Carnegie Mellon

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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What are son’s chances?

somewhat Diversity Applicant (he looks caucasion but is Latino and Hispanic- has three grandparents from Cuba, Mexico, Brazil)
SAT Math 700
SAT EBRW 770
59 credits from Dual Enrollment at California community colleges including Calc 1 and 2, Physics 1 and 2 for Engineers, 3 programming courses, Dean’s List at the CC, etc.
4.35 weighted GPA

EC’s
Was the Technical Editor for a major new programming book and is mentioned in the Thank You’s
Was invited to speak at an Ember Meetup as the guest speaker at Nest
Winner of a Silicon Valley mini Hackathon
Robotics in 9th grade only (we moved away from the area that it was offered)
Ran Lights and Tech at our church for all four years
Part time job at Mathnasium for 3 years
One summer Swim Instructor for the City
Two paid Jobs as junior programmer from Start Ups which he mentioned on his application essays
Homeschooled

Leadership- pretty much none (I mean, it takes leadership to teach, and both of his part time jobs are teaching positions but it may not show as such.)

WDYT?

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What major?

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Sorry- Computer Science

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Which class is this for? Has he already applied?

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Class of 2023, he has applied as a freshman months and months ago :slight_smile: We did get a notice saying he would receive a decision March 25.

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He is a great kid, super smart, and his stats are great, especially with the DE, but compared to a lot of the other CHance me threads on CC, for Carnegie Mellon, he isn’t out there “doing things” as much, so I know that makes other applicants more desirable. Also, his math SAT was on the low side with only 700. We feel it’s not hopeless but I’d say his chances are just as low as anyone else’s. :slight_smile:

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CalmingTea: I think your son will get a very good look. He has interesting EC’s. The math may be a little low for SCS but that could be mitigated by all the higher level courses. Another strong factor in his factor is that he is a diversity applicant.