<p>I'm a bit of an unusual applicant - I changed majors from business to engineering halfway through my freshman year...I haven't yet fulfilled all the 1st year requirements of the engineering program at my school(to officially be in my major, instead of "Pre-Engineering"). I will start my major coursework next semester, however:</p>
<p>-Junior Transfer
-Chem Engineering major at Purdue University
1st two semesters GPA : 3.61 (almost all liberal arts/consumer/family science courses)
3rd semester (expected) GPA : 3.25 - 3.5 (see below courses)</p>
<p>Currently taking:
-Calc III
-Physics 1/lab
-Chem 1 w/lab
-honors English comp(not in honors school)</p>
<h2>-psychology of sexuality</h2>
<p>18 credits</p>
<p>Next semester will be taking:
-Linear Alg / Diff Equations
-Physics 2
-Chem 2/lab (w/ research from a well known professor)
-Chem Engineering Computations</p>
<p>-25 + hours of volunteering
-part time job ~8 hrs a week for 5.5 months freshman year
-will have started chem research
-"Outdoors Club" member
and i could probably join a few more clubs to fill this up if needed</p>
<p>Recommendation: good, not great from math professor</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.2
-1790 SAT</p>
<p>Reason for wanting to transfer:
-want to be closer to home w/out having to take plane rides
-i've had trouble functioning and making friends here due to a combination of homesickness/depression/social anxiety, etc.
-out of state tuition is already very high - private school would only be a few thousand more. scholarships are very hard too come by for change of major students(who is also out of state).
-added prestige of CMU</p>
<p>id say that, at this point, carnegie mellon is out of range for you</p>
<p>you have a relatively weak hs gpa, very weak sat's, and it seems that your college gpa will be around a 3.5 after this semester which is respectable but again weak for carnegie mellon...taking 20 credits is not going to make you much more competitive than if you remainat 17 credits and is certainly not going to compensate for your gpa</p>
<p>your sat's are not very strong as well...working is necessary for any students putting themselves through college but most of the time the work is not germaine to a future career or aiding in ones learning experience...it does not seem you are entirely engaged in your community in terms of ec's either...joining a few more will not help much, its more about quality (leadership positions, long hours showing commitment) than just showing up for meetings to fill up your app...</p>
<p>id lower your expectations a bit...best of luck</p>
<p>I think you have a decent chance of getting in. You should always try. I mean, there are so many people who got into Princeton with HS GPA of less than 3.5. If they gave up even before they applied, do you think they would've been where they are right now?! So, I think you should apply...3.6 isnt bad. And it's only CMU...it's not MIT, so 3.5-36 should be good enough...plus, Purdue is well known for it's heavy workload. I mean that school is damn easy to get in, but it's still up there in the ranking system...so it shows that it's not an easy school. So, I say you go ahead send your application and keep your fingers crossed. =D</p>
<p>I transfered simply because the school was simply because of the experience. I mean, I am an international student, and yet there are so many people of my country in Purdue. Hence, I ended up speaking mainly my language and very little English. Also, I've never heard anyone from my country who applied and got rejected. So, the acceptance rate for me was close to 100%. </p>
<p>I was in Krannert, but I left before choosing my major.</p>
<p>Purdue has low freshman retention rate simply because it's easy to get in. But if you manage to work your way to your junior year, it's gonna get really tough, because all the not so good students have either left or dropped out of Purdue. This is what I heard from my friends. It's like the survival of the fittest.</p>
<p>NOT true at all…CMU is definitely on the same level as MIT in regards to selectivity, and actually in all other aspects as well. 3.5-3.6 is definitely on the low end of the scale for transfer to CMU especially in engineering. those students getting in to princeton with those kinds of GPAs have something really special about them (as do all princeton admits) and the same is true for CMU. honestly, you do not have a good chance based on what you have written. look into some other less selective schools that have strong programs in your area of interest. georgia tech comes to mind, but it is still pretty selective (again especially for engineering). still, to me Gtech looks like more of a fit than CMU.</p>
<p>Based on what you’ve given, your GPA should end up being around 3.5. Your SATs are about one deviation above the mean and some decent ECs. I don’t think that acceptance at Carnegie Mellon is terribly likely. </p>
<p>My advice would be to look at schools a little bit below CMU, such as Case Western or RPI.</p>