Hello, with stats alone, which one should I apply to?
SAT: 1440 (750 Math & 690 English)
ACT: 31 (35 English, 33 Math, 30 Reading, & 25 Science)
GPA weighted: 3.87 (not including senior year)
GPA unweighted: 3.78 (not including senior year)
By the end of senior year I will have had 7 APs
Major: undecided
School doesn’t offer many APs
Honors courses
Resident of Michigan, white, male
Not applying for financial aid
Depends on what you intend to study.
I’d say both!
If you are planning on being a STEM major, your stats are low for both schools.
I am undecided, does that help at all?
You have a strong profile for many great schools. The two you mention are going to be significant reach schools imho. The avg profile is just quite a bit stronger. But if you have other great qualities they see of course you can be selected.
Apply to both, but you need some closer match/safety schools. Competition for those schools is extremely fierce, and your stats are probably on the lower side of those who apply and are admitted.
Okay, I figured so. I just thought I’d try because I’ve always wanted to go to them and my stats fit in the 50% according to their class profiles. Will be sure to send great essays.
Those would present significant, but realistic reaches. Why not apply to both? While you can be undecided about your major, you need to at least be aware of your academic and intellectual interests and you need to express them effectively on your supplement essay to Cornell.
Definitely apply to Michigan-Ann Arbor. It is equal to both CMU and Cornell, and at one third the cost of attendance since you are in-state. Also, the in-state acceptance rate at Michigan is roughly 45%, compared to 15% at Cornell and CMU.
I’m applying there as well, thanks for the input
what do you want to major in?
Go to carnegie mellon for engineering
Undecided, I think I’m going to apply to Tufts
@EducationStation CMU will force you to pick a school, and major now. So CMU is not a good fit for you.
If you were to choose a humanities major, you would apply to Dietrich, and thats easier to get in, than the Mellon School of Science (chemistry, physics, bio etc ) . Engineering is harder than Mellon and School of CS is harder still as there are so few seats.
CMU is not a good fit for undecided students. You can pick a second choice school at CMU, on your app, if you want, but do you want to be stuck in say the Mellon School of Science if you really want to study business ?
That is correct Coloradomama, and it is not just CMU. Virtually all universities expect the applicant to at least express their initial academic and intellectal interest, with the understanding that they may change their mind in the first two years at university. That goes for Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn to name a few.
CMU is better in CS than Cornell if that’s what you’re asking. But apply to both, can’t hurt.
Apply to U of M. It is a great school for undecided majors, and you will have in-state tuition.
Your stats may look like they are mid-range for these schools, but when you take out the portion of Athletes, Legacies, URM’s and first generations who needed the boost to get in, the stats for the unhooked population are definitely higher. Apply to your dream schools and know you have a chance to get in, but try to keep your expectations in line. That way, when you get in, you can celebrate in style!