Chance me for Carnegie Mellon Univeristy

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, please chance me for CMU College of Engineering</p>

<p>Here's my stats:
•SAT I (breakdown): CR 660 M 770 W 720 Essay 9 Total 2150</p>

<p>•ACT: E 30 M 35 R 33 S 34 Essay 8 Composite 33</p>

<p>•SAT II: Math 800 Bio M 690 Physics 690</p>

<p>•Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 </p>

<p>•Rank: 39/538
I'm not really concerned about my GPA and rank because I transferred two times and each school has a different system...</p>

<p>•AP: Calc BC(5, AB subscore 5), Chinese(5), Environmental Science (4), Stat(5)
Taking Studio Art Drawing, Biology, US Gov't and Physics 1
also taking multivariable calculus at Penn</p>

<p>•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Won some regional competitions in China in 9th grade, don't know if those count</p>

<p>•Tentative major: Undecided, probably biomedical or chemical engineering</p>

<p>•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council(President)
Math Club
Science Olympiad
NHS
Philadelphia Futures</p>

<p>•Job/Work Experience: Nail technician, 10hr/wk</p>

<p>•Volunteer/Community service: English/math tutoring, 3hr/wk</p>

<p>•Summer Activities: Working for most of the time
Attended the Biomedical Academy at Penn in the past summer</p>

<p>•Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8. Wrote about how my mom raised my up on her own and how I overcame the language barrier when I got to the US</p>

<p>•Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
•Teacher Rec #1:11! My American history teacher is a college English professor, so he writes fantastic essays, and of course, fantastic letters of recommendation.</p>

<p>•Teacher Rec #2: 6. I was pretty close to my calc teacher, but I don't know why the letter of recommendation she wrote was so plain. It's like my resume v.2.0</p>

<p>•Counselor Rec: 7. She is new to our school this year but I think it's supposed to be good</p>

<p>•Additional Rec: From the sponsor of our Student Council</p>

<p>•State: PA</p>

<p>•School Type: Large Public(over 3000 students)</p>

<p>•Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>•Gender:F</p>

<p>•Income Bracket: <20K</p>

<p>•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, low income, new immigrant
I think my biggest hook is the fact that I've only been in the US for 2.5 years. Being a low-income and first-generation-college student, I lacked the resources and worked harder than everybody to get where I am today. I transferred to my current school in my junior year and became the president of the Student Council of a program in my senior year.</p>

<p>Please chance me for CMU...I am also open to any suggestions of good engineering schools near PA that might be a match to me
Thanks in advance for any reply :)</p>

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<p>oh and I self-studied all four APs I took in my junior year because my school didn’t allow me to pick AP classes when I just transferred here</p>

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<p>I think you are a competitive applicant! Your SAT and ACT scores are pretty much in line with the median of CMU’s admitted students. That 690 in physics might hurt a LITTLE as CMU students tend to be strong in sciences and math but i doubt it will be anywhere near a deal breaker. Your AP scores are very strong though :smiley: .</p>

<p>I would say high match :)</p>

<p>Good luck!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1714411-chance-me-for-emory-ed-ii-will-chance-back-d.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1714411-chance-me-for-emory-ed-ii-will-chance-back-d.html&lt;/a&gt; chance me?</p>

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<p>oh and to add , the fact you had to overcome a language barrier and yet scores strongly in your SAT verbal sections is EXTREMELY impressive :smiley: kudos</p>

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<p>CMU: Reach</p>

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<p>yeah I thought it’s reach too…I know my EC’s and scores are weak for CMU. But I’m not sure whether my hooks (low income and new immigrant) will add a lot of weight in my application or not</p>