Another Chances......

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I attend a Catholic High School in New Jersey. I want to know my chaces for attending Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>SAT: 1860 (I will be retaking; 610M 630V 620W)
SATII: US History 760, World History 680
AP: US History (5)
World History, English Lit., Environmental Science (taking next year)</p>

<p>I am in the top 10% of my class (I think my rank is 20/241)
Editor of my school newspaper
President of Academic Challenge
President of the History Club (vice-president the previous year)
Lead-Attorney on Mock Trial Team
National Honor Society Member
Science League
Classic and Modern Cultures Club Treasurer</p>

<p>I started my own service project ("The Spare Change Project") It has been featured in a couple of newspapers. I have also recieved an award from my community for helping the hungry.</p>

<p>I play the bagpipes (I know CMU has a pipe band). I have recieved awards in various contests.</p>

<p>I was MVP of my school's Academic Decathlon team. I won honorable mentions in Speech and Social Science. I also had the highest scoring essay (on Astronomy) in the contest, winning the gold medal.</p>

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<p>Your chances are high. Bagpipes are good.</p>

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<p>your chances are low, raise your SAT.</p>

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<p>In my eyes, CMU doesn't really weigh the SAT too heavily. Though it would definitely benefit you to raise them a bit.</p>

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<p>Like everyone says in every "Chances" post here,</p>

<p>What school(s) of CMU are you applying to? Your chances vary greatly based on that.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I want to major in History (Pre-law). I understand I can't become an engineer......lol</p>

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<p>yep boost ur SATs . everything else is going for u.</p>

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<p>yup. but i think that this is going to be a year where SAT scores aren't going to be weighted as heavily as previous years. unless i missed a memo, you guys are the first class to really be put to the test, so to speak. the original SAT had been out for so long that they had a measuring stick for it, but this is and new and still needs to be de-bugged... your best bet is to raise them, of course, but stay active and keep your grades up. CMU randomly admits students, like other schools, so don't get too worried if you don't get ur SAT to a perfect score. good luck when you apply. What college did you want to apply to?</p>