chance me for CMU!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: private
Grade: 11th
Age: 16
Gender: f
Ethnicity: Asian
Location: First two years of high school in India, moved to NYC for junior year </p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 2020 (math :740
critical reading: 620
writing: 660</p>

<p>9th Grade: GPA of 3.6
General science:A
English b+
Math : A+
Spanish A
Social studies A
Percussion: A</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Chemistry: A
Physics:A+
Biology:A+
English 10: A-
Math 10 Honors: A+
Percussion: A</p>

<p>11th Grade: (IB) (out of 7)
PHYSICS HL 7
MATH HL 7
BIOLOGY HL7
ENGLISH SL 6
SPANISH SL 6
HISTORY (European) SL 6</p>

<p>EC
SOCIAL SERVICE EXPERIENCE</p>

<pre><code>* HIV/AIDS related volunteer work in village in India:

* Contribution to tsunami relief efforts:
* Experience with persons with disabilities: Residential attachment with the Society of hearing impaired persons
* Teaching mathematics to children in New York
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<p>SPORTS & FITNESS</p>

<pre><code>* Awarded Presidential Fitness Award of my school during middle school
* Received award for 2 consecutive years for excellence in hiking and completing difficult hikes with the school group

* Member of the school basketball team and represented the school in the basketball tournaments in other cities.

* Received first rank in the inter school badminton tournament
* Served as goal keeper for the school hockey team in the Inter School competition
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<p>MUSIC/THEATRE</p>

<pre><code>* Percussion: Received the school music department certificate for excellence in Percussion, took part in group percussion and gave public performances and later joined the school’s advanced Band as Percussionist. Participated in Music Concert in other cities. Also participated and contributed to the high school rock concert.
* Theatre: Participated and played character roles such as “Mouth” in the school play-‘ Robin Hood The Truth Behind the Green Tights’; served as the lighting coordinator for the high school play in 2008 where I was in-charge of the lighting effects for the play. I have also experience of designing costumes for the middle school play- The Pink Panther.
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<p>CONFERENCES, CLUBS AND TRAININGS</p>

<pre><code>* I have participated and contributed to several international conferences and seminars. conference held at the United Nations General Assembly Interacted with participants for many countries at the conference. I also hosted and supported 2 students from Germany who came to attend the conference. Another conferenceHuman rights conference on Indigenous people.
* I am currently the Secretary of the club The objective of the club is to support initiatives in countries through Microfinancing. I have coordinated and contributed to efforts for raising money through bake sales, dances, others. The resources generated are sent to deserving persons and projects in developing countries.
* I participated in a school group field visit with a non governmental organization working on local manufacturing of soap. Besides providing livelihood means through this activity, I also learned the technique of making and selling soap.
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<p>AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS</p>

<pre><code>* Mathematics: I have received several annual school awards over the years in mathematics during middle and high school. These included the silver certificate for excellence in Mathematics (2005); Gold certificate for Excellence in Mathematics (2006) and the bronze certificate for excellence in mathematics (2004)
* I was also placed on the Principal’s List for Academic Excellence during one year of high school.
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<p>LEADERSHIP</p>

<pre><code>* I have been selected in leadership positions including to represent my class during my middle and high school years. Some examples of these include (i) selection as member of Middle School honors society (iii) Elected class presidents in both middle school and high school years ( grades 7, 8 and 9). During these positions I participated in dialogue with school management to provide feedback on behalf of the students on several aspects in management.
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<p>LANGUAGES</p>

<pre><code>* Mother tongue: Hindi
* Learning English since childhood and am fully proficient in the language like my mother tongue.
* Studied Spanish for 4 years in school and have achieved good proficiency in both written and spoken
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* Awarded Presidential Fitness Award of my school during middle school

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<p>this is exactly the kind of thing that should NOT go on your application.</p>

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<p>stats look pretty good, but soap? are you serious? I would be sure to take that one out before you send in your application...</p>

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<p>yea, that one just looks like some kind of field trip ("school group field visit"). OP seriously needs to learn what belongs in a college application and what does not.</p>

<p>for example:

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Experience with persons with disabilities: Residential attachment with the Society of hearing impaired persons

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<p>you appear to be saying (although i could be misinterpreting..) that you lived somewhere close to the "society of hearing impaired persons". while this could be spun into a good essay, it's hardly an EC.</p>

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<p>no I went to this society in the summer to help out and volunteer..</p>

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<p>yeah and i think I must get rid of the soap thing....</p>

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<p>well that's good then, but i'm confused as to why you described this as "residential attachment" (?)</p>

<p>i would also get rid of anything from middle school.</p>

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<p>oh okay thanks ... I'm not really good at this because most students from my school apply to only UK colleges which don't really require EC list. how is my SAT score ?.. I think I need to improve on it...</p>

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<p>and by "residential attachment" I meant that I lived with them..</p>

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<p>^ ok i would just phrase it that way in your application then. no point making adcoms try to decipher anything.</p>

<p>SAT - Critical Reading Middle 50%: 610-710
SAT - Math Middle 50%: 690-780
TPR Projected Range SAT Writing: 660-730</p>

<p>your score puts you in the middle / on the low end of these ranges. i would retake if you think you can improve. was your 2020 "cold turkey", or did you study?</p>

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<p>I studied a week before the test... took about 3 practice tests on which I scored 1960, 2100, and I think 2060...</p>

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<p>if you think you can improve your CR/W by studying more, i would (700+ seems like a good target for both). if not, don't bother taking again. you know your own abilities better than anyone here.</p>

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<p>okay . thank you ... ^_^</p>

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<p>you ar efine for CMU my bro had 2090 (1420) and got in no problem in fact at the inteview with one of the head admissions people (on campus interview) that he was basically in if he maintained a good GPA and if he applied ED he was basically guaronteed a spot. sure enough he got in regular but turned them down lol. not stellar stats (3 low 700s one 670 and one 760on SAT2s ) no sports really. did some activities like tech theatre and speech and debate but wasnt nationally recognized at anything had two 3 and two 5s on APs and was an asian from a private school in MD........thats an avg applicant for you</p>

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<p>I'll chime in with the people before me. Very strong chances, you should be able to get in. You're around the average for their general applicant pool and your strong ECs should put you over the top. CMU, from what I know, is even bigger on transcript than most schools, and your transcript is very strong. You could up your SAT scores, though, just to be safe. Still, you're generally representative of the academic caliber of student that gets into CMU, and your ECs are very interesting.</p>