Chance me for CMU, Cornell!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian male who immigrated here at age 8
Attends one of NYC's private Ivy League Preparatory Schools</p>

<p>Freshmen year grades
Bad 4 c's
Sophmore year grades
AP AB Cal- A-
chem A-
Game Design and Programming A-
english C+
french C
Speech B-
History B+
Music Theory A</p>

<p>Junior year
AP BC Cal A
AP Physics B B+ Caught off guard at first, also my tutor messed me up, however, got full marks second Semester</p>

<p>AP Computer Science A B+ changed teachers 4 times, including a college student and a c++ programmer, not a java programmer. Really confusing</p>

<p>AP US History C+ ( one term paper brought me down from a b+ to a c+)</p>

<p>English B- - did bad first semester, nearly failed. However, got a B+ second semester by learning from trial and error</p>

<p>French C+ - My teacher taught by speaking, hardest class I've ever taken because I could not understand the grammar rules when she isn't drawing diagrams or writing the sentences on the board.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2080, expecting 2200 or more next time.
SAT II: Math IIc 800, Chem 760, Physics 760 (could have done better), US history 730</p>

<p>Recs and essays are better middle and excellent, leaning more towards excellent
APs are all 5's except for comp sci, which I got a 4</p>

<p>Senior year load
MultiVariable Calc
AP Chem
AP Physics C
AP Stats
Advanced C++ programming
English
American Politics/Econ (each 1 semester)
Expecting to get all A-'s except for english, which I'll probably get a B</p>

<p>ECs:
sports manager for 2 years, quit junior year. It took up a lot of time and I think this is why my grades were so low
school newspaper for 1 year
math team/club for 2 years
peer tutor for 1 year
NYSSMA level 6 piano player
Did 5 years of medical research, but on record it is 2 years due to age restrictions</p>

<p>Planning to Major in ChemE, SoftE, Math/Applied Math, CS, Biochemistry, Business/Finance.</p>

<p>What are my chances for
CMU(CS, Tepper, CIT)
JHU
cornell
UIUC
RPI
Georgia Tech
NYU(stern or college of arts and sciences)
BC
URoch
UMich
UT@Austin</p>

<p>Applying to UChicago and Caltech, but I have a low chance of getting in
other schools?</p>

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<p>Any significant awards?
Anyways I’ll chance you with a 2200 SAT:
CMU SCS - reach
CMU Tepper/CIT - high match
JHU - high match
cornell -high match
UIUC - low match / safety
RPI - low match
Georgia Tech - match/low match
NYU(stern or college of arts and sciences) - sorry, I don’t know too much about NYU
BC - match
URoch - match
UMich - match
UT@Austin - low match
UChicago - reach
Caltech - reach</p>

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<p>Same as the guy on top. IF you get a 2200 SAT:
CMU SCS - match
CMU Tepper/CIT - high match
JHU - high match-low reach
cornell -low reach
UIUC - safety
RPI - safety
Georgia Tech - low match
NYU(stern or college of arts and sciences) - high match/low reach
BC - match
URoch - match
UMich - match
UT@Austin - match (UT austin is a decent school:))
UChicago -mid reach
Caltech - high reach</p>

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<p>@Andrew
SCS is on par with MIT, and even waitlisted/rejected some MIT admits. Its a mid reach.</p>

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<p>@Andrew
RPI is just as competitive as Gtech and Michigan. How is UT a match but RPI a safety? RPI is a match/high match for the OP as admit rate is 38% and falling.</p>

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<p>@jogo84,are you freaking kidding me? CMU is a decent school, but it is no where near MIT. I mean not even close. When you talk about MIT, CMU is, well to put it politely, dog poop. I think you are saying that just cuz you go to CMU and got rejected from MIT. No offense, but you picked CMU over MIT, you are mentally challenged.</p>

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<p>@Andrewsun1994… I wanted to say two things. First, last time I checked - 1 minute ago - Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science is literally ranked number 1 alongside MIT and Stanford. And when you check the average class score ranges on SATs @ the admissions site you will see that every range goes from above 700 to 800.</p>

<p>Second, my father is a compsci major, and all of the investment companies beg for cmu cs students to take their positions at ridiculously high salaries (upwards of 70k)… </p>

<p>Next time you decide to make a total ass of yourself I suggest that you know your facts better. oh and if you did a cost benefit analysis you’d easily find that cmu and mit students have a comparable starting salary but cmu students spend so much less on their college.</p>