<p>Hello, I am planning on transferring to Carnegie Mellon for the Spring Semester (2009). It will require lots of paperwork and begging my current professors so I wanted some sincere input to see if its worth trying.</p>
<h2>College</h2>
<p>I am a rising sophomore at U of Maryland - College Park
I am a Computer Science major, I am in the Departmental CS Honors program, as well as the general honors program and special QUEST honors program.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0/4.0
Credits: 41 without APs</p>
<p>So far i am confident that i fit the profile, but here is where it gets tricky.</p>
<p>SAT: none, did not take them (CMU says i shouldnt take them now)
ACT: none, did not take them either.</p>
<p>As you can see I did not take any standardized tests for many reasons that would be long to explain my entire life. Anyway the point is i don't have exams to prove my academic potential.</p>
<h2>High School</h2>
<p>1st High School:
Private school, no GPA, no Rank. (Fairly B+ average in my opinion).
2nd High School:
Senior Year only, GPA: 4.3. However, when combined with my private school classes (all counted as normal non-honors classes) my GPA goes down to about 3.8.</p>
<p>So as you can see, im not exactly "CMU" exact fit, given that my gpa is a little bit low.</p>
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<p>Extra Curricular and Awards</p>
<ul>
<li>A bunch of clubs (im not really a leader of anything...)</li>
<li>Solar House Decathlon Team(we won national champions!, 2nd place international) 2007-2008</li>
<li>Dean's List both semesters</li>
<li>Most Outstanding Freshman Award. 2007-2008</li>
<li>some crappy awards in high school, but doesnt really matter.</li>
<li>Tutored math and sciences freshman year.</li>
</ul>
<p>I think that would be it.. i might be forgetting some stuff but i doubt it will make any difference.</p>
<p>Application Essays: should be good.
Recommendations: should be good as well.</p>
<p>That's pretty much all i have. So if you think I have a "fair" chance of getting into CMU's school of computer science, let me know. If you think that I do not fit the CMU'S students profile, let me know as well!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>