Chance Me - CMU SCS & ECE

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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Hi everyone!
I really love AI and Machine Learning and CMU is my dream school. But I understand it’s super competitive, like MIT level competitive. Would really appreciate if someone would chance me with these stats and ECs:

Asian female from public school in IL
Intended Major: CS & ECE o

SAT: 1550 (M:800 R:750) (One Sitting)
ACT: 34C (35E,36M,29R,34S) (One Sitting)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Physics
AP: Biology, Physics I, US History, & Stats - all 5
Lang - 4
GPA: 4.57 (W), 4.0 (U/W)

Captain of Varsity Swim Team
Officer of Key Club
AMC 12 Honor Roll, AIME qualifier, 2017
Some other competition award at state and local levels
National Honor Society
Other volunteer work with AHA etc

Recommendations: Think they are good but not excellent
Essay: Think they are good but who knows

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Oh, forgot to mention:
class Rank: 3/300sh
Senior year AP: Physics II, Chem, Calculus BC, Spanish, CS

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You have a pretty good shot, better than the average applicant. I’d recommend applying to “Statistics and Machine Learning” as you first choice for your best shot.

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@Burrito12 thanks for the suggestion
Stats & ML looks to be a good option, but don’t want to just give up on SCS without trying.
Could I apply to stats and ML as second choice instead of ece?

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Ya, I’d recommend that.

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Yeah, I’m not sure how relevant the ECE curriculum is if you want to do AI.

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Thanks guys. I’m going to submit today with those two. Good luck and happy new year!

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@CMUcme，good luck！can choose two majors when submitting the common app?

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@peaceandface
Yes you can list >1 schools and majors for CMU, RD
Actually, a lot of other schools allow that too.

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many thanks! anther question, can I ED CMU and EA Gegia Tech and EA University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor at same time?

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@peaceandface , yes you can ED CMU and EA to GATech and UMich. My D did that.

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thanks! Is the AMC score very important to apply CMU? I could pass the AP cala BC with 5 score but not good at AMC. does that mean actully I am not suitable to the SCS of CMU? if so, I should find other easier universities, to be realistic, not waist the change of ED.

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No, you can get into CMU without high AMC score. Just don’t tell them you have a low AMC score. But CMU does value math strongly, so having a high AMC score is a plus.

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I feel like you are a shoe in, congrats

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Got in SCS, I’m so happy !
@cercit20 thank you, did you also apply?
@peaceandface I think they asked you to enter in the application so either you don’t take it or try to score well. Don’t know how important it is since I barely made to AIME - granted, I didn’t really study for it, so it wasn’t bad.