Carnegie Mellon- Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am an international student studying in New Jersey

ACT: English-34; Math-32; Science-35; Reading-31; Eng/Writ- 31; Comp-33

SAT Subj- Math 2- 790, chemistry- 680

TOEFL Ibt- 114

GPA- 4.1

Awards- Presidents Award for academic Excellence; Honors Diploma; Few math competitions; first in science competition in India; 2 in national level trivia competition in India

EC’s- Academic Challenge Team ( varsity member), Chess Club, Work at microbiology lab (related to my major- biomedical engineering), Volunteering for 100+ hours, Science and Math club, Trivia Club in India and a couple science related clubs. Also played cricket in India

Essay(1-10) Commonapp- 9; Individual essays- 9.5 (talked my by dream of creating a genetically translatable brain)

Teacher Rec’s- 10 and 10
Counsellor Rec- 10 (she said she talked about me being at an disadvantage as I could not participate more because I came from India)

Financial aid- not required
I have taken 7 AP’s ( 5 this year)

12th grade courses- AP Physics, AP biology, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, english

Mid Year grades- AP physics- A; AP biology- A; AP Chemistry- A, AP Calculus BC- A, AP Government- A; english-A

what are my chances at Carnegie Mellon- School of Computer Science and CIT- ECE?

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bump

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@Satmurthy - What do you mean by a GPA of 4.1? That’s too high to be unweighted unless your school gives out more than 4.0 for A+ grades. If it’s weighted, what’s your UW GPA?

Also, what do you mean by international student studying in New Jersey? Are you living in the USA? Are you a permanent resident or not?

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It in some ways depends on which country you ate from

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4.1 is my weighted gpa. my UW gpa should be around 3.95. I am living in the usa on a visa and not a permanent resident.

Bye the way, I had my interview with carnegie and it wrent pretty well

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0br0123- what depends on the country i come from? I come from India

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Reach. I do not see many computer science ecs. the school itself has a 6 percent acceptance rate

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@Satmurthy- I would think you would be at a disadvantage for CMU SCS because they certainly get a large number of very qualified Indian-American applicants (either citizens or permanent residents) and they are liable to get accepted before you. While you appear to be very qualified, you don’t seem to be the type of candidate whose application will immediately be put at the top of the pile.

I may be wrong, and I am sure you will get into some great schools with your qualifications.

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BldrDad- what about CIT-ECE

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@Satmurthy - I would imagine CIT is less of a reach, as it’s not as selective as SCS.

I notice on another thread that you’ve applied to a number of great schools. You seem like a strong candidate, and I hope you get into at least one of them. Good luck!

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@BldrDad thank you