Chance Me for Brown, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, </p>

<p>Can you chance me for Brown, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon? All would be at best reach schools if I applied, but I am mainly looking for some opinions here. I am only a Junior, and have yet to take the SAT. The given SAT scores are a rough estimate based on my PSAT, but obviously that could end up being better or worse. </p>

<p>So, on top of chancing me, if some of these schools are a little out of my reach, please tell me why. I would like to take these next two years to put myself in a better position to be accepted!</p>

<p>Desired Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.5 W
Class Rank: Top 10% (820 something kids, academically competitive public school)
SAT Scores: (Again, hypothetically, if these were my legit SAT scores) Math: 750, Writing:740, Reading: 760, Composite: 2250
AP Scores: AP Human Geo (Freshman): 5, AP World History (Sophomore): 4, (Taking AP US History, AP English III, and AP Computer Science this year)</p>

<p>Course Load: All Pre-AP (Honors) or AP
Senior Year: Will most likely be taking AP Physics, AP Calc AB/BC, AP English IV, (Don't know what Social Study I will be taking, but it will be AP or Pre-AP)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>Junior Classical League</p>

<p>Most likely will be in National Honor Society this year (Was not invited last year due to a concussion at the end of Freshman year that literally made my grades plummet, GPA should be high enough this year for an invitation)</p>

<p>~100 CS hours (Don't have an exact number.. Not stand out, but enough to be relevant)</p>

<p>Designed and wrote 4 websites (Working on starting my own business designing websites for people in my community)</p>

<p>Destination Imagination for 10 years (Went on to the State competition, all pre-high school though, so idk if I can put this on my app or not)</p>

<p>Varsity Ice Hockey Team as a Sophomore</p>

<p>Leadership Roles: Ice Hockey Captain on 2 different teams (5 time Alternate, which is basically the same thing leadership wise)</p>

<p>Played Baseball for 7 years, Ice Hockey for 13</p>

<p>I know these are not easy schools to get into, so please, rather than just telling me yes or no, elaborate on why you think that way.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading!</p>

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<p>Repost this at the end of junior year :)</p>

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<p>Well that doesn’t help very much… What exactly should I be doing for the REST of Junior year? Or is what I am doing now sufficient for these schools? I would rather someone say I have no chance now, and then I have the rest of the year to work on that.</p>

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<p>No one will tell you that you have no chance at any schools. You seem to have good grades, good SAT scores, and good ECs. I’d say that this year, you need to bring up your unweighted GPA, do well on your SATs, and maybe get involved in a little more activities outside of school. Definitely get that business started since you have the opportunity - that could be a great addition to your app and a good topic for essays. But remember that it’ll take a lot of commitment, and maybe you need to put more time into school work to bring up your GPA. Also, I think you’ll have a good shot at Cornell if you do all that, but Carnegie Mellon comp sci is among the most competitive schools in the nation, with an acceptance rate of below 7%. So it’ll probably be a reach regardless of what you do this year.</p>

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<p>My unweighted GPA should be going up this year, so that will be nice. I will look into some more ECs that I might be interested in as well. Thanks for you input!</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>I think Carnegie might be ur high match, and the other two schools are reach</p>

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<p>Nice sat score</p>