Chance Me for CMU ED II & others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • international student
  • resident of a middle-eastern country
  • school follows CBSE curriculum
  • Indian

Intended Major(s) Information Systems (CMU), CS+Anthropology (UIUC), AI (Purdue) and CS for others

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA: school doesn’t do weighted but a common conversion scale says 4.3
  • Class Rank: doesn’t do rank either but gives Top 10% Award
  • SAT Scores: 1450 (750 M, 700 RW), Test Optional for all Reaches

Coursework
Grade 9 & 10: Social Science, Mathematics, Combined Science, French, English
Grade 11 & 12: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, English
Within context of my curriculum this pretty much the hardest stream and it covers more than topics covered in US High Schools.

Awards

  1. Gold Medal in Artificial Intelligence Olympiad
  2. Merit Award for Academic Excellence (3 year)
  3. Award for giving a TED Talk on the future of AI
  4. Maths and French Quiz Winner
  5. Competent Communicator and Leader Certificate

Extracurriculars

  1. Software Development Contest Winner (4 years)
  2. Student Council high ranking member
  3. AI based internship
  4. AI for Youth summer training program
  5. Internship at a tech provider for banks
  6. Founder of school’s coding club
  7. President of Gavel Club for 5 years
  8. Volunteer at a Cancer Association
  9. Anchor for school’s major events
  10. School Drama Lead

Essays/LORs/Other
Maths Teacher (7/10): He likes me well enough but I know it is going to be generic.
Counsellor (8/10): I gave her a document with a lot of info and she was helpful so I think it will be nice.
Internship Supervisor (9/10): He is really nice gave me a lot of good advice and is well-spoken.

Cost Constraints / Budget
I didn’t ask for financial aid anywhere.

Schools

  • Safety
    SUNY SBU (Admitted), NC State (Admitted)
  • Likely
    Virginia Tech, UC Santa Cruz, Penn State (Admitted),
  • Match
    Umass Amherst, UCI
  • Reach
    CMU (ED II), UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UIUC, Purdue
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I like your classifications just fine but Penn State is a safety as you’re already in.

You should apply test optional to CMU - which is very different than all your other schools - so it stands out a bit.

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Your scores are a bit low but Purdue probably does not have a ton of people applying to the AI BS yet due to lack of press. My son is in it and he is one of very few :). Might give you better odds.

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