Carnegie Mellon Class of 2021- ED RESULTS

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]**

Objective:N/A
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: Chem 780, Math IIc: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 4.476
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (our school doesn’t give percentiles)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5 (AB subscore 5); Chem 4; US History 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Physics C, AP Macro/Micro, AP Computer Science A, Wind Ensemble (Honors),
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Junior Regional Band & County Band participant for Percussion, 1st as a Group in the All State Opera Festival, Placed top 10% in Chemistry II for Science League, Varsity Swimming Awards, Junior Varsity/Varsity Spring Track Awards, Tri-Music Honor Society 2015, First Place Overall in Music in the Parks Competition for Marching Band, AP Scholar Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), UNICEF (Vice President), Varsity Swimming (Captain) , JV/Varsity Track, Science League, Wind Ensemble, Pre1mers/Honors Choir (Principal Pianist), Concert Choir (Principal Accompanist), Marching Band, Paramus Community Orchestra, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Christian Studies/PHS Harvesters, Pit Orchestra, Chinese Yo-yo/Chinese Culture
Job/Work Experience: Worked as the Teacher Assistance
Volunteer/Community service: Helping out at the church by being part of the praise team of both the english ministry and youth group ministry.
Summer Activities: The Job Experience that is listed above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9; I had people who understood how the admissions offices (in general) read these essays, and I had my essay revised and edited over several times. I asked thirty people how my essay looked after I finished completed it, and each person said that it was either amazing, or close to perfection.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Calc Teacher 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: Chem Teacher 8/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: Comp Sci Teacher; My mouth dropped to the floor about what he wrote (it’s amazing) 10/10
Interview: N/A
(I have no clue whether the first two teacher recs and counselor recs are good or amazing, but my teachers love me)
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major: MCS Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public/Suburban
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: My extracurriculars
Weaknesses:GPA (I was at the bottom of the top 10%)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays (both common app and the supplemental) are close to perfect, and I had a bunch of extra curriculars that back up my essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Penn State, Purdue (But it doesn’t matter since I ED)

General Comments: If you sound passionate about what you want to do or get out of any college and have the GPA and scores to back it up, you should be fine.

My post has some incorrect information but I was selected into Carnegie Mellon SCS so please do not trust my post, sorry for the inconvenience this might have brought to people.

[B][size=4][color=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected SCS[/color][/size][/b]

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown):1440
ACT (breakdown):34 Superscore 35
SAT II:Math 2 760 Chem 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 99
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 honors 1 college course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl, Quiz bowl All League, Spanish National Honors Society, High School Tech Team, Beta Tester for Readit app