I’m incredibly interested in CMU and would apply for ED without question.
I’m your average white guy. Sadly I only have one AP course and 2 honors courses. This is due to the fact that I transferred to my current school (which is exclusive to 11th and 12th grade) before I could take any APs. HOWEVER, my current school is a project based STEM school.
My course load was pretty standard. I’ll only mention any classes of interest.
Freshman:
Honors english
Sophomore:
AP Studio Art. Scored a 3 on my 2D design portfolio.
Honors World History
Junior:
Biotechnical engineering
Entrepreneurship
Design
The rest of the courses are your usual math, science, english, history stuff.
3.95 cumulative GPA (all A’s except for a B in chemistry, and Alg II trig sophomore year)
SAT: 2100
EC’s
Participation in the Intercollegiate Rocketry Engineering Competition (IREC)
(participated through EWU) Designed an entirely original, 31 inch long, collapsable plane that was ejected from inside EWU’s rocket at 10,000 ft and autonomously guided itself back to the launch site.
Started my own small product development business with a focus on assistive devices. It’s a properly documented LLC.
Won first place($2,000 reward) for a Business Plan Competition.
4 years of soccer, JV team captain junior year. Will play varsity senior year.
2 years of art club
Student body VP junior year
Secretary of eco club junior year
MIT Lemelson Excite Award Recipient and Inventeam participant.
50+ hours volunteer work at a summer camp: clearing trails, building walkways, general grounds improvement.
Summer Job as a shop hand at a mining firm/machine shop. Worked grounds maintenance, vehicle upkeep and general handiwork.
Random Stuff that probably doesn’t matter:
Played piano since I was 5.
Attended a similarly non-traditional project based middle school (one of the first in my State)
What do you think?