit you quite a bit in terms of where you can count on being accepted, but you shouldn't have a problem getting in somewhere if you do your research. You may already be thinking about where you want to apply.
Average GPA: 3.5 (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. With a GPA of 3.5, San Jose State requires you to be around average in your high school class. You'll need a mix of A's and B's, and very few C's.
San Jose State University has an acceptance rate of 80%.
An applicant who completes fewer than 60 semester (90 quarter) units of college credit is considered a lower division transfer student. Due to enrollment demands most CSU campuses, including SJSU, do not admit lower-division transfers so that more upper-division transfers can be accommodated.
So, for Cal State schools like San Jose State University, the minimum GPA requirement for California residents is 2.5 and for out-of-state applicants, it is 3.0.
Freshman applicants who are California residents or students graduating from a California high school should have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be admissible into the CSU.
A 2.5 institutional or college cumulative GPA (from the 0.0 - 4.0 U.S. grading scale) in the last degree completed, or a 2.5 GPA in the last two years of full time study. Please note that individual program requirements may have a higher GPA requirement. Good academic standing at the last institution attended.