Chance me? Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Title says it all. What are my chances for CMU SCS?</p>

<p>I'm a high school senior, and here is some info. Some specifics are omitted for various reasons.</p>

<p>GPA: 93.7
English: 91.2
Foreign Language: 90
History: 93.8
Math: 95.6
Science: 92.6
Tech: 97
Art/music: 97
Health: 95
(credits not stated)</p>

<p>SAT total: 2380
Verbal: 800
Math: 800
Writing: 780/10</p>

<p>AP Exams
World: 4
Chemistry: 4
Calc AB: 5
Comp. Sci.: 5
English Lang.: 4</p>

<p>Other stuff
- Worked at three internships (not stating them for certain reasons)
- - one for advertising
- - one at a hedge fund - developed an app that saved probably 50 hours of meaningless typing/copying/pasting
- - one for a political campaign</p>

<ul>
<li>Volunteered as a TA for summer prep for 2 years</li>
<li>Went to 2 hackathons</li>
</ul>

<p>This is all I can think of so far.</p>

<p>The future looks bleak :/</p>

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<p>Dat SAT doeee…very valid shot but sooo little ECs. LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT</p>

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<p>@MethylViolet‌ you are applying to CMU SCS but in your EC’s the only things related to CS are the hackathons. You definitely need to show more interest in CS.</p>

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<p>Definitely show more interest in CS, but how well you did at the Hackathons can make up for it. If you’ve been self studying a lot of CS, and then did very well in the Hackathons, I think you’re fine.</p>