Chance for CMU Tepper

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<p>Race: Hispanic
Sex: Male
State: Texas
School type: Small Private Catholic
Income Bracket: 45k</p>

<h2>Applied for financial aid: Yes</h2>

<p>GPA: 3.58 Weighted, school doesn't rank</p>

<p>Intended Major: economics + finance.</p>

<p>ACT: 30 with an 11 essay</p>

<h2>31 (superscored)</h2>

<p>My school only offers 10 AP Classes. Classes : APs include AP gov, AP chem, AB Calc, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP French, APUSH
Other classes: College class on economic inequality
Everything Freshman and Sophomore year was honors</p>

<p>AP Scores: AP USH- 5</p>

<h2>AP Lang- 5</h2>

<p>ECs:
Volunteering:
I work as a college level intern at a firm that specializes in helping under privileged hispanic families obtain the healthcare they need for their kids through education and informational communication (400 hours)</p>

<p>Clubs:
Debate (top 30 in the country since Junior year). Have attended and placed at tournaments like TOC, TFA, Nats, Harvard Invitational, Yale Invitational. Have gotten numerous awards at the regional and national level. (9th-12th) 20+ hours weekly + VP since Sophomore year.
French Club VP (10-12th)
Model United Nations participant (9th-12th)
Business Club VP: Member of the FBLA
Rocketry (10-12th)</p>

<p>Work:
Investment advisor for an Investment fund (10 hours a week) 11-12th
Started my own business that is selling debate evidence that has been gathered by me to top debate brief companies. </p>

<p>Programs:
Attended prestigious debate intensive summer camps and Michigan, Stanford and UNT.</p>

<p>Am doing the diversity weekend this week and im super excited!</p>

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<p>Awards:
School's Community History and English Award (highest average in these two classes) (10th)</p>

<p>Numerous and almost countless debate-related awards. </p>

<p>Essays: Really good. I talked about how I wasn't born in the country, and I had to overcome adversity in order to have a successful career in debate and in the business world. I talked about obvious language barriers and how it was hard learning english, but I've taken those skills acquired to learn a third language, French. I also talk about specific Tepper programs and professors whose research im interested in.</p>

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<p>bumpp</p>

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<p>Would you be applying as an International student? </p>

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<p>Nope</p>

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<p>@goingnutsmom and I did the celebration for diversity weekend and my interview went incredibly well</p>

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<p>OP, I’m glad your visit at Diversity Weekend went well. I am asking about the documented/undocumented status because it might a factor in terms of financial aid. I’m not sure of CMU’s policy regarding this. I am also in Texas and and actually work with immigrant families. When my son and I attended an information session by CMU admissions in our city the admissions representative insisted that if the student’s first language was not English the student had to take a TOEFL test even though that student’s entire education had been in the U. S. I thought this was a very strange policy. Did you have an interview? I definitely think that attending the weekend and interviewing will help. Chancing is very strange to me- no one can really know but I think you should be very proud of what you have accomplished.</p>

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<p>You should be pretty strong in the field of applicants who applied to Tepper. You also have the advantage of being Hispanic (URM).</p>

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<p>update: I appreciate all the support, yet I was admitted to the Stern School of Business (BPE) program last friday!</p>

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<p>Assuming that is ED II, congrats and good luck next year at NYU!</p>